Slavia Square

Slavia Square is one of the main and busiest commercial areas located between the intersections of the seven main streets of Belgrade: Beogradska, Kralja Milana, Makenzijeva, Svetosavska, Bulevar oslobođ enja, Deligradska and Nemanjina.

The idea of creating the square appeared when one of the famous English businessmen named Francis Mackenzie bought a large plot of land and divided it into segments for sale. Shortly thereafter, Mackenzie built a house for himself in what would later be the Slavia Cinema. Since then, the square has acquired its name.

After World War II, the square was renamed in honor of a prominent socialist figure, Dmitry Tukovik, whose bronze bust was placed in the center of the square. But in the early 2000s, the original name was returned.

Today, Slavia Square is one of the most visited places in Belgrade, as all three types of public transport pass through it: buses, trolleybuses and trams.

The residence of Francis Mackenzie and the Slavia Cinema are gone, although the latter has been one of the symbols of Belgrade for many decades. It was demolished in the early 1990s, but none of the construction projects on the site were implemented. Not knowing what to do with the empty space, the city turned it into a temporary parking lot.