ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF SERBIA: VICTIM OF NATO ATTACK
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF SERBIA: VICTIM OF NATO ATTACK

Author(s): Valentina Vuković, Željko Budimir
Subject(s): Architecture, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: architecture; heritage; aggression; Serbia; NATO
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present the architectural heritage of Serbia bombarded by the NATO alliance and to point at numerous issues and problems in Serbia caused by the bombing. The paper is divided into four chapters: Introduction, Destroyed and Damaged Architectural Heritage, Breaking of International Conventions and the last one – The Army Headquarters Building: Reconstruction or remembrance of Crime like a Pledge of Peace in the Future. Among the numerous worthy architectural objects designed by internationally recognized architects and significant examples of Yugoslavia post - WWII modernization, NATO has destroyed objects-symbols of anti-fascist struggle. Moreover, many temples were damaged, even those of exceptional significance under the protection of UNESCO. Since the military operation took the humanitarian character, so far there is no liability accepted for human victims, as well as the demolition of cultural and historical heritage as they fall under “collateral damage”.

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