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Kula SibinjaninJanka (The tower of
Janos Hunyadi) or the Millennium tower
was erected. It was built and officially opened on August 20, 1896 to celebrate
a thousand years of
Hungarian
settlement in the
Pannonian plain. The tower was built
as a combination of various styles, mostly influenced by the Roman elements.
Being a natural lookout, it was used by Zemun's firemen for decades. Today, the
tower is better known after the
Janos
Hunyadi, who actually died in the old fortress four and a half centuries before
the tower was built. In general, Gardoš is today the most recognizable symbol
of Zemun. For the most part, the neighborhood preserved its old looks, with
narrow, still mostly
cobble stoned
streets unsuitable for modern
vehicles, and individual residential houses.
Zemun is not rich in parks. The
largest one is the City park (Gradski
park, built in 1880, scheduled for reconstruction in 2008 ) and another one is Jelovac in
Kalvarija. A small park on Mažuranić square was renovated in November 2007. It
is first in Belgrade that has rubber ground under two children playgrounds
