20 Black and White Photographs Capture Scenes of Knez Mihailova Street, Belgrade in 1983

Knez Mihailova Street is the main pedestrian and shopping zone in Belgrade, and is protected by law as one of the oldest and most valuable landmarks of the city. Named after Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia, it features a number of buildings and mansions built during the late 1870s.

The street follows the central grid layout of the Roman city of Singidunum, as one of the main access roads to the city corresponds to the modern street today. The main axis of urban development was along the street, which was the main route of communication (via cardo).

One kilometer long Knez Mihailova Street was in 1979 included on the list of Spatial Cultural-Historical Units of Great Importance, and as such is protected by the Republic of Serbia.

These black and white photographs of Knez Mihailova Street below were taken by Bane Djordjevic in the spring of 1983.

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20 Amazing Vintage Photographs That Capture Women’s Street Styles of Belgrade in the 1960s and 1970s

During the 1960s and 1970s, Belgrade was masterfully immortalized by photographer Branislav Bane Djordjevic, who paid special attention to female beauty, elegance, and fashion.

Djordjevic was a local music professor who has left a deep mark in the world of domestic photography since he was a patient observer of everything that was happening in Knez Mihailova Street.

As a member of the Belgrade Photo Club, he often photographed life on the streets and, thanks to his keen eye and sense of aesthetics, built a recognizable style and captured the time, fashion and beauty of the time.

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Famous Serbian Actress Beba Lončar in Front of the Parliament in Belgrade, 1960

The photo is from the Yugoslavian movie Ljubav i moda (Love and fashion), 1960.

(Thank you Jovana Macic)