Zemun: a town on earth

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  • Andrei Ivanov IAAM

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https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/88.2797

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2026-06-12

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No. 88 (2026): local cultures

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refereed articles

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Ivanov, A. (2026). Zemun: a town on earth. Project Baikal, 23(88), 122-131. https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/88.2797

Keywords:

earth, vernacular, pattern book, catalog houses, heteroglossia, sympoiesis

Abstract

The article describes a cultural and environmental phenomenon of the historical town of Zemun, which was incorporated into Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia, in 1934, but managed to preserve its identity – to remain a town firmly established on earth. The centuries-old synergy of multicultural vernacular environmental practices has created here an original stable unity of land, river, inhabitants, and buildings – the results of their work and creativity. Zemun proves that a “good town” can not only be created almost without the participation of professional architects, but also be preserved with public recognition of the value of such an environment, even once inside a modern, rapidly developing metropolis.

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