Fontana (Serbian Cyrillic: Фонтана) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, The Cyrillic alphabet (səˈrɪlɪk also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters is actually a family of Alphabets, subsets of which are used by Below is a list of the neighborhoods and suburbs of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd. Novi Beograd or New Belgrade ( Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Београд) is one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade
Fontana sprawls around the intersection of Pariske Komune, Narodnih heroja and Otona Župančiča streets, in the north-central section of the municipality. It roughly comprises (entirely or partially) Blocks 1, 2, 3 and 5 that were mostly built in the 1960s. The population of the local community of Fontana was 4,476 in 2002, and 9,833 with the neighboring areas which make the neighborhood of Fontana. In the north, it extends into the neighborhood of Paviljoni, and in the east into Tošin Bunar. Paviljoni ( Serbian Cyrillic: Павиљони) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Tošin Bunar ( Serbian Cyrillic: Тошин Бунар is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
Apart from being a residential area, some commercial and educational facilities are located near by: a multi-functional shopping and cultural center "Fontana" by architect Uroš Martinović (completed in 1967), a McDonald's restaurant, indoor arena Hala sportova with an outdoor stadium, four kindergartens, three elementary schools and two highschools (Graphic Design Secondary School and IX Belgrade Gymnasium). Hala sportova ( Serbian Cyrillic: Хала спортова English: Sports' Hall is a multi-purpose Indoor arena located in Belgrade municipality ( German, literally means "children's garden" is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution The IX-th Belgrade Gymnasioum "Mihailo Petrović-Alas" ( Serbian: Deveta beogradska gimnazija "Mihailo Petrović-Alas Девета гимназија Fontana is very well connected to the other parts of Belgrade as over ten lines of public transportation pass through the neighborhood.
In March 2008, city government announced complete reconstruction of Block 1, including the old shopping complex "Fontana", which at time of construction was unofficial center of Novi Beograd. [1] Reconstruction should be finished by the end of 2008, and it should include building of a public underground garage, renovation of the children playgrounds, green areas, fountain and ground level of "Fontana" center. Originally, city planned to build overground garage, but after the protests of the local population, idea was changed. As for the "Fontana" center itself, it will be reconstructed under the supervision of the Institute for the protection of cultural monuments, because complex is considered to be a representative of the modern Serbian architecture.