About the cemetery
The New Cemetery in Belgrade established 1886, was among the first cemeteries in Serbia built in compliance with the urban planning principles. It is owing the existence to the initiative of Serbian surgeon, writer, politician, intellectual and Mayor of Belgrade, Vladan Djordjevic. The cemetery was designed upon the patterns of contemporary European cemeteries, but significant influence of Neo-Byzantine and Serbo-Byzantine styles may be noticed throughout the cemetery.
Starting from the modest 2 hectares, the New Cemetery in Belgrade is now encompassing the total area of almost 31 hectares and is the eternal resting place of more than 350.000 people, while preserving around 70.000 burial places, 37 family chapels, 6 foreign military cemeteries from WWI and WWII, including two specialized areas intended for burials of distinguished individuals, not to mention almost 1500 sculptures, made by more than 130 exceptional local and international sculptors.
In a view of its significant memorial, cultural, historical and artistic values and considerable number of prominent figures buried there, in 1983 the New Cemetery in Belgrade was registered within the Central Register of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Serbia, as the Cultural Heritage of Great Importance. Recognized as an Open-Air Museum due to its historical and memorial resources, its refinement level and artistic achievements, but also as an evidence of the intangible cultural heritage, it acquired its place among prestigious members of the Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe (ASCE) in 2004, and is a part of the European Cemeteries Route since 2010.
For nearly one and a half century, this precious and in so many ways distinctive architectural and symbolic area of Belgrade kept the memory on countless authentic Serbian people. As an omnipresent chronicler of the city and the country, it mirrors the fate of the entire nation.
Cemetery address
New Cemetery of Belgrade50th Ruzveltova St.
11000 Belgrade
Serbia
Contacts
Phone: + 381 11 2071 340E-mail: marina.racic@beogadskagroblja.rs
Web: https://beogradskagroblja.com/
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Tourist info
Tourist Organization of Belgrade: https://www.tob.rs/National Tourism Organization of Serbia: https://www.serbia.travel/