Mihajlo Mitrović

Mihajlo Mitrović (; − ) was a Serbian and Yugoslavian architect, urbanist, author and architecture critic. He was a professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade. During his lengthy career, he designed more than 170 structures. His best well known designs are the Western City Gate and the Church of St. Basil of Ostrog, both in New Belgrade. As urbanist, he was the chief author of the general urbanistic projects of Zaječar, Trstenik, Pirot, Niš, Banja Koviljača, Lazarevac and Vrnjačka Banja.

Biography Mitrović was born in Čačak, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 1 September 1922 to wealthy parents who owned a hotel in the city center. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture in 1948. In 1950, he received United Nations Scholarship to continue studies in France and Denmark. His first job was in the Urban Institute of Serbia as a chief urbanist. There, he was the chief author of the general urbanistic projects of Zaječar, Trstenik, Pirot, Niš, Banja Koviljača, Lazarevac and Vrnjačka Banja. He also frequently wrote for NIN weekly.

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