Yugoslav Ministry of Defence Building | |
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Зграда Савезног секретариjaта за народну одбрану | |
General information | |
Status | Damaged / partially used |
Type | Complex of buildings that housed the Yugoslav Ministry of Defense |
Location | Savski Venac, Belgrade, Serbia |
Coordinates | 44°48′20.2″N 20°27′40.5″E / 44.805611°N 20.461250°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 |
The Yugoslav Ministry of Defence Building (Serbian: Зграда Савезног секретариjaта за народну одбрану, romanized: Zgrada Saveznog sekretarijata za narodnu odbranu, lit. "Federal Secretariat for the People's Defense Building"), also known as the General Staff Building (Serbian: Зграда Генералштаба, romanized: Zgrada Generalštaba), is a complex of government buildings, that formerly housed the Ministry of Defence of Yugoslavia and the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army, now housing the Ministry of Defence of Serbia (in non-damaged part, tower of "Building B"). It is located in Savski Venac, Belgrade.
The complex was heavily damaged during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 and was left largely derelict.