Metropol Palace Belgrade occupies the physical site where 30 heads of state gathered in 1961 for the first Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement—a geopolitical pivot point that defined Cold War neutrality. This Yugoslav Modernist landmark, commissioned as a political headquarters and transformed into a luxury hotel in 1957, combines the monumental scale of 1950s socialist … Continue reading Metropol Palace Belgrade: 1961 Non-Aligned Summit Hotel