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'''Bara Venecija''' (((lang-sr-cyr|Бара Венеција))) is an [[List of Belgrade neighborhoods|urban neighborhood]] of [[Belgrade]], the capital of [[Serbia]]. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of [[Savski Venac]], along the right bank of the [[Sava|Sava river]].

== Location ==
Bara Venecija is located on the right bank of the [[Sava]] river, roughly between the Old Sava bridge and [[Branko's Bridge]] some ((convert|700|-|800|m|mi|1|sp=us)) west of [[Terazije]], downtown Belgrade. It is basically a small sub-neighborhood of the [[Savamala]], which used to cover much larger area.

== History ==

The area was originally a [[bog]] called ''Ciganska Bara'' (((lang-sr-cyr|Циганска бара)), "Gypsy pond"). The bog was charted for the first time in an [[Austria]]n map from 1789. It was a marsh which covered a wide area from modern Karađorđeva Street (at Kovač's Khan, at modern Hercegovačka Street) to the mouth of the [[Topčiderska reka]] into the Sava, across the northern tip of [[Ada Ciganlija]]. Marshy area covered modern location of the [[Belgrade Main railway station]] and parts of the Sarajevska and Hajduk-Veljkov Venac streets. Ciganska Bara drained two other bogs. One  was located on [[Slavija Square|Slavija]], which drained through the creek of Vračarski Potok<ref>((Citation | author = Dragana Jokić Stamenković| title = Beograd na dvesta sputanih voda| newspaper = Politika | language = sr | date = 28 May 2011 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/178840/Beograd-na-dvesta-sputanih-voda ))</ref> which flew down the area of the modern ''Nemanjina'' street. Other pond whose water drained into the Ciganska bara was [[Zeleni Venac]].<ref name=ackovic>((Citation | author = Dragoljub Acković| title = Šest vekova Roma u Beogradu – part XV, Veselje do kasno u noć | newspaper = [[Politika]] | language = sr | date = December 2008 ))</ref><ref name=magazin>((cite news | author = Branko Bogdanović | script-title=sr: Београдска Венеција | trans-title = Belgrade's Venice | newspaper = Politika-Magazin, No. 1224 | pages = 28–29 | language = sr | date = 14 March 2021))</ref>

During the high water levels in the Sava, the bog would also rise, forming a proper lake which reached the Bosanska (modern Gavrila Principa) and Sarajevska streets.<ref name=magazin/> [[Romanies]] who lived in the area, used the mud from the bog to make roof tiles. They lived in small huts or caravans (called ''čerge''), between the high grass and [[Juncaceae|rush]], with their horses and water buffaloes grazing freely in the area. As most of the huts were actually [[stilt house]]s, built on [[deep foundation|piles]] due to the marshy land, the area was gradually named Bara Venecija ("[[Venice]] pond").<ref name=ackovic/>

The concession for the construction of the first railway in Serbia included the laying of the Belgrade–Niš railway, the train bridge over the Sava river and a railway that would connect Belgrade to [[Zemun]], a border town of [[Austria-Hungary]] at the time. The location of the future station building in Bara Venecija was chosen in 1881.<ref name=tajne/> The station itself was not part of the concession, 

As a marshland, the selected location was completely inappropriate for construction works of any kind, so the swamp first had to be filled. The remains of the demolished [[Republic Square (Belgrade)#Stambol Gate|Stambol Gate]] were already dumped into the bog in 1866.<ref name=tajne>((cite news | author = Branka Vasiljević | title = Tajne Glavne železničke stanice | trans-title = Secrets of the Main Railway Station | newspaper = Politika | page = 14 | language = Serbian | date = 16 April 2019 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/427585/Tajne-Glavne-zeleznicke-stanice))</ref> Parts of the demolished trench, ''šanac'', which encircled the downtown, were also used to fill the bog.<ref name=magazin/>

The [[foundation stone]] for the station was laid by ruling prince [[Milan I of Serbia|Milan Obrenović]] on ((OldStyleDate|15 April|1883|3 April)).<ref>((cite news | author = Branka Vasiljević | script-title=sr: Обнова бивше зграде Главне железничке станице | trans-title = Reconstruction of the former building of the Main railway station | newspaper = Politika | page = 14 | language = Serbian | date = 6 August 2019))</ref> By 1884 the bog was partially drained and buried under the rubble from all parts of the city and especially from [[Prokop (Belgrade)|Prokop]].<ref name=ackovic/> The station was ceremonially opened ((OldStyleDate|1 September|1884|20 August)), though it wasn't completed. By September 1885 the embankment for the railway bridge on the northern end of the neighborhood, and the bridge itself, were finished, so as the embankment in the direction of the streets, with the drainage system. In 1887, city was still deliberating necessity of completely draining the bog and in 1889 decided to finish the works, announcing that works will last "for years".<ref name=magazin/> Filling of the bog from the Prokop was finished in 1898.<ref>((cite news | author = Goran Vesić | script-title=sr: Мали пијац и Савамала | trans-title = Little Market and Savamala | newspaper = Politika | page = 20 | language = sr | date = 10–12 April 2020))</ref>

However, the drainage system in the upper sections, at Sarajevska Street, was built only in 1904. After [[World War I]], plans were made for further filling of the area next to the railway, in order to expand cargo section of the station. As the filling and construction of the embankments wasn't finished, the area was still regularly flooded.<ref name=magazin/> Industrialist Mihailo V. Bajloni built a residential complex along the Sarajevska Street during [[Interbellum]]. It was constructed for the workers of the Bajloni's merchant company “Bajloni & Sons”. The complex included both the company administrative buildings and social housing.<ref>((cite news | author = Goran Vesić | script-title=sr: Социјални станови | trans-title = Social housing | newspaper = Politika | page = 14 | language = sr | date = 2 August 2019 ))</ref>

In the early 1940, the city decided to finish the draining. On 9 March 1940, an agreement was signed with the "Danish Group" consortium, which was to pour 500,000 tons of sand on the area between the railway and the river, and from the station to the bridge. City already hired the same consortium (made up of Danish companies "[[Kampsax]]", "[[Højgaard & Schultz]]" and "Carl Nielsen") to start construction of [[New Belgrade]], across the Sava. The "Sydhavnen" excavator was transported from Denmark, and was supposed to finish works by 1 October 1940. However, the excavator continued to work after the German occupation of Belgrade in April 1941. It finished works in 1943, completing the draining and filling of the marsh.<ref name=magazin/>

In 1957, the complex of Belgrade Fair was built in the southern part of Bara Venecija.<ref name=magazin/>

== Characteristics ==

Bara Venecija is almost entirely industrial and commercial area. Many hangars and depots, [[asphalt plant]]s and oil tanks are located here, due to the proximity of both downtown Belgrade and Sava harbor (''Savsko pristanište''). It all gives the neighborhood industrialized, unattractive, gray look.

Being on the lowest part of the Sava's bank, Bara Venecija gets flooded during the extremely high waters of the river. It was completely flooded in 1984 and during the major [[2006 European floods|flood of 2006]].

=== Boiler house complex ===

The "Ložionica" complex, located within the railway station compound, includes boiler house, adjacent depot, [[railway turntable|turntable]] and [[water tower]]. Construction of the original depot, [[water stop]] and coal loading ramp began in 1883 on a different location, closer to the central railway building. In time they became inadequate so the new complex, designed by engineer Nikola Raičković, was finished on its present location in 1925 and became operational in 1926. The semicircular object was used for storing and placing steam locomotives on the railway. It had room for 31 locomotive and included administrative building, blacksmith shop, sawmill, repair shops, foundry and gas factory. The water tower was demolished during World War II and rebuilt later. It was claimed that [[Milutin Milanković]] drafted the designs for the original water tower, but it can't be proved.<ref name=loz>((cite news | author = Branka Vasiljević | title = Na deo Ložionice nasuta zemlja | trans-title = Earth covered part of boiler house | newspaper = Politika | page = 15 | language = sr | date = 3 February 2020 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/447145/Na-deo-Lozionice-nasuta-zemlja))</ref>

The complex was placed under the preliminary protection as the cultural monument and became dispatched ward of the Railway Museum where locomotives from the 19th century were exhibited. Already in bad shape, after the construction of Belgrade Waterfront began and the Main Railway station was closed, the security was removed from the complex. A month later, in late August 2018, a group of people undetected for days and using [[gas burner]]s, cut and destroyed two priceless locomotives ("Pula" from 1864 and "Presek" from 1884), hand cast railway wagon, seven [[Plane (tool)|planes]] and two vertical drills. The larceny lasted for days even though the police station is almost across the complex before it was noticed. Remainder of the exhibits was subsequently relocated.<ref name=loz/><ref>((cite news | script-title = sr: Савски венац - Непокретна културна добра на територији општине "Савски венац" | trans-title = Savski Venac - Immobile cultural monuments on the territory of Savski Venac municipality | publisher = Institute for the Protection of the Cultural Monuments in Belgrade | language = sr | url = http://beogradskonasledje.rs/kulturna-dobra/gradske-opstine/nepokretna-kulturna-dobra-na-teritoriji-opstine-savski-venac-2 | access-date = 2020-03-15 | archive-date = 2015-09-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923175000/http://beogradskonasledje.rs/kulturna-dobra/gradske-opstine/nepokretna-kulturna-dobra-na-teritoriji-opstine-savski-venac-2 | url-status = dead ))</ref><ref>((cite news | author = BBC News | title = Beograd: Od neprocenjivih lokomotiva ostali samo kosturi | trans-title = Belgrade: only skeletons remained of the priceless locomotives | newspaper = [[Danas (newspaper)|Danas]] | language = sr | date = 12 September 2018 | url = https://www.danas.rs/bbc-news-serbian/beograd-od-neprocenjivih-lokomotiva-ostali-samo-kosturi/))</ref><ref>((cite news | author = Telegraf | title = Zatekao ih je kako seku i krše SRPSKO BLAGO JEDINSTVENO NA SVETU: Ovako je uništen Železnički muzej!  | trans-title = Depo has been sold | publisher = Srbija Danas | language = sr | date = 11 September 2019 | url = https://www.srbijadanas.com/vesti/hronika/zatekao-ih-je-kako-seku-i-krse-srpsko-blago-jedinstveno-na-svetu-ovako-je-unisten-zeleznicki-muzej-2018-09-11))</ref>

By February 2020, the already crumbling depot was partially buried under the piles of earth deposited from the construction site. Remains of four rusting wagons remained within the complex and there were some squatters despite everything was covered in overgrowth of [[Ailanthus altissima|ailanthus]]. According to the Belgrade Waterfront project, the complex should be adapted into the "modern and creative space" in 2020.<ref name=loz/> In August 2021, the government announced architectural design competition for the future "creative-innovative multi-functional center", the "hub of creative industry".<ref>((cite news | author = Daliborka Mučibabić | script-title=sr: Стара ложионица постаје центар креативне индустрије | trans-title = Old boiler room becomes center of creative industry | newspaper = Politika | page = 15 | language = sr | date = 17 August 2021 | url = https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/485667/Lozionica-centar-kreativne-industrije))</ref> The structure will cover ((convert|14,000|m2)) and the construction is planned to start in June 2022.<ref>((cite news | author = Daliborka Mučibabić | script-title=sr: "Ложионица" постаје креативни центар | trans-title = "Ložionica" becomes creative center | newspaper = Politika | page = 5 | language = sr | date = 13 September 2021))</ref>

Futuristic design was unveiled in November 2021, with projected deadline in 2024. Design by "AKVS Architecture" studio includes the central plateau, boiler room transformed into arched gallery with 26 revolving doors, and new building with forested terraces and oxygen bubble  with [[microalgae]] based [[photobioreactor]]s.<ref>((cite news | author = Daliborka Mučibabić | title = Staja za lokomotive postaje centar za talente i inovatore | trans-title = Locomotive barn becomes center for talents and innovators | newspaper = Politika | page = 17 | language = sr | date = 19 November 2021 | url = https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/492570/Staja-za-lokomotive-postaje-centar-za-talente-i-inovatore))</ref> Works began in February 2023, and the deadline was moved to the spring of 2025.<ref>((cite news | author = Daliborka Mučibabić | title = Obnova Ložionice počinje sutra | trans-title = Reconstruction of the boiler room starts tomorrow | newspaper = Politika | page = 15 | language = sr | date = 31 January 2023 | url = https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/535149/Obnova-Lozionice-pocinje-sutra))</ref>

=== Cardboard factory of Milan Vapa ===

Industrialist and philanthropist Milan Vapa (1875-1939) established his cardboard and paper business in 1905 but decided to build a new, proper factory as the business expanded. He built a modern factory between the [[Senjak]] neighborhood and the [[Sava]] river from 1921 to 1924. Designed by Karl Hanisch, the ((ill|Cardboard Factory of Milan Vapa|sr|Fabrika hartije Milana Vape)) was located next to the [[Old Railway Bridge]], had its own pier, water pump, power plant and railway branch, electric crane, ambulance, chapel. The paper mill was equipped with the moderns German machines. It was the first industrial object built purposely for the paper production in Serbia and was the only one in the next 30 years.<ref name=vapa>((cite news | author = Branka Vasiljević | title = Čija je Vapina fabrika | trans-title = Whose is Vapa's factory? | newspaper = Politika | page = 15 | language = sr | date = 1 February 2020 | url = http://www.politika.co.rs/sr/clanak/447044/Cija-je-Vapina-fabrika))</ref> The factory was nationalized after World War II by the new Communist authorities and in the 1950s the machines were dismantled and relocated to [[Ada Huja]].

Former factory became the administrative building and the storage of the "Jugošped" company, a major [[freight forwarder]] and logistics company. The industrial complex was placed under the state protection. By the 2010s, "Jugošped" collapsed. Strong wind blew away part of the tin roof in the late 2019. When Institute for the protection of the cultural monuments wanted to contact the owner to fix it, all possible proprietors and leaseholders, including those named as such in the official papers (companies "Jugošped" and "Zepter", City of Belgrade, Republic of Serbia) denied the ownership. The roof was fixed but it is not known by whom.<ref name=vapa/>

As of February 2020, part of the building is almost buried under tons of earth from the nearby construction site of Belgrade Waterfront.<ref name=vapa/>

=== Post Office No. 6 ===
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Just south of the railway station, there is a building of the [[Old Post Office (Belgrade)|Post Office No. 6]]. Originally built as the Post Office No. 2 in the 1920s, it was constructed by architect [[Momir Korunović]]. Due to the extravagantly ornamented façade, it was called "architectural beauty" and considered one of the most beautiful buildings in Belgrade and among Korunović's best works. It was damaged during [[World War II]] and reconstructed later. However, the new, Communist authorities considered its façade "too bourgeois" so they removed the remains of the façade and reconstructed only the skeletal architecture under it, which suited the style of the [[Socialist realism]] which was pushed by the government in the immediate post-war period.<ref>(( cite news | author = Dejan Aleksić | title = Zaboravljeni srpski Gaudi | trans-title = Forgotten Serbian Gaudi | newspaper = [[Politika]] | language = sr | date = 22 April 2018 | url = http://www.politika.co.rs/sr/clanak/402400/Zaboravljeni-srpski-Gaudi ))</ref> As such, the façade has been described as a "skeleton and unsightly".<ref name=fasada>((cite news | author = Dejan Aleksić, Daliborka Mučibabić | script-title=sr: Град тражи да се врати раскошна фасада | trans-title = City asks for the rich façade to be restored | newspaper = Politika | page = 15 | language = sr | date = 12 September 2019))</ref> Ukrainian émigré architect, and informant of the [[OGPU]] (later [[NKVD]]), Pavel Krat, was given the task of reducing the façade to the basic social realistic style. He referred to the Korunović's design as the "typical example of unsuccessful use of our folk architectural heritage, overloaded with stylish elements".<ref>((cite news | author = Goran Vesić | script-title=sr: Бела тачка на црвеном платну | trans-title = White spot on red canvas | newspaper = Politika | page = 18 | language = sr | date = 15 January 2021))</ref>

With the construction of the Belgrade Waterfront since the mid-2010s, and the complete overhaul of the [[Savamala#Sava Square|Sava Square]], there were signals from the city and the investors, both for the restoration of the original, rich façade and for keeping the present appearance of the building. National postal service, [[Pošta Srbije]], announced it has no further need for the building, so the state, which is the official owner of the object, decided to sell it, foreseeing it might be adapted into the hotel. One of the bidding conditions will be the restoration of the old façade.<ref name=fasada/> In February 2020, deputy mayor Goran Vesić announced the restoration of the original façade, after the reshaping of the Sava Square is finished.<ref>((cite news | author = Goran Vesić | script-title=sr: Дворски комплекс | trans-title = Royal compound | newspaper = Politika | language = sr | date = 21 February 2020))</ref>

Despite previous claims, in May 2020 it was announced that the building won't be restored to its pre-World War II appearance. City claimed the full reconstruction will be financially imprudent as the building lost its original structure. Instead, the architectural design competition will be organized in 2021, with the task of incorporating "authentic elements" of the original façade. The building was the last in the line of projects where city administration promised to reconstruct city landmarks to its old appearances, but instead mostly just refurbished them (Belgrade Main railway station, [[Belgrade Cooperative]], [[National Museum of Serbia]]). After negative public backlash (pointing out to other cities which restore their landmarks like Berlin, Budapest or Warsaw, and to the lack of proper explanations why the reconstruction is not an option), chief city urbanist Marko Stojčić stated a month later that the original façade will be restored.<ref>((cite news | author = Dejan Aleksić, Daliborka Mučibabić | title = Pošta u Savskoj biće obnovljena, ali ne izvorno | trans-title = Post office in Savska [Street] will be renovated, but not to [its] original | newspaper = Politika | page = 14 | language = sr | date = 6 June 2020 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/455587/Posta-u-Savskoj-bice-obnovljena-ali-ne-izvorno))</ref><ref>((cite news | author = Dejan Aleksić | title = Pošta u Savskoj ipak dobija izvornu fasadu | trans-title = Post office in Savska gets original façade after all | newspaper = [[Politika]] | page = 14 | language = sr | date = 15 June 2020 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/456191/Posta-u-Savskoj-ipak-dobija-izvornu-fasadu))</ref>

In May 2021 city announced that artists and other tenants from the [[BIGZ building]] might move into the building after the reconstruction, if city decides to adapt it into the cultural center.  When the contract for the [[Belgrade Waterfront]] was signed in 2015, the post office building was handed over to the investors from the United Arab Emirates to adapt into the commercial building, but without obligation for the investor to restore the original facade. City announced possible agreement with the investors to still finance the building's reconstruction into the cultural center, offering them tax rebates. By this time, the Post Office mostly evacuated the building.<ref>((cite news | author = Daliborka Mučibabić, Dejan Aleksić | title = "Bigzovci" potencijalni stanari zgrade Pošte u Savskoj | trans-title = BIGZ's tenants possibly will move in the Post Office in Savska Street | newspaper = Politika | language = sr | date = 23 May 2021 | url = https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/479721/Bigzovci-potencijalni-stanari-zgrade-Poste-u-Savskoj))</ref>

Situation changed again in June 2022, when city announced that the old building will be completely demolished, and the new one, replica of the old, Korunović's design, will be built from scratch. New building will host City Library, and evening stage of the Theatre "Boško Buha". Construction will be financed by the Belgrade Waterfront company, which will then handed it over to Belgrade. A large parking lot will be built behind the building.<ref>((cite news | author = Daliborka Mučibabić, Dejan Andrić | title = Ruše Poštu u Savskoj, podižu repliku Korunovićevog zdanja | trans-title = Demolishing Post Office in the Savska, building a replica of Korunović's mansion | newspaper = Politika | page = 15 | language = sr | date = 7 June 2022 | url = https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/509071/Ruse-Postu-u-Savskoj-podizu-repliku-Korunovicevog-zdanja))</ref>

=== Pyramidal bunkers ===

Along the tracks and the Savska Street, German occupational forces built four bunkers in 1941–1942, during the World War II occupation. They were built in an unusual, not often applied, four-side pyramidal design. This way, the bombs wouldn't hit it directly, instead they would slide or bounce of its sloped sides. The bunkers were built of concrete, with very thick walls and were quite spacious inside. They were used by the railway workers but also by the [[Wehrmacht]] military crews which protected the railway and used bunkers during the air raids. One bunker was closer to the street while the other was closer to the river. The river one was smaller, but had an interior equipped for the prolonged stay of the soldiers, including quite efficient ventilation system and toilet. The larger one had ((convert|80|m2|abbr=on)) of usable space. It was ((convert|2.2|m|abbr=on)) tall on the inside and the walls were ((convert|3|m|abbr=on)) thick at the base. It was divided in two shelters, ((convert|27|m|abbr=on)) and ((convert|14|m|abbr=on)) long, and could shelter 50 people.<ref name=nin>((cite news | author = Miodrag Simović | script-title=sr: И бункери жртве Београда на води | trans-title = Bunkers another victims of Belgrade Waterfront | newspaper = [[NIN (magazine)|NIN]], No. 3573 | page = 24 | language = sr | date = 20 June 2019))</ref><ref name=Politika>((cite news | author = Branka Vasiljević | title = Počelo rušenje nemačkog bunkera u Savskoj ulici | trans-title = Demolition of the German bunker in the Savska Street began | newspaper = Politika | page = 15 | language = sr | date = 22 August 2019 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/436276/Pocelo-rusenje-nemackog-bunkera-u-Savskoj-ulici))</ref>

There is a total of 27 known German bunkers which survived until the 2010s, including two pyramidal ones in Bara Venecija. The street bunker was used as a storage facility for years, before it was adapted into the small ''[[kafana]]'' for the railway workers. In time, it became hiding place for the homeless and the waste dealers. As both bunkers were on the location of the controversial [[Belgrade Waterfront]] project, they were scheduled for demolition, despite the ideas of turning them into cultural or exhibition spaces, which is usually done with such objects in European cities. The river bunker was demolished in 2015 and the street one in August 2019.<ref name=nin/><ref name=Politika/>

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