Bora Stankovic House Museum

The house where the writer Borisav Stanković (1875-1927, Belgrade) was born is located in Grandma Zlata’s Street, in the former Donja mahala, on a plot bought by Bora’s grandma, after whom the street was named. It was built in 1855 as a four-room house with an open porch and a doksa under which is the entrance to the basement. It was built in a bondruk with a chatma filling, with a roof covered with shingles. As a variant of the developed Moravian house, it represents a valuable monument of traditional architecture.

There is an old mulberry tree in the yard, which was planted by the grandma of the famous Serbian writer, which still bears fruit as in its best years. In fact, grandma Zlata, according to the old Vranje custom, planted a mulberry tree, a long-lived tree, in the yard before the beginning of the construction of the house, hoping that her offspring will be long-lived and healthy. She was lucky enough to marry her son Stojan in the house with a beautiful girl Vaska, who gave her a grandson, whom they named Bora.

By the time Bora turned seven, both of his parents had died. Grandma Zlata took care of him until her death. Bora, who studied law, lived in Vranje until 1896, when his grandma Zlata also died. Left completely alone, with no money for schooling, he was forced to sell his house. At the beginning of the 20th century, the municipality bought the house, with a plan to turn it into the Museum of Bora Stanković's house. However, the house was in a bad condition, so they were waiting for the city to allocate funds to renovate the dilapidated guest room and the "grandma Zlata’s room". Conservation and restoration works were carried out in 1966, and then the Museum of Bora Stanković's houses was placed in the house.

The guest room is the largest room in the house, furnished in a semi-oriental way. It is adorned with the most beautiful woven handicrafts of that time. Next to the window, there is a comfortable minderluk on which the guests sat, and opposite it there is a shelf on which copper utensils (sahan) are neatly stacked. The ceiling in this room was decorated with carvings. Right next to this room is Grandma Zlata's room with her bed and a wooden loom on which she weaved carpets. In the central part of the house, where the fireplace used to be, the clothing items of some of Bora's family members are now on display, alongside Bora's cigarette case and a deed of sale of the house written by his hand. 

The old Bora's room displays his literary editions and photographs from theater plays and films made by famous directors inspired by his work. The separate summer kitchen in the yard contains household items: dishes for storing flour and mixing bread, a flask for crushing wheat, coffee, salt, peppers, pots - deep earthenware, pinokode - bakeries, a butter flask and more.

The house where the writer Borisav Stanković (1875-1927) was born is located in Grandma Zlata’s Street, in the former Donja mahala, on a plot bought by Bora’s grandma, Zlata, after whom the street was named. It was built in 1855 as a four-room house with an open porch and a doksa under which is the entrance to the basement. It was built in a bondruk with a chatma filling, with a roof covered with shingles. As a variant of the developed Moravian house, it represents a valuable monument of traditional architecture. 

Two rooms are particularly interesting: the guest room, furnished in a semi-oriental way, and "grandma Zlata’s" room, with a bed and a loom. The museum also has some personal items of Bora's family members on display, such as clothes, cigarette case etc.

The yard consists of a garden, an old mulberry tree planted by grandma Zlata herself to bring health and prosperity to her family, cobblestones and a well, as well as a summer kitchen, with a rich display of household items.