Gigina kuća
An old town house from 1850, in the Oriental-Balkan style. Today it houses the National Library “Desanka Maksimović”.
Gigina kuća (Gigi's House) is a representative old town house from 1850, in the Oriental-Balkan style. It was restored from 1979 to 1985, and the library then moved into it.
- Built
- 1850
- Address
- Ive Lole Ribara 2, Vlasotince
- Open
- weekdays from 7 to 15 h, closed at weekends
- Entry
- free; it is best to announce your visit
- Website
- bibliotekavlasotince.org.rs
Information from the Tourist Organisation. Check before you go.
What you can see here
Here you can leaf through the famous newspaper “Vlasina”, going back to 1926. The library also keeps the bequest of Miodrag Nagorni, in which the portrait series “Moji Vlasotinčani” (My People of Vlasotince) stands out.
For June 2026, screenings of five European films were announced in the library gallery, with free entry, and the 2025 Wine Ball programme announced the presentation of the monograph “The First 65 Years of the Wine Ball” here.
The library through time
The Vlasotince library and reading room was licensed by the Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Serbia in 1912. When the Bulgarians occupied Vlasotince in 1915, the library was thoroughly looted.
After the First World War the private premises of Milan Valčić were rented, and members brought chairs from their own homes.
On the first of April 2008 a rich collection of books, officially 14,658 volumes, was lost for good in a fire.
Today a branch of the town library is also in the Milan Valčić Palace, on Trg 8. oktobar. Valčić Palace
Next
Other places in town and a walk for one day.
Sources
- Tourist Organisation: Gigina kuća, National Library Desanka Maksimović
- Wikipedia: Cultural Centre Vlasotince
- Wikipedia: National Library “Desanka Maksimović” Vlasotince
- Municipality of Vlasotince: Culture
- Tourist Organisation, 19.06.2026
- Tourist Organisation, 19.08.2025
- Tourist Organisation: Milan Valčić Palace
