[[Berkas:Dimitrije Tucović.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Patung sepinggang perunggu [[Dimitrije Tucović]] di dataran tengah sebelum dipindahkan pada Desember 2016]]
UntilHingga thetahun 1880s1880-an, thedaerah area aroundsekitar Slavija wasmerupakan asebuah largekolam poolbesar ondi thepinggiran easterntimur outskirtskota. ofKolam theini city.secara Thealami ponddialiri wasoleh naturallysungai drained by thekecil ''Vračarski potok'', down the modernmenyusuri ''Nemanjinajalan streetNemanjina'' saat ini, into themenuju [[Bara Venecija|GypsyKolam PondGipsi]] indi the neighborhood oflingkungan [[Savamala]]. TheSisa remnantkolam ofini theadalah pondmata isair thebawah largetanah undergroundyang waterbesar springdi under the modernbawah Hotel Slavija saat ini.<ref>{{Citation | last = | first = | author = Dragana Jokić Stamenković| title = Beograd na dvesta sputanih voda| newspaper = Politika | pages = | language = Serbian | date = 28 May 2011 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/178840/Beograd-na-dvesta-sputanih-voda }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last = | first = | author = Dragoljub Acković| title = Šest vekova Roma u Beogradu – part XV, Veselje do kasno u noć | newspaper = [[Politika]] | pages = | language = Serbian | date = December 2008 | url = }}</ref>
