A QUESTION MARK FOR THE TAVERNS OF BELGRADE

Text topic: Tavern: That Magnificent Third Place

Text author: Миља Стијовић

This paper discusses the concept of intangible cultural heritage through the analysis of the state of Belgrade taverns, which are left to ruin. The main pattern of the paper is an attempt to define a place and importance of the taverns as an intangible cultural heritage given their presence throughout the centuries in this capital city’s life. Paper also explores inns as cultural property monuments, defining their characteristics with the aim of grasping their value. As such, taverns can be seen as cultural monuments encapsulating the intangible cultural heritage. In the end paper gives reasons why the old taverns should be preserved from demolition and the uniformity of globalization, primarily for the reasons of safeguarding the national and cultural identity, giving the possible ways of their protection through projects.