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Eternal Flame (Belgrade)
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The Eternal Flame (Serbian: Вечна ватра, romanized: Večna vatra) is a memorial in the Park of Friendship in Belgrade, Serbia. It is dedicated to the military and civilian casualties resulting from the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 and symbolizes the resistance of the Serbian nation to the attack.[1]
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Вечна ватра Večna vatra | |
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For the military and civilian casualties resulting from the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia | |
Unveiled | 12 June 2000 (2000-06-12) |
Location | 44°49′13″N 20°26′06″E Park of Friendship, Belgrade, Serbia |
Designed by | Marko Stevanović (architect) Svetozar Radović (sculptor) Svetomir Radović (sculptor) Miodrag Cvijić (architect) |
May this flame burn eternally as a memorial to the war that the 19 countries of the NATO pact – the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Iceland, Norway, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic – led against Serbia from 24 March to 10 June 1999. May it burn eternally as a memorial to the heroic defense of Serbia in which the entire people took part. May it burn eternally for the whole world. To be free, the world must find in itself the courage and strength with which we fought and defended ourselves in the spring and summer of 1999. The people of Serbia |
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The memorial was unveiled on 12 June 2000, commemorating the first anniversary of the end of the bombing. It was vandalized following the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in October 2000 and was left to the elements until its partial renovation in 2019,[1] but the flame remained extinguished.