Editing Belgrade (section)

===Architecture===
{{See also|List of buildings in Belgrade|List of streets and squares in Belgrade |Bridges of Belgrade|Architectural projects in Belgrade|Religious architecture in Belgrade|Gates of Belgrade}}
[[File:Palata Albanija 01.jpg|thumb|right|[[Palace Albanija]] ]]
Belgrade has wildly varying architecture, from the centre of [[Zemun]], typical of a Central European town,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Comrie |first1=Nicholas |last2=Moore |first2=Lucy |title=Zemun: The Town Within the City |url=http://www.b92.net/eng/travel/index.php?nav_id=38986 |publisher=[[B92]] Travel |date=1 October 2007 |access-date=17 May 2007 |archive-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022122710/http://www.b92.net/eng/travel/index.php?nav_id=38986 |url-status=live }}</ref> to the more modern architecture and spacious layout of [[Novi Beograd|New Belgrade]].

The oldest architecture is found in Kalemegdan Park. Outside of Kalemegdan, the oldest buildings date only from the 18th century, due to its geographic position and frequent wars and destructions.<ref name="manević">{{cite web |last=Manević |first=Zoran |url=http://web.mit.edu/most/www/ser/Belgrade/zoran_manevic.html |title=Architecture and Building |publisher=[[MIT]] website |access-date=19 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811101910/http://web.mit.edu/most/www/ser/Belgrade/zoran_manevic.html |archive-date=11 August 2007}}</ref>
The oldest public structure in Belgrade is a nondescript Turkish [[türbe]], while the oldest house is a modest clay house on [[Dorćol]], from late 18th century.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mitrović |first=Prof. Dr. Mihajlo |url=http://www.ulus.org.rs/ENGLISH/Exhibitions/TriennialA/TriennialA.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100117001440/http://www.ulus.org.rs/ENGLISH/Exhibitions/TriennialA/TriennialA.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 January 2010 |title=Seventh Belgrade triennial of world architecture |publisher=ULUS |date=27 June 2003 |access-date=19 May 2007}}</ref> Western influence began in the 19th century, when the city completely transformed from an oriental town to the contemporary architecture of the time, with influences from [[neoclassicism]], [[romanticism]], and [[academic art]]. Serbian architects took over the development from foreign builders in the late 19th century, producing the [[National Theatre in Belgrade|National Theatre]], [[Stari dvor|Stari Dvor]], [[St. Michael's Cathedral (Belgrade)|Cathedral Church]] and later, in the early 20th century, the [[House of the National Assembly, Belgrade|House of the National Assembly]] and [[National Museum of Serbia|National Museum]], influenced by [[art nouveau]].<ref name="manević"/> Elements of [[Serbo-Byzantine Revival]] are present in buildings such as [[Vuk Foundation House]], old Post Office in Kosovska street, and sacral architecture, such as [[St. Mark's Church, Belgrade|St. Mark's Church]] (based on the [[Gračanica monastery]]), and the [[Church of Saint Sava]].<ref name="manević"/>
In the socialist period, housing was built quickly and cheaply for the huge influx of people fleeing the countryside following World War II, sometimes resulting in the [[brutalist architecture]] of the [[Blocks (New Belgrade)|''blokovi'']] ('blocks') of [[New Belgrade]]; a [[socrealism]] trend briefly ruled, resulting in buildings like the [[Dom Sindikata|Trade Union Hall]].<ref name="manević"/> However, in the mid-1950s, [[modernism|modernist]] trends took over, and still dominate the Belgrade architecture.<ref name="manević"/>
Belgrade has the second oldest sewer system in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Potrebno uložiti 1,6 milijardi evra u energetsku efikasnost |url=http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Ekonomija/518297/Potrebno-uloziti-16-milijardi-evra-u-energetsku-efikasnost |website=Blic |date=10 December 2014 |access-date=10 December 2014 |archive-date=14 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214143427/http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Ekonomija/518297/Potrebno-uloziti-16-milijardi-evra-u-energetsku-efikasnost |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Clinical Centre of Serbia]] spreads over 34 hectares and consists of about 50 buildings, while also has 3,150 beds considered to be the highest number in Europe,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mišković |first1=Ivan |title=Za godinu dana više od 50.000 operacija |url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/beograd/za-godinu-dana-vise-od-50000-operacija/687nddy |access-date=26 July 2020 |work=blic.rs |date=4 February 2009 |language=sr |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726163120/https://www.blic.rs/vesti/beograd/za-godinu-dana-vise-od-50000-operacija/687nddy |url-status=live }}</ref> and among [[List of hospitals by capacity|highest in the world]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Largest Hospitals In The World |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-largest-hospitals-in-the-world.html |website=worldatlas.com |date=5 October 2017 |access-date=26 July 2020 |archive-date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710191100/https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-largest-hospitals-in-the-world.html |url-status=live }}</ref>