Tomb of National Heroes at Kalemegdan

Cultural monument. The Tomb of National Heroes was built between 1948 and 1950, underneath the bulwarks of the Fortress, on the Great Sava Promenade. The tomb was designed after Soviet models and its author was architect Bogdan Ignjatović. On the occasion of its ceremonial foundation in 1948, as an event of festive commemorations of March 27, relics of two national heroes – Ivo Lola Ribar and Ivan Milutinović – were moved there. The relics of Đuro Đaković were transferred to the tomb in 1949 and Moša Pijade was buried there in 1957. A monolithic white marble block rises beyond the tomb. It bears the bronze busts of the heroes, the works of sculptors Stevan Bodnarov and Slavoljub Stanković