Kneza Miloša street

Kneza Miloša Street or Ulica kneza Miloša (Serbian: Улица кнеза Милоша; English: Prince Miloš street) is a street in downtown Belgrade, a capital of Serbia. It was the main city’s korzo (promenade) and today is one of the major traffic arteries of the city, location of some of the most important national institutions and a street with the largest number of embassies in Belgrade. It stretches through the territory of three municipalities: Stari Grad, Vračar and Savski Venac and was named after prince Miloš Obrenović, the first ruler of modern Serbia (1815-39 and 1858-60).

Kneza Miloša begins at the intersection with the Bulevar kralja Aleksandra. It receives the dead end Lazarevića street from the left and crosses the intersections with the Andrićev venac street on the right and Krunska on the left, and with city's main street, Kralja Milana. The next intersection is with the streets Kraljice Natalije on the right and Masarikova on the left, and then it receives the Admirala Geprata street from the right. From then on, it crosses the streets Nemanjina, Birčaninova, Vojvode Milenka, Miloša Pocerca, Višegradska and Durmitorska. After 1.87 km (1.16 mi) of the straight line course in the south-west direction, the street ends at the Mostar interchange.

The street originated during the rule of prince Miloš, and was originally called Topčiderski drum (Topčider road), as it connected the downtown with the Miloš' court in the Topčider wood (Residence of Prince Miloš). It was named after prince Miloš in 1872. At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, Kneza Milošа (or Miloša Velikog (Miloš the Great street) as it was known, was the city's main promenade or korzo. Queen Natalija often walked down the korzo, mingling with the people. At that time, National Assembly of Serbia was located at the intersection with the Kraljice Natalije street, so as some of the ministries. Lower section of the street passed between the affluent households with gardens and the Military Academy was also located there, whose cadets often paraded down the street. As the tram was introduced to the street, among the first in Belgrade, korzo lost its function. The tram line, Belgrade-Topčider, was a sort of an excursion line, which Queen Natalija also often used, travelling with her son and future king, Alexander I of Serbia. She preferred the tram over the fiacre.

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