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Website Discover Zaječar is devoted to the cultural and natural heritage of the City of Zaječar. What is of particular importance about this site is the fact that it is linked to the locations it deals with through unique boards with QR (Quick Response) code. Anyone can use a smartphone to scan the code on the board and promptly access the page at Discover Zaječar Website to learn more about the location. Thus, we hope tourists and visitors of Zaječar to greatly benefit from this website.

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Magistrate Court 01

MAGISTRATE COURT BUILDING (1907)

In 1907, the prominent Serbian architect Petar Popović designed the building of the Zaječar Magistra...

The dam of the hydropower plant Gamzigrad

HYDROPOWER PLANT GAMZIGRAD (1909)

Thanks to Toma Milošević and his company "Uroš Milošević & sons", Zaječar had electricity and public...

Parish in the collection of SKVER Magazin

CATHOLIC CHURCH THE PARISH OF ST. GEORGE (1929)

During its history, beside Assumptionists, the parish has been run by Salesians, Diecesians, and at...

Church now

CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF THE MOST HOLY MOTHER OF GOD (1834)

The oldest brick building in Zaječar was erected immediately after the liberation of the Ottomans, a...

Marko's drinking fountain

MAIN BRANCH LIBRARY “SVETOZAR MARKOVIĆ” BUILDING (1935)

Zaječar's library is one of the oldest cultural institutes in town, with a tradition longer than 150...

Gimnasium front yard

GYMNASIUM BUILDING (1964)

Zaječar was one of the first towns in Serbia with a high school – on August 22, 1836 the “Big School...

BUILDING BEFORE WWII

YOUTH CENTRE BUILDING (1920)

It was built in 1920s by the merchant Petar Nikolić – Kikirez and the upper floor was used as family...

Cinema "Timok"

CINEMA "TIMOK" (1924-2010)

Zaječar's most famous cinema operated at this address for almost a century: from 1924 to 2010. It wa...

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Zaječar stories




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BUILDINGS UNDER STATE PROTECTION

If you ever wandered which buildings in Zaječar were under state protection, this is the list for yo...

First school building

SCHOOLS IN ZAJEČAR: A SHORT HISTORY

A short history of education in Zaječar.