Description of the attraction
Few politicians of the twentieth century were honored to rest in their own mausoleum, and one of them is the party leader and president of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz, also known by the party nickname "Tito".
The son of a peasant, a worker in machine-building factories, a participant in the First and Second World Wars, as well as the Civil War in Russia, who was injured and had experience in partisan warfare, Tito was elected President of Yugoslavia in 1953 and headed the country until his death in 1980. It is believed that during his reign, the republic achieved one of the highest economic and social indicators among the countries of the socialist camp.
Josip Broz Tito was buried in the "House of Flowers" mausoleum; the mausoleum was opened for visits two years later. It is believed that the tomb received this name due to the fact that the ruler was an enthusiastic gardener during his lifetime. The largest number of visitors at the "House of Flowers" in May: May 4 on the day of the death of the former president and May 25 on his birthday. In addition to members of the Broz family, members of anti-fascist organizations and other people visit the mausoleum.
In the early 1990s, there were calls in Belgrade to remove the mausoleum from the capital. Their author was the opposition politician Vojislav Seselj, who has repeatedly run for the presidency of Serbia. Seselj's political biography contains several prison terms, one of which was received for trying to destroy the "House of Flowers". Seselj demanded that Tito's remains be transferred to the historic homeland of the late president in Croatia. While serving his sentence, Seselj again took part in the presidential elections, but lost to Slobodan Milosevic.
In 2013, Tito's widow Iovanka Broz was buried in the House of Flowers.
The Museum of the History of Yugoslavia is located next to the mausoleum, and the "House of Flowers" is actually part of its exposition. Previously, this museum displayed a collection of gifts that were made to Josip Broz Tito. Another part of the museum - the Old Museum - is dedicated to ethnography.
