ĐORĐE STANOJEVIĆ I NASLEĐE

This paper synthesizes the work of a Serbian physics professor, Đorđe Stanojević, in the field of recording and preserving heritage. His practical activities in the form of documenting and promoting the historical, Orthodox, cultural, natural, and musical heritage, as well as the attitude he showed about this topic are likewise included here. Stanojević had a leading role in the Belgrade Singing Society, compiling a rich photo-documentation of Serbian Orthodox sacred material, local communities, landscapes, and folk dresses, as well as working on the preparation of texts for yearly calendars. In his public address he supported the necessity of heritage protection and its importance. The way in which his role of people’s representative was perceived by the famous Serbian poet and physician Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, is correlated with his activities. The legacy of this distinguished person from the second half of the 19th and the first few decades of the 20th century demonstrates the union of cultural, historical, and scientific heritage.