| Doctor's Tower | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | monument |
| Classification | Cultural monument of great importance |
| Location | Savski venac |
| Town or city | Belgrade |
| Country | Serbia |
| Completed | 1824 |
The Doctor's Tower (Serbian: Докторова кула, Doktorova kula) is a tower in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia that is a historic former doctors residence and then psychiatric clinic. It is located at 103 Kneza Miloša street, in the municipality of Savski venac. The tower was built in 1824 by the Italian doctor Vito Romita, one of the first doctors in Serbia after the uprisings. In 1965, the tower was protected by law as an important cultural monument.[1]
Doctor's Tower was the first psychiatric hospital in Serbia and the Balkans.[2]
- ^ Blagojević M., Roter. "Nastanak prvih zdravstvenih kompleksa" (PDF). Retrieved 9 February 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ M.Ćurčić, K.Đorđević (13 October 2018). Изложба о историји психијатрије у Докторовој кули [Exhibition on the history of psychiatrics in the Doctor's Tower]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 08.