Trifter

And it is not limited to Belgrade. No. The entire region has long been a crossroads for all sorts of peoples and tribes, who fought fiercely for that little piece of land, then as now, rich soil and abundant, thanks mainly to rivers, Danube and Sava guarantor of prosperity. Of course, in our time, it is normal to remember things as well close, and Belgrade has not remained very good memories. Wrongly or rightly, I will not debate of that here, despite the fact that I have strong opinions on this subject.
So few people seem interested in how the region is rich in history, and especially how the existence of this small piece of land is important for humanity. In fact, for those interested, it is the banks of the Danube that have formed the first “corporate” prehistoric, some of which, from what I understood, existed for a long time before our dear fellow of yesteryear, this (these) artist (s) who left us a legacy Lascaux.

Also, I was long convinced that outside the Kalemegdan Citadel, Belgrade and the territory of Serbia was in fact a cluster of small villages of nothing, where the Romans eventually came to rest a few days in camps in the woods, before continuing on their path of conquest … What was my surprise to learn that the region was not only an immense battlefield, but also an immense space where it was apparently good live, and where many were Patricii build their country houses, and drive please! Thus, it is in the region of Nis (Naisus) in southern Serbia, a large area of “feudal” Rome was built, and this is where Constantine was born, the very man who will one day Emperor of the great kingdom of Byzantium, an area which we dream today, despite the fact that he continues to live in buildings of that time, his time has long since been trampled by the course history.
Thus, many of us here, as elsewhere, to miss a lot of treasures, to live our little lives without really thinking about the meaning of a particular monument or object, they are simply there for ages . It was the same with me also. 

Of course, this museum is not limited only palace on the Place de la Republic. If the main building is there, we find in it some other museums and galleries of interest, such as the Residence of Princess Ljubica (read Liubitsa), Gallery of murals, and the archaeological site of Kladovo, the cradle the famous culture Lepenski Vir.

Note that in the past, the beautiful Piazza della Repubblica not like at all what it is today. Indeed, at this point where today are the monument to Prince Mihailo – the famous “Knights” (which is also THE place for all the reunions with friends) and the National Theater opposite .. . was the first door Stambol (the second is in the Kalemegdan Fortress, cf. Rate this fortress). When the Austrians occupied the city, taking it to the Turks for a short time, the door was the first monument to be destroyed, and a small square were formed almost immediately. After the city has increased again in the hands of Turkey, before finally being released, the museum was founded (in 1844), without being immediately installed in the palace he occupies today. Indeed, originally named “Museum of Prince Paul”, he was changed several places before, in 1903 was built the palace museum, instead of a hotel and inn, facing the Theater National, the only building which then stood by his size. What is interesting is that the collections were quickly assembled, and, although unfortunately the museum collections and suffered severe damage during World War I, they were not only restored but also enhanced over many years . Of course, when it became clear that the second world war would not save Belgrade, the collections were evacuated to safe places … a chance, as for example, at the same time, all the riches of the former National Library perished during the first days of bombing in April 1941.

At the end of the war, people in the government of the day, and especially the Marshal Tito, quickly understood how this type of museum could be interesting for the image of Yugoslavia in the world. Paradoxically, because if otherwise, he should never really show membership in a nationality *, this museum was one of the few who undergoes no change in the collection (which was often the case elsewhere), which is that ‘today, visiting the museum, you can really get a full impression of what is art, history and architecture of Serbia. (This is especially interesting in the end everything related to revolutionary times was well presented, but in other places – which must be emphasized that they were not all visited the National Museum