Many stories have been told about Old Belgrade, but very few have been preserved in their entirety, either by their contemporaries or serious chroniclers. Particularly comprehensive ones are a proper rarity, very few were put on paper and almost none had been studied thoroughly. Proverbially negligent and destitute Serbia usually realizes the true value of its heritage once that heritage is gone. Because of all that, stories about Čubura may only be found in fragments, in the scarce memories of the elder citizens or the written endeavors of the very few enthusiasts who had bothered to scratch below the surface…
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Mnoge priče su ispričane o starom Beogradu, ali gotovo da nema nijedne koja je sačuvana u potpunosti i do kraja, od strane savremenika, ili ozbiljnih hroničara. Nijedna obimna, malo koja zapisana, a tek poneka detaljno proučena. To je posledica delovanja poslovično nemarne i siromašne Srbije, koja obično shvata vrednost nasleđa tek kada bez tog nasleđa ostane, a najčešće ni tada. Zbog svega navedenog, priče o Čuburi mogu se pronaći samo u fragmentima, bilo u malobrojnim sačuvanim dokumentima, ili u sećanjima starijih Beograđana. Tek poneki entuzijasta zagrebao je dublje od ostalih i, srećom, bar ponešto od istorije grada ostavio zapisano za…