Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building

Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building
Yugoslav General Staff
Савезни секретариjaт за народну одбрану
Savezni Sekretarijat za Narodnu Odbranu
The Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building in early 2022, with most of the damage cleared away.
Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building is located in Belgrade
Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building
Location in Belgrade
General information
StatusDamaged / partially used
TypeGovernment building for the Ministry of Defense[1]
LocationNemanjina Street, Belgrade, Serbia
Coordinates44°48′20.2″N 20°27′40.5″E / 44.805611°N 20.461250°E / 44.805611; 20.461250
Construction started1957
Completed1965
Closed1999 (destroyed)
Technical details
Floor area49,235 m2 (pre-1999)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Nikola Dobrović

The Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building (Serbian: Савезни секретариjaт за народну одбрану, romanizedSavezni Sekretarijat za Narodnu Odbranu, lit. "Federal Secretariat for the People's Defense"), also known as the Yugoslav General Staff (Serbian: Зграда Генералштаба, romanizedZgrada Generalštaba, lit. "General Staff Building") is a government building in Belgrade, Serbia, that formerly housed the Ministry of Defence of Yugoslavia.

Built in from 1957-65, the building was heavily damaged during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, and was left largely derelict. Today, only a small non-damaged portion of the building is used by the Ministry of Defence of Serbia.

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