A cemetery, Old Belgrade Cemetery, was located in the area. During the Ottoman period it served as the burial ground for the Belgrade Serbs, until Prince Miloš Obrenović ordered the relocation of the graveyard to Tašmajdan in 1826. The relocation was finished by 1828. The old cemetery was situated along the modern Pop Lukina Street, above the Town's Gate (Varoš Kapija), one of the four gates at the entry points into the town. The cemetery was divided in two sections: Great cemetery ("Veliko groblje") on the slope where the modern Brankova Street is, and Plague cemetery ("Kužno groblje"), close to the Hôtel Palace. However, only the deceased who had descendants, especially if they could pay for it, were relocated. The poor and those without offspring were left on the old location. Works on the relocation were fully stopped in 1835.