Straževica

The neighborhood is small and undeveloped, as most of the hill is turned into Belgrade's most important quarry, Kijevo, and on all sides of the hill already developed separate neighborhoods: Kneževac on the north, Jelezovac and Sunčani Breg on the east, Resnik on the south, Kijevo on the southwest and Labudovo Brdo on the west.

[1][2][3] The Straževica slopes are made of rich deposits of sandy-detrital silicified limestone, which are even today exploited in the Kijevo Quarry, which was originally open to supply the railroad company, but also became the main stone source for Belgrade.

It is dug underground several hundred meters into the granite terrain with 10 tons-heavy steel doors and includes bio, chemical and radiology filters, working and sleeping premises, depots, etc., plus the radar antenna on the top of the hill.

However, the new owner of the quarry, Italian company of "Adige Bitumi" continued the works, causing damages to the complex with the underground explosions.

At the bottom of the central part there is a relief, representing images of army officers Vlastimir Lazarević and Vladimir Vujović.

Artistically, the sculpture is described as the "slightly tousled constructivism" with the touch of Vladimir Tatlin, while the style is characterized as Yves Tanguy's play on the unusual contraptions form.

[7] On the western slopes of the hill, two 30 metres (98 ft) elevated bridges were built on the Orlovača-Straževica section of the beltway.