In 1862 she was a witness to a skirmish between the Serbian Gendarmerie and Turkish troops near Belgrade's Cukur Fountain (Ćukur česma), which resulted in the bombardment of the capital by Turkish artillery ensconced in the Kalemegdan fortress.
Historically, Savinac represented geographical end of Belgrade, opposite to Kalemegdan, on Belgrade's central line Kalemegdan-Trg Republike-Terazije-Beograđanka-Slavija–Savinac, where central line, tram No 1 used to run, in the first half of the 20th century.
The story focuses on a legendary tunnel connecting Zemun and Kalemegdan, made during Austrian-Turkish war.