The name of the "Tasmajdan" city park in the capital of Serbia means "quarry" in Turkish. During the rule of the Ottoman Empire, the favorite rest area of Belgrade citizens was occupied by the saltpeter mines. The mines were here for a long time: even the ancient Romans used them.
After the Turks left these lands, there was an old cemetery from 1828 to 1886. During the Second World War, German troops used the former mines as shelters and warehouses. By the way, they have not yet been fully explored.

The 1950 general layout of urban planning turned this place into a central city park called Tasmajdan, or simply Taš, as the locals lovingly call it. The centerpiece of the park is the majestic Saint Mark Church, built by architects Petar and Branko Krstic in 1940. Inside the temple, there is a sarcophagus with the remains of King Stefan Uros IV Dusan, who ruled the country in the 14th century, marble tombs of the last king of the Obrenovic dynasty Alexander and his wife Queen Draga, as well as the one of the Serbian Patriarch German. Not far from the Saint Mark Church, there is a small Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, where Alexander I of Serbia and Maria of Yugoslavia prayed. Today, the Russian general Pyotr Wrangel is buried here.

Besides, the park boasts several monuments, including a memorial to children who died in the NATO bombing of Belgrade in 1999, and a memorial to the First Bulgarian Legion, fighters for independence from the Ottoman Empire. There are also the monuments to the famous Serbian writers Milorad Pavic and Desanka Maksimovic, as well as to the President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev, who funded the park restoration in 2011. After the reconstruction of the city oasis, the park was enriched with another attraction of Belgrade, a cascading musical fountain with special lighting effects.