Zadužbina Ilije M. Kolarca

This guide to the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment in Belgrade follows the merchant whose name is on its facade, a village boy turned salt and grain trader who spent his fortune on Serbian books. It opens in a military courtroom at the turn of eighteen seventy-eight, when the old man stands accused of treason. Stand across Studentski Square where you can read the Cyrillic lettering over the door.