Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building
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The Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building (Serbian: Савезни секретариjaт за народну одбрану, romanized: Savezni Sekretarijat za Narodnu Odbranu, lit. "Federal Secretariat for the People's Defense"), also known as the Yugoslav General Staff (Serbian: Зграда Генералштаба, romanized: Zgrada Generalštaba, lit. "General Staff Building") is a government building in Belgrade, Serbia, that formerly housed the Ministry of Defence of Yugoslavia.
Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building Yugoslav General Staff | |
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Савезни секретариjaт за народну одбрану Savezni Sekretarijat za Narodnu Odbranu | |
General information | |
Status | Damaged / partially used |
Type | Government building for the Ministry of Defense[1] |
Location | Nemanjina Street, Belgrade, Serbia |
Coordinates | 44°48′20.2″N 20°27′40.5″E |
Construction started | 1957 |
Completed | 1965 |
Closed | 1999 (destroyed) |
Technical details | |
Floor area | 49,235 m2 (pre-1999) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Nikola Dobrović |
Built in from 1957-65, the building was heavily damaged during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, and was left largely derelict. Today, only a small non-damaged portion of the building is used by the Ministry of Defence of Serbia.