THE ENGLISH ABOUT BELGRADE IN THE 19TH AND THE BEGINNING OF 20TH CENTURY
THE ENGLISH ABOUT BELGRADE IN THE 19TH AND THE BEGINNING OF 20TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: Attitudes of the British travellers about Belgrade during the nineteenth and early twentieth century, both the scant and the large ones, represent important evidence about the appearance of the city, its development, modernization and urbanization, the customs that existed, fashion, cultural events, social life led on both its streets and in its various urban institutions. The data presented by the respected Englishmen show in the best possible way how a town of the early nineteenth century with a lot of oriental features was gradually transformed into a town with European elements. Prejudices that they had about Serbia and Belgrade disappeared soon after their arrival, as they could be personally convinced that reality was something quite different from what they believed.

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