Architectural style Baroque Revival architecture Similar Kalemegdan Park, Belgrade Zoo, New Railroad Bridge, Pupin Bridge, Sava | ||
The small staircase is located at the end of Sava promenade of the Big Kalemegdan, as the connection to the Pariska Street.
It was built in 1903. after the design of the first female architect in Serbia, Jelisaveta Načić. The object was constructed in the style of academism, and as the main model, neo-Baroque manner was applied. Levelling between the Sava promenade and Pariska Street was done by constructing the bifurcated arched staircase with the ramps blending in the central platform, from which one staircase ramp prolongs towards the Sava promenade. The facade facing Pariska Street is decorated with the fountain in the shape of a lion`s head placed in the arched niche decorated with shallow pilasters. The railing is built in the massive form with shallow pilasters, as decoration. The stone was used as the main material. The staircase represents the integral part of the decoration of the Big Kalemegdan park resembling the city parks of European metropolis in the late 19th and early 20th century, bearing the features of the representative city park „fine de siecle.