Koliko god poznavali Beograd, uvek je u stanju da vas iznenadi. Tako je i mene u skoroj šetnji mojim krajem. Prolazila sam ulicom Majke Jevrosime hiljadu puta, uska uličica u centru grada, dom policijskoj stanici i Muzeju automobila i PTT muzeju, mislila sam da znam svaki deo nje.

No matter how much you know Belgrade, it is always able to surprise you. So it is with me in the near walk to my end. I walked down Mother Jevrosima Street a thousand times, a narrow street in the center of the city, home to the police station and the Car Museum and the PTT Museum, I thought I knew every part of it.

I onda mi je jedna najobičnija, siva zgrada u maniru socrealizma, otkrila svoje tajne. Odškrinuta vrata bilo su dovoljna da se vidi da iza ima još jedna sa, ni manje ni više, krilatim zverima na ulazu. Zgrada je izgrađena početkom 20.veka. Služila je prvo kao Dom udurženja beogradskih građevinskih preduzetnika, a potom je bila sedište masonske lože u Beogradu. Nakon Drugog svetskog rata, kada se strah od masona kao bauk raširio širom Jugoslavije, masonerija je prešla iz otvorenog u tajno društvo, a zgrada je nacionalizovana i pretvorena u stambeni objekat. Samo zato što je skrivena od pogleda i zbog stanara svesnih istorije zgrade, sačuvani su simboli i ukrasi na njoj, kao i četirii velike table sa imenima ljudi koji su zaslušni za izgradnju ne samo Beograda, nego i većeg dela Srbije. Posebno zanimljivo među njima je ime Josif Granžan.

And then one of the most ordinary, gray buildings in the manner of social realism revealed its secrets to me. The open door was enough to show that there was another one behind, with no less and no more, winged beasts at the entrance. The building was built at the beginning of the 20th century. It first served as the House of Associations of Belgrade Construction Entrepreneurs, and then it was the seat of the Masonic Lodge in Belgrade. After the Second World War, when the fear of Freemasons spread like a ghost throughout Yugoslavia, Freemasonry moved from an open to a secret society, and the building was nationalized and turned into a residential building. Just because it is hidden from view and because of the residents aware of the history of the building, the symbols and decorations on it have been preserved, as well as four large boards with the names of people who are responsible for building not only Belgrade but also most of Serbia. Especially interesting among them is the name Josif Granžan.

Josif Granžan, potomak francuskih kolonista koji su se naselili u Banatu tokom 17.veka, bio je glavni izvođač ​radova na najstarijoj hidroelektrani u Evropi koja je napravljena po Teslinim principima - nadaleko čuvena hidroelektrana “Pod gradom” na Đetinji kod Užica. Lično je kralj Aleksandar Obrenović postavio kamen temeljac 1900.godine, a hidroelektrana radi i dan danas. Sa promenom vladara, došlo je u pitanje i ostanak mladog građevinskog preduzimača. Ljubav sa lokalnom devojkom je sve zapečatila. Josif je promenio veru u pravoslavnu da bi mogao da se oženi ljubavlju svog života, a Srbija je dobila sposobnog preduzetnika koji je gradio hidroelektrane (“Vučje” kod Leskovca), pruge (Niš-Knjaževac) i zgrade širom zemlje.

Josif Granžan, a descendant of French colonists who settled in Banat during the 17th century, was the main contractor for the oldest hydroelectric power plant in Europe, built according to Tesla's principles - the far-famed hydroelectric power plant "Pod gradom" in Đetinje near Užice. Personally, King Aleksandar Obrenović laid the foundation stone in 1900, and the hydroelectric power plant still works today. With the change of ruler, the stay of a young construction entrepreneur came into question. Love with a local girl sealed everything. Josif changed his faith to Orthodoxy so that he could marry the love of his life, and Serbia got a capable entrepreneur who built hydroelectric power plants ("Vucje" near Leskovac), railways (Nis-Knjazevac) and buildings across the country.