o:29510 Cultural identity of modern Novi Pazar en Abstract: The cities are the product of time. With such a thesis, it can be said that every specific time leaves its characteristic by which a built environment is recognizable. In this sense, the subject of this paper, is the interpretation of the city as built environment with all its specifics, such as built heritage, social-cultural patterns, cultural heritage, etc. Those specifics are a reflection of each environment, and as such, are subjected to extensive research, which relates to the testing of the identity of cities in general. The period after the Second World War in Yugoslavia brings reconstruction of buildings destroyed in the war and planning of new cities in almost all coun¬tries of Yugoslavia, according to newly formed modernist style, which have formed the identities of most cities of that period. The work of architects and urban planners of that time formed the situation of cities in Yugoslavia, which is the basic starting point for further interpretation of cit¬ies in the 21st century. This paper examines the degree of identity of the city of Novi Pazar as a specific environ¬ment. Specificity is initially reflected in the contextuality of traditional oriental architecture and a modern city. The aims of this paper is to show the influence of modernist activity on architecture and urban planning of the city of Novi Pazar, during sixties and to establish the extent to which modernism has transformed the matrix of the city, as well as the contemporary issues it brought. The research problem is the question of collective identity of the modern city as a product of various influences. Considering that modernism of Novi Pazar is not well known by the general public, especially in the circles of researchers in the field of modernism, it can be said that Novi Pazar is not recognized as a modern city, but as traditional environment, which is the basic hy¬pothesis of this paper. Keywords: Modernism, Novi Pazar, Built heritage, Identity, Culture 1552101 2232-965X 2023-05-16T13:56:01.312Z 44 no 46 Danilo Dragović Državni univerzitet u Novom Pazaru 0000-0002-0830-9753 Branko Slavković Državni univerzitet u Novom Pazaru person 0000-0003-4585-8978 Komen Žižić person application/pdf 4136429 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:29510 no yes 1 70 92000001 20A01 The 3rd International Conference “The Importance of Place”, 3 1 119 132 2015