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quay’s 350 m (1,150 ft) long section began including further elevation of the embankment, widening of the pedestrian path and construction another one on separate level, completion of the cycling path, etc. Works, which were the first works on any embankments in
Belgrade since 1990, were finished in 2008. Works continued in 2010-2011. After being elevated by one meter in 1967 to the point 70.5 m (231 ft), embankment was further raised to the points 73.5 m (241 ft) in 2010 and 77 m (253 ft) in 2011, thus preventing any further floodings as the recorded water level was never higher than that. Over 450 m (1,480 ft) of the embankment was first solidified with 17,000 m (600,000 cu ft) of different materials, then consolidated with beams and further elevated with 20,000 m (710,000 cu ft) of sand, gravel and stone. As of 2017, the restaurant is 20 m (66 ft) away from the bank, separated from the river by the promenade.
224:. The private owners changed soon, and it turned out that the latter owner leased the restaurant to his own company. On 1 October 2010, the owner filed for bankruptcy and the state appointed the bankruptcy manager. In August 2011 the state annulled the 2007 privatization and the company became a state property again. In December 2012 the bankruptcy was officially declared and in June 2013, instead of celebrating 100th anniversary, the restaurant was closed due to the financial situation. The state then leased the restaurant to the "Planum" company in November 2013. State opted for leasing at this moment because the heirs to the pre-war owners of Venecija applied for restitution, which legally blocked the selling of the premises. "Planum" re-opened the restaurant in January 2014 after extensive repairs as parts of the restaurant were ruined.
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The building of the restaurant covers 155 m (1,670 sq ft). It is adjoined by the terrace ("summer garden") with 372 m (4,000 sq ft) and a covered section with 199 m (2,140 sq ft). After numerous reconstructions and repairs after 1945, almost nothing of the
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September 2017 failed. The state estimated "Venecija" to 105.3 million dinars (€880,000) but no one offered to buy it. In December 2017, the state offered "Venecija" once more, this time for 95 million dinars (€795,000), but after two contestants finished the
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Without any announcement, in April 2019 the venue was adapted into the
Chinese restaurant "Lotus". This caused a vocal discontent in the social media and among the residents of Zemun. A new owner was "Lotus Restaurant Ltd", owned by Chinese-Cypriot entrepreneur Aidi Jiang. In August 2020 it was
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of the Danube, underground waters in Zemun and New
Belegrade got elevated and the cellars of the buildings got flooded. To prevent this, the high embankment with the promenade was built in 1967 so the Danube rarely flooded the quay (most notably in 1981). In September 2007 reconstruction of the
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Due to its position, the restaurant, and especially the terrace, were always flooded during the high levels of the Danube, so several attempts were made to construct
Zemunski Kej in such a way to protect the restaurant, and Zemun in general, from flooding. When hydroelectrical plant
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and Serbia, respectively, it soon became popular among
Belgrade's elite. Many sportsmen, authors, journalists, actors and actresses opted to go through the complicated border procedure just to come to Venecija, either by boat or train. They included actors
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After the war was over in 1918, the pavilion, basically constructed as the temporary edifice, was demolished. A new, ground-floor building was constructed instead. It had a large terrace, partially above the Danube, which was built on
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The restaurant was opened in 1913 by
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and a good ambience. Apart from the local guests from Zemun, being located right next to the port building, the restaurant had a constant influx of visitors. Even though Zemun and
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Despite the "iconic" status it achieved in over a century, in April 2019 "Venecija" was transformed into the
Chinese restaurant "Lotus". However, by the summer of 2020, the restaurant, including the name, was restored.
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In August 2017, the state decided to sell the restaurant. This prompted stories about the real leaseholders of "Venecija" as news reports claimed that one of them was Predrag Ranković Peconi, one of Serbian
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The company was privatized in July 2007 and the quality of the service fell drastically and it appeared that the restaurant became part of criminal activities, typical for the Serbian
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