Photo: Milovan Milenkovic For three weeks, the mayor of Belgrade has not responded to the requests of the associations working in France 7, a building that is a cultural asset, to prevent its collapse. The owner of the building is the Republic, and the user is the City
The building in France 7, one of Belgrade's toponyms, has been falling apart for the last seven decades because the City of Belgrade and the Republic cannot decide who is responsible for reconstructing it.
Users of the facility, Association of Writers of Serbia (UKS), Serbian Literary Society, Association of Literary Translators of Serbia and Restaurant "Writers' Club", they say that the building has been dangerous for both those who live in it and passers-by for decades. The facade is dilapidated, the roof beams are rotten, the balconies are prone to falling, the electrical installations are dilapidated and more than 50 years old.
More than 300 programs, panels, literary evenings, and debates were held in this building last year alone.
The building is a cultural asset. It was built almost 140 years ago for lawyer Milan Piroćanc, one of the most important protagonists of political life in Serbia in the 19th century, Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of the Serbian Progressive Party. It is assumed that the project of the house was made by the architect Jovan Ilkić in the spirit of the then ruling academicism with Neo-Renaissance elements in the treatment of the facades.
As "Večernje novosti" writes, the City of Belgrade decided two years ago to fund the preparation of documentation for the rehabilitation project, the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of the city carried out the rehabilitation project of the building's facade and roof with a decorative lighting project.
And that's where it stopped.
Miloš Janković, president of the UKS, for "Novosti" explains that they addressed the city of Belgrade, and "received an explanation that the owner of the building is the Republic of Serbia. And when we addressed the Republic, that is, the Ministry of Culture, we received the answer that the property was transferred to the city for use. When we wrote to the city authorities again, we were told that they are only users, and that the owner of the building is the Republic!"
Three weeks ago, all three associations working in France 7 wrote to the mayor of Belgrade about this problem, noting that twice, last year and the year before last, they submitted applications to the city competition for the restoration of cultural monuments.
That is why the associations are "again begging" the mayor to order "the allocation of funds to prevent further deterioration, and very likely in the future the complete collapse of the historic building in France 7. Bearing in mind that the reconstruction is very expensive, the representative associations are ready to compromise, but a life-saving solution - rehabilitation."
They also offered a solution: that the amount of the current lease, which the "Writers' Club" pays to the city, be redirected to the associations and that the works be started from those funds.
They have not yet received the mayor's answer.
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