The monument to Vuko Karadzic is a monument in Belgrade and represents the statue of Vuk Karadzic. The monument is located at the intersection of the Boulevard of King Alexander and Ruzvelt Street.
The idea for building a monument was given by the Serbian Literary Co-operative in 1920. Over the years, funds have been raised for the construction of this monument.
It is planned that the monument be poured in bronze and placed on the granite base, and a general Yugoslav competition should be published for the construction of the monument.
It was not until 1932 that a bronze figure came out and brought it to Belgrade. The author was Djordje Jovanovic.
By the first official Resolution of 1932, it was stipulated that, in order to raise the monument to Vuk Karadzic, he would be given a place in the middle of the park in front of the university (today's Student Park) between the Dositej Obradovic and Josip Pancic Memorial. However, in 1937, just before the commemoration of the seventieth anniversary of Vuk's birth, a decision on the location of the Vuk's monument was changed. As a new and final location, a place was placed at the corner of the Boulevard of King Alexander and Ruzvelt Street in the Cyril and Methodius Park.
The monument is 7,25 meters high and was discovered on 7 November 1937, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vuk Karadzic. According to this monument, the subway station "Vukov spomenik" is called, and the whole of the city is called "near Vuk".
The monument to Vuko Karadzic belongs to a group of representative and monumental public monuments raised by the deserving figures of the Serbian people. Although performed during the late period of the artist's work, the monument carries all the qualities of the author's expression. Due to its cultural and historical value, the Monument is identified as a cultural asset.
