Knez Mihailova Street

Knez Mihailova Street
Knez Mihailova Street
Native name
  • Улица кнез Михаилова (Serbian)
  • Улица кнеза Михаила (Serbian)
NamesakeMihailo Obrenović
Length1,000 m (3,300 ft)
LocationStari Grad, Belgrade
TypeSpatial Cultural-Historical Unit of Exceptional Importance
Designated1964
Reference no.ПКИЦ 1

Knez Mihailova Street (Serbian: Кнез Михаилова улица, romanized: Knez Mihailova ulica, officially: Улица кнеза Михаила, Ulica kneza Mihaila) 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.

One kilometer long Knez Mihailova Street was protected in 1964 as the spatial cultural-historical unit, the first cultural monument of that type in Belgrade.[1] In 1979 it was elevated to the Spatial Cultural-Historical Units of Great Importance, and as such is protected by the Republic of Serbia.[2]

  1. ^ Daliborka Mučibabić (22 May 2021). Крунски венац и Светосавски плато - културна добра [Krunski Venac and Saint Sava Plateau - cultural monuments]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 14.
  2. ^ "Pešačko carstvo od trideset leta".