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eograd je jedan od retkih gradova
koji se prostiru na obalama dveju
reka: Save i Dunava. Ukupna dužina
rečnog priobalja iznosi 270 kilome-
tara, ne računajući šest rečnih ostrva
– koliko ih ima na teritoriji grada –
što je približno dužini crnogorskog primorja.
Istovremeno, malo je gradova kroz koje pro-
tiču velike reke, a da nisu iskoristili njihove
obale, kao što je to slučaj sa Beogradom. Vrlo
je malo delova grada za koje može da se kaže
da su ,,na vodi”.
Reke su za ovaj deo Srbije i Beograd odu-
vek bile granice, one nisu spajale već razdva-
jale, ne samo različite države i carstva, već i
istok i zapad, sever i jug Evrope. Reke su, u
istoriji, s jedne strane, štitile grad, ali su bile
i opasnost – vodom je u svako doba mogao
da naiđe neprijatelj. Naseljena je bila samo
desna obala obe reke, ne računajući Zemun
koji se razvijao kao zaseban grad. Samim tim,
od reka se uglavnom zaziralo, reke nisu bile
u centru gradskog života. Čak su i prozori na
najbližim stambenim objektima, mada dosta
udaljen od reka, bili okrenuti na suprotnu
stranu.
Samo u poslednjih devedeset godina
reke Beograda ne predstavljaju granicu, liniju
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Belgrade is one of the few cities to
sprawl over the banks of two rivers: in this case
the Sava and the Danube. The total length of
riverbanks in the city totals 270 kilometres, not
including the six river islands on the territo-
ry of the city, which is about the same length
as the Montenegrin coastline. At the same
time, there are few cities on great rivers that
have not utilised the banks, as is the case with
Belgrade. There are very few parts of the city
that could be said to be “on the water”.
For this part of Serbia and Belgrade the
rivers were always borders; they did not bring
together but rather separated, not only dif-
ferent states and empires, but also East and
West, Northern and Southern Europe.
Historically, the rivers protected the city
on the one hand, but there were also dangers
– enemies could always appear on the waters.
Only the right bank of both rivers was inhab-
ited, not counting Zemun, which developed
as a separate town. As such, the rivers were
Okosnica projekta biće Kula Beograd,
toranj visok 200 metara, sa stambenim
jedinicama, poslovnim prostorima, hoteli-
ma, krovnom baštom i vidikovcem.
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The backbone of the project will be
the Belgrade Tower, some 200 metres
high and with residential units, commer-
cial spaces, hotels, a roof garden and a
viewing area.
