Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building
The Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building (Serbian: Савезни секретариjaт за народну одбрану, romanized: Savezni Sekretarijat za Narodnu Odbranu, lit. "Federal Secretariat for the People's Defense"), also known as the Yugoslav General Staff (Serbian: Зграда Генералштаба, romanized: Zgrada Generalštaba, lit. "General Staff Building") is a building that was previously occupied by the Ministry of Defence of Yugoslavia, a governmental department responsible for defending the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from internal and external military threats.
| 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. | |
Location in Belgrade | |
| General information | |
| Status | Damaged / partially used |
| Type | Government building for the Ministry of Defense |
| Location | Nemanjina Street, Belgrade, Serbia |
| Coordinates | 44°48′20.2″N 20°27′40.5″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 |
Considered to be a masterpiece of post-war architecture, it was bombed and heavily damaged during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. Today, only a small non-damaged portion of the building is used by the Ministry of Defence of Serbia.