Svetozar Andrejevic
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Svetozar Andrejević (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Андрејевић; Pozega, 1839 – Kragujevac, 23 March 1900)[1] was a Serbian merchant, philanthropist, and member of Beogradske Trgovačke Omladine (Belgrade Merchant Youth).[2][3]
Born in Pozega, Ottoman Empire, Svetozar Andrejević is best remembered as a Kragujevac merchant who bequeathed a large piece of real estate at "Ilina Voda" to local district school boards for "their pleasure from now to eternity" -- za večito uživanje. Eco Park "Ilina Voda" is now a legacy of Svetozar Andrejević, established in 1900.[4] It covers an area of 7 hectares (17 acres), with benches, swings, seesaws, as well as football and basketball fields. There is a fountain with a small waterfall, five mini lakes connected by a small stream. There is also small zoo with about 100 animals, mostly domestic, and a garden with various types of trees characteristic of Šumadija. The curiosity in the park is the largest sculpture of Easter eggs (3 metres (10 ft) high) in Europe and the second in the world; made from recycled metal, set in 2004.[5]
Furthermore, the revenues from houses and three shops in Kragujevac he left to a foundation with the aim to build an academy with a dormitory to house, feed and educate poor children and orphans.[6]
Sources[edit]
- Spomenica Beogradske Trgovačke Omladine 1880-1930, Belgrade, 1931.
References[edit]
- ^ Milićević, M. (1931). Spomenica pedesetogodišnjioe Beogradske trgovačke omladine (in Serbian). p. 59.
- ^ Milićević, Milan D. (1901). Dodatak pomeniku od 1888: Znameniti ljudi u srpskoga naroda koji su preminuli do kraja 1900 G (in Serbian). U Srpskoj kraljevskoj štamparije. p. 1.
- ^ Milićević, Milan D. (1888). Pomenik znamenitih ljudi u srpskog naroda novijega doba (in Serbian). U Srpskoj kraljevskoj štampariji. p. 3.
- ^ Milićević, M. (1901). Dodatak pomeniku od 1888: Znameniti ljudi u srpskoga naroda koji su preminuli do kraja 1900 G (in Serbian). Čupićeva zadužbina. p. 5.
- ^ "Parkovi u Kragujevcu" (in Serbian). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ Milićević, Milan D. (1901). Dodatak pomeniku od 1888: Znameniti ljudi u srpskoga naroda koji su preminuli do kraja 1900 G (in Serbian). U Srpskoj kraljevskoj štamparije. p. 3.
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