It weighs 72 tons and piles are made as for a 7-story building (PHOTO)

BELGRADE – The last parts of the Stefan Nemanja monument have reached Sava Square in Belgrade, the reconstruction of which is underway, and its construction, according to Deputy Mayor Goran Vesić, will be completed in mid-November.

“Today the last two trucks arrived in Belgrade, out of a total of ten, in which the monument to Stefan Nemanja was delivered. Parts of Stefan Nemanja’s sculpture arrived in the last two trucks, so all parts of the monument, the largest of the Balkans, they are now in Belgrade, “he said. Vesić to journalists about Savski trg.

He recalled that the erection of the monument, the author of which is the Russian sculptor Alexander Rukavishnikov, began in August.

“Piles were made ten meters deep, and these are piles like for a seven-story building,” Vesić said, adding that the monument, which weighs 72 tons, will be erected in mid-November.

As he pointed out, the monument will be monumental, as deserved by the ancestor of the most important medieval Serbian dynasty that ruled Serbia for two centuries, gave 11 rulers and at which time our country reached its peak in the Middle Ages.

Vesić stated that the Stefan Nemanja monument will be unique in the world because instead of the classical pedestal, it will be in a broken Byzantine helmet with reliefs inside that will depict parts of Stefan Nemanja’s life and the history of then Serbia.

He added that there will be about 50 people in the helmet and that it will be a kind of open-air museum, while there will be a fountain with 46 nozzles and special lighting around the monument.

Sava Square covers an area of ​​30,000 square meters, of which 20,000 square meters are a pedestrian zone, Vesić said, adding that it will be the largest pedestrian square in Serbia, whose reconstruction, as well as the erection of monuments, will be completed in November.

Vesić recalled that the facade of the old train station building was renovated and the roof fixed, adding that a tender will be announced for the reconstruction of the building itself, which will house the Museum of the Serbian Middle Ages.

Vesić said that the Middle Ages was probably one of the most important periods in Serbian history, adding that, unfortunately, we did not treat the Middle Ages until recently as a period in our history that is especially important.

“Our country became a respectable European country in the Middle Ages. Unfortunately, today we don’t have, say, any medieval rulers on banknotes, we don’t nurture the memory of the Middle Ages as our medieval rulers deserve and so I’m especially happy that At the suggestion of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, we have a monument to Stefan Nemanja, “added Vesić.

Selaković: By erecting a monument, we pay tribute to our ancestors

The Secretary General of the President of Serbia, Nikola Selaković, declared today that by erecting a monument to Stefan Nemanja at this very moment when Serbia is strong enough to do so, we are paying attention and respect to our ancestors who built and created Serbia. .

He told TV Prva that those who know Serbia should know Nemanjić, Lazarević, Karađordhević, Obrenoivić and added that this monument will be unique in itself, but also because it will be a small museum where everyone can enter and look at pictures of Stefan Nemanja’s life.

Selaković noted that the monument will be a symbol of Belgrade and that it is only the first to be erected, estimating that it will not lag behind world monuments in terms of artistic scope and that it will be the most visited place.

As he said, many were annoyed that the monument was 21 meters high and pointed out that it was the first time the monument had been erected in the largest square in Belgrade and that the capital increasingly resembled western capitals.

“In London, there is a 50-meter-high Nelson monument in Trafalgar Square, a 44-meter-high pillar in Paris at Vendome Square, and Trafalgar and Vendome are smaller than our Sava Square. Only the Place de la République de Paris has roughly Paris and London, and someone wanted to dispute that in Belgrade, “Selakovic said.

He added that during the Vučić government, more money was allocated from the budget than from all of our previous budgets combined.

“Why? Because we like to start what we started, but it did not fall from the sky, but someone had to implement serious measures, strengthen our finances and implement something like that,” he concluded.

(Kurir.rs/Tanjug)

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