List of places named after Josip Broz Tito

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During Josip Broz Tito's presidency or dictatorship and in the years following his death in 1980, several places in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and elsewhere were named or renamed in honor of him as part of his cult of personality. Since the end of Yugoslavia, many towns and squares have reverted their names.

Numerous streets and squares were also named after Tito, both in former Yugoslavia as well as elsewhere as an honour to a foreign dignitary.

Cities formerly named after Tito

A total of eight towns and cities were named after Tito. Right after World War II, four municipalities whose role in the partisan resistance movement was perceived as significant gained the adjective "Tito's" (locally Titov/Titova/Titovo), while the capital of the smallest federal republic of Montenegro was renamed Titograd (Tito's grad). After Tito's death in 1980, four more cities were added, for a total of one in each of the Yugoslav six federal republics and two autonomous provinces. These were:

With the dissolution of Yugoslavia, each city was renamed.

Peaks

Streets and squares

Many towns in the countries of former Yugoslavia and in other countries have streets and squares named after him.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Former

  • Bugojno: Ulica maršala Tita (now Sultan Ahmedova)

Croatia

Former

  • Šibenik: Poljana maršala Tita (now Poljana)

Zagreb controversy

In February 2008, 2,000 protestors gathered on Zagreb's Josip Broz square, which is the site of the Croatian National Theatre, to demand it be renamed to Theatre Square.[1] However, hundreds of anti-fascists accused this crowd to be revisionist and neo-Ustaše and the attempt to rename it failed.[2] Croatian President Stjepan Mesić publicly opposed the renaming.[3]

Macedonia

Montenegro

  • Herceg Novi: Trg maršala Tita
  • Bar: Ulica maršala Tita
  • Podgorica: Josipa Broza Tita
  • Rožaje: Maršala Tita
  • Tivat: Obala maršala Tita

Former

  • Cetinje: Titov trg (now Dvorski trg)
  • Ulcinj: Bulevard maršala Tita (now Bulevard Skenderbega)

Serbia


Former

  • Beograd: Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed back to Srpskih vladara in 1992, now Kralja Milana)
  • Zemun: Ulica maršala Tita (the main street, renamed back to Glavna ulica, meaning "main street")
  • Šabac: Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed to Gospodar Jevremova in 2005.)
  • Ruma: Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed back to Glavna ulica, meaning "main street")
  • Užice: Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed to Dimitrija Tucovića street)
  • Jagodina (Svetozarevo 1946–1992): Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed to Kneginje Milice in 1992)
  • Zrenjanin: Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed back to Kralja Aleksandra in 1992)
  • Novi Sad: Bulevar maršala Tita (renamed to Bulevar Mihajla Pupina in 1992)

Slovenia

Ban

In 2011 the Constitutional Court of Slovenia ruled that naming of a new street after Josip Broz Tito was unconstitutional. The court unanimously ruled that Tito symbolizes severe human rights violations, and that naming the street after him glorifies totalitarian regime and violates human dignity. [4] [5] The decision is highly important, because it is the for the first time that the highest national court legally evaluated Tito, his work, and his image.

Italy

Egypt

  • Cairo: Joseph Tito street

Ethiopia

  • Josif (Broz) Tito's street

Tunisia

Brazil

Cyprus

  • Limassol: Josip Broz Tito street
  • Dali: Marshal Tito street

India

Russia

Angola

  • Luanda: Rua Marechal Tito Presidente

Ghana

  • Accra: Josif Broz Tito Avenue

Asteroid

Gallery

  • TrgMarsalaTitauHercegNovom.JPG

    Trg Maršala Tita (Marshal Tito Square) in Herceg Novi, Montenegro

  • 5 Marsala Tita, Srbobran,Vojvodina.JPG

    Ulica Maršala Tita (Marshal Tito Street) in Srbobran, Serbia

  • Titov Vrbas u Srbobranu.JPG

    Old road sign in Srbobran, Serbia, pointing to Titov Vrbas

  • To Titograd - road sign in Serbia.JPG

    Old road sign in Serbia, pointing to Titograd and Titovo Užice

References

  1. ↑ "Thousands of Croatians rally against 'Tito' square". Agence France-Presse (9 February 2008). Accessed 12 November 2009.
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ "Dispute over Name of Zagreb's Tito Square". Balkan Travellers. Accessed 12 November 2009.
  4. ↑ Text of the decision U-I-109/10 of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, issued on 3 October 2011, in Slovenian language: http://odlocitve.us-rs.si/usrs/us-odl.nsf/o/AB6C747BE8DF7AF3C125791F00404CF9
  5. ↑ Naming Street After Tito Unconstitutional. Slovenia Times, 5 October 2011 http://www.sloveniatimes.com/naming-street-after-tito-unconstitutional
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