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'''Belgrade Youth Center''' ({{langx|sr|Dom omladine Beograda}}; abbr. '''DOB''') is a [[cultural center]] in [[Belgrade]], the capital of [[Serbia]], dedicated primarily to [[youth]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=202291|title = Belgrade Youth Center|work = City of Belgrade|access-date = 4 August 2014}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Beograd Dom Omladine.JPG|thumb|right|Belgrade Youth Center in 2007 before renovation]]

At the corner of the ''Dečanska'' and ''Makedonska'' streets, where the youth center is today, was the location of the ''[[kafana]]'' "Ginić". One of the most popular kafanas in Belgrade in its heyday, it was a gathering point of the journalists and reporters from the [[Politika]] daily, which was located nearby. The [[satirical magazine]] ''{{ill|Ošišani Jež|sr}}'' ("shaved hedgehog") was founded in the venue.<ref>{{cite news | author = Goran Vesić | title = Прва европска кафана - у Београду | trans-title = First European kafana - in Belgrade | newspaper = Politika | page = 12 | language = sr | date = 14 September 2018}}</ref> Next to "Ginić" was another ''kafana'', "Prozor". The ground floor houses were demolished to make way for the much taller Youth Center building.<ref>{{cite news | author = Miloš Lazić | title = Letovanje u Bermudskom trouglu | trans-title = Vacation in Bermuda triangle | newspaper = Politika | page = 16 | language = sr | date = 28 June 2021 | url = https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/482218/Letovanje-u-Bermudskom-trouglu}}</ref>

From 2006 until 2011, the Belgrade Youth Center building underwent reconstruction.<ref name="renovation2011">{{cite news |last1=S. |first1=S. |title=Završena poslednja faza renoviranja Doma omladine |url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/beograd/zavrsena-poslednja-faza-renoviranja-doma-omladine/qj3y384 |access-date=23 November 2019 |work=blic.rs |date=24 December 2010 |language=sr}}</ref>

== Overview ==

The center was founded on 18 October 1964<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=202291|title=Belgrade Youth Center|website=beograd.rs|access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=velika>{{cite news | author = Daliborka Mučibabić | title = Velika sala Doma omladine ponovo radi od 15. oktobra | trans-title = Youth Center's Big Hall opened again from 15 October | newspaper = Politika | page = 16 | language = sr | date = 9 October 2022 | url = https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/520706/Velika-sala-Doma-omladine-ponovo-radi-od-15-oktobra)}}</ref> It is organized as a city owned company, under the auspices of the Secretariate of Culture of the [[City Assembly of Belgrade]], which provides the main funds for the center.

The DOB organizes numerous programs in the area of [[contemporary art]] and [[culture]], as well as educational-debate programs. It aims to encompass all art forms: [[prose]], [[poetry]], [[music]], [[theatre]], [[film]], [[visual arts]], [[new media]] and others. It functions as a platform for promoting new artists, ideas and initiatives.<ref name=":0"/> Additionally, Belgrade Youth Center is a meeting point for domestic and foreign artists. DOB is a member of local, regional and international cultural networks. Some 1,500 programs are organized in the institution per year, with 400,000 visitors annually.<ref name=velika/>

The venue was known for rock performances and a disco cub in the 1960s and the 1970s. The first exhibition of [[Marina Abramović]] was held here, so as showings of the erotic movies within the [[FEST (film festival)|FEST film festival]]. Belgrade Jazz Festival was founded in the DOB in 1971. Despite this liberalism in venue's operations, Communist [[President of Yugoslavia]], [[Josip Broz Tito]] visited the locale. In the 1990sm after the reintroduction of the multi-party political system, many parties held their founding congresses in the Youth Center.<ref name=velika/>

== Organization ==

DOB's activities are organized in five centers:{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

* Center of Music Development,
* Center of Visual Arts and Multimedia,
* Center of Education and Interactive Communication,
* Center of Publishing, and
* Laboratory of Initiatives – ''Art & creativity unlimited''.

== Venue ==

Dom omladine is located in the center of Belgrade, near the [[Republic Square (Belgrade)|Republic Square]]. For its programs, it maintains:{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

* Big hall (520 sitting places or 1200 standing places),
* Americana Hall (300 sitting places or 800 standing places),
* Club (100 sitting places or 300 standing places),
* Art Gallery,<ref name=":0"/>
* Debate room (60 sitting places), and
* American Corner.

Separate from this building, the DOB also has the Magacin on Kraljevića Marka Street, a former [[warehouse]] near the city center with over 5,000 square meters of available space.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

Some {{convert|30|m}} under the building is the main collecting well for the underground waters in this part of Belgrade. It is operated by the electrical pumps. It was estimated that in the case of power shortage or pumps defect, in less than three hours water would flood the building, up to the third row of seats in the Big Hall.<ref name=velika/>

The building was fully renovated in the early 2010s and re-opened on 12 March 2011. The edifice has several valuable works of arts. They include the monumental façade mosaic by Lazar Vozarević, a {{convert|7|by|9|m|abbr=on}} painting of [[Mića Popović]] and semi-precious brown stones, gift from Africa.<ref>{{Citation | author = Lj.Perović | title = Rođendan obnovljenog Doma omladine | newspaper = [[Politika]] | language = sr | date = 13 March 2012 }}</ref> On the façade, there is also a sculpture "Sun" by [[Dušan Džamonja]].<ref name=majstori/> The elevated section in front of the "Sun" in time began known as the "Zidić" ("Small wall"), where musicians performe outdoors live.<ref>{{cite news | author = J.N.C. | script-title=sr: Свирка се вратила на "Зидић" | trans-title = Gigs returned to "Zidić" | newspaper = Politika | page = 16 | language = sr | date = 29 August 2020}}</ref>

== Plateau of Milan Mladenović ==

In July 2011<ref name=velika/> the area in front of the DOB was named a Plateau of [[Milan Mladenović]], in honor of the late [[frontman]] of [[Ekatarina Velika|EKV]] who died in 1994 at the age of 36. Since 2013, the short wall in front of the building has been turned into an open stage during summers. A reconstruction of the plateau, which would include granite slabs sidewalks and [[avenue (landscape)|avenue]] was announced in August 2017.<ref name=majstori>{{Citation | author = Daliborka Mučibabić | title = Majstori na Platou Milana Mladenovića | newspaper = Politika | pages = 17 | language = sr | date = 8 August 2017 }}</ref> First phase, which included the paving with the granite slabs and planting an avenue (consisting of [[birch]] and [[liquidambar]] trees) was finished by November 2017.<ref>{{Citation | author = Dejan Aleksić | title = Nikao novi drvored na platou kod DOB-a| trans-title = New avenue planted on the plateau at the DOB | newspaper = Politika | page = 14 | language = sr | date = 18 November 2017 }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Belgrade Youth Center}}
* {{Official website|http://www.domomladine.org}}

{{List of culture institutions in Belgrade}}
{{Authority control}}

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