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\nSRBIJAFILA XVI<\/strong> is held in the building of the Serbian Military Club<\/strong>, a representative edifice located in the very heart of Belgrade. It was erected on a site granted by the Municipality of Belgrade to former soldiers of the Liberation Wars of 1912\u20131918.<\/p>\n

The building was constructed in the spirit of modern architecture, with pronounced elements of the expressionism of the 1940s, based on the design of professors and architects Jovan Jovanovi\u0107<\/strong> and \u017divko Piperski<\/strong>. Originally named Warrior House<\/em>, it was built with funds collected through personal contributions from members of the Association of Reserve Officers and Soldiers of the Kingdom of Serbia<\/strong> between the two World Wars. Construction began in 1929 and was completed in 1931.<\/p>\n

The structure was designed with a ground plan in the shape of the Cyrillic letter \u041f<\/strong> (P), with a prominent donjon tower and clock<\/strong> at the corner of Francuska and Bra\u0107e Jugovi\u0107a streets. The building acquired its present appearance \u2014 with a square base \u2014 in 1939, when it was extended toward Simina Street, enclosing the inner courtyard.<\/p>\n

During the Second World War<\/strong>, the Warrior House served as the headquarters of the Gestapo Command for the Southern Balkans<\/strong>. After the liberation of Belgrade, on the first anniversary of Victory Day over Fascism<\/strong>, on May 9, 1946<\/strong>, the building officially assumed a new purpose and became the Hall of the Yugoslav Army<\/strong>, later known as the House of Yugoslav Army<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The first commander and director of the Hall was Branko \u0160otra<\/strong> \u2014 a professor, wartime colonel, academic painter, and graphic artist, one of the distinguished figures in Serbian artistic and military history.<\/p>\n

By the decision of the Assembly of the City of Belgrade<\/strong>, the building was declared a cultural monument<\/strong> in 1984<\/strong>. In 2010<\/strong>, the Serbian Army Hall became the home of the Media Center \u201cOdbrana\u201d<\/strong> and the Art Ensemble of the Serbian Army \u201cStanislav Bini\u010dki\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Within the building is the Gallery of the Serbian Military Club<\/strong>, which preserves a valuable art collection of more than 1,500 works<\/strong> by the most significant artists from the territory of the former Yugoslavia. The collection includes notable pieces from the first half of the 20th century \u2014 works by Vlaho Bukovac<\/strong>, Ljuba Ivanovi\u0107<\/strong>, Sava \u0160umanovi\u0107<\/strong>, Milo Milunovi\u0107<\/strong>, Ljubo Babi\u0107<\/strong>, Kosta Hakman<\/strong>, Jovan Bijeli\u0107<\/strong>, and others.<\/p>\n

However, the majority of the collection consists of works by Serbian and Yugoslav artists from the second half of the 20th century<\/strong> \u2014 including Petar Lubarda<\/strong>, Zora Petrovi\u0107<\/strong>, Milan Konjovi\u0107<\/strong>, Krsto Hegedu\u0161i\u0107<\/strong>, Marko \u010celebonovi\u0107<\/strong>, Nikola Martinoski<\/strong>, Mi\u0107a Popovi\u0107<\/strong>, Ljubica Cuca Soki\u0107<\/strong>, Sreten Stojanovi\u0107<\/strong>, and other great masters of Yugoslav fine art.<\/p>\n