Kopitareva Gradina (Serbian Cyrillic: Копитарева градина) is a square and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
It is located between the streets of Džordža Vašingtona, Hilandarska, Šafarikova, Đure Daničića, Bulevar despota Stefana, Jelene Ćetković and the square of Kopitareva Gradina itself.
In 1926 two additional floors and the mansard roof were added, completely keeping the architectural characteristics and style of the original building.
[8] The building is designed in the Vienna Secession style and the main characteristic is the rich secessionist façade, considered as the "uniquely beautiful" in Belgrade.
The dominant motifs of the lavish decoration are the female maskeroni (carved masked faces), which form a garland in the third floor area.
Originally, the entire building was surrounded by garlands of triglyphs and metopes (decorative indentations and spaces between them), had carved ornaments between the windows and imitation of stone slabs on the lower levels.
It was decided that only the ornaments visible before the renovation started will be preserved, though the local residents opted for the total reconstruction of the original façade.
Though neglected for decades, the building and its surrounding were used as a location for numerous films and TV serials, including I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967), Otpisani (1974), Nešto između (1983) and Bolji život (1987).
Though small, six streets are conjoining at the square (two branches of Džordža Vašingtona, Palmotićeva, Milana Kašanina, Dalmatinska and Hilandarska).
The central part will be paved with three-colored granite cubes and left empty to serve as the multi-purposed area for various public events.
Local residents responded that they don't care whether there will be a fountain or not, as they only waited for the overlong and sloppy construction works to finish after two years.