Pobednik

Also known as The Victor, Winner, Pobednik in Belgrade, Pobednik Belgrade, Pobednik (Belgrade)

Pobednik () is a monument in the Upper Town of the Belgrade Fortress, built to commemorate Serbia's victory over the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires during the Balkan Wars and the First World War. Cast in 1913, erected in 1928, and standing at high, it is one of the most famous works of Ivan Meštrović. It is also one of the most visited tourist attractions in Belgrade and one of its most recognizable landmarks.

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Historic site.name: Pobednik
Historic site.image: Pobednik (The Victor, Belgrade).jpg
Historic site.image_size: 250px
Historic site.location: Belgrade Fortress, Belgrade
Historic site.beginning_label: Dedicated
Historic site.beginning_date: 7 October 1928
Historic site.sculptor: Ivan Meštrović

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Image: The Victor - Победник 01.jpg
Height: 14

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postal code: 11000
Commons category: The Victor
inception: 1928-01-01
native label: Победник

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Recent history
2019 – 2020 reconstruction
Assessment
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It is a standing bronze male figure in the nude with a falcon in the left hand and a sword in the right (as symbols of peace and war), modelled by the sculptor Ivan Meštrović, set on a pedestal in the form of a Doric column on a tall cubic base, designed by the architect Petar Bajalović. The statue looks forward across the confluence of the Sava and the Danube, and over the vast Pannonian plain, towards the very distant Fruška Gora mountain (until 1918 a domain of Austro-Hungarian empire), it is probably the most powerful, most popular visual symbol of Belgrade.