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The Royal Palace of Dedinje
was built between 1924 and 1929, with private
funds from H.M. King Alexander I (the Grandfather
of HRH Crown Prince Alexander). The Architects
were Živojin Nikolić and Nikolay Krassnoff
of the Royal Academy. It is a residence in
the Serbian-Byzantine style. Within its compound
there is a Royal Chapel dedicated to St.
Apostle Andrew The First-Called, Patron Saint
and Family "Slava" of the Royal Family, built
reflecting the monastery Church of St. Andrew
on the River Treska the holy place of the
medieval Serbian King Vukašin. The Royal
Palace is surrounded with pergolas, park
terraces, swimming pools, pavilions and concert
platforms. There is a magnificent view from
the palace on the ridge of Dedinje Hill,
of Košutnjak Forest, Topčider and Avala
Mountain.
The White
Palace (Beli Dvor) is located within the
same compound as The Royal Palace; it was
commissioned by command of HM King Alexander
I with his private funds as the residence
for his sons HRH Crown Prince Peter (the
future King Peter II), Prince Tomislav and
Prince Andrej .
The King
envisaged that his three sons would require
their own private accommodation when they
would become of age. The assassination of
HM Ling Alexander I in 1934 in Marseille
separated the King from his family, causing
the destiny of his sons to take a different
turn. The young King Peter II became the
new master of the Dedinje Complex. The Royal
Palace and the completion of The White Palace
was supervised by his great uncle HRH Prince-Regent
Paul.The White
Palace took almost four years to finish (1934-1937)
and it became the Official Residence of the
Prince-Regent and his Family in the waiting
for King Peter II majority. The Architect
was Aleksandar Đorđević. The Ground Floor
of this classicistic building houses a large
Hall and a number of drawing rooms furnished
in the style of Louis XV and Louis XVI, with
large Venetian chandeliers. There is also
a Palace Library and a formal Chippendale
Dining Room. The First Floor Apartments are
reached by stairs and a Gallery overlooking
the Hall. The Attic has further rooms and
another Library.
The House of Flowers is
the memorial tomb of former
Yugoslav leader Josip
Broz Tito, who died on 4
May 1980.
It is located in Dedinje. For
almost a decade after the breakup of the former
Yugoslavia the entire complex (tomb and
the memorial museum alongside), were closed
to ordinary public and the military guards
were permanently removed. However, today, especially
on the former Day
of Youth (May
25, Tito's official birth date) it is
opened to many tourists and respecters, of
course, who are mostly arriving from all
present countries of the former Yugoslavia.
After having built the residence for his wife
and children in the town of Belgrade, Knez
Miloš Obrenović raised this lodging
for himself in Topčider, in 1831-1834.
The building was constructed by the builders
Janja Mihailović and Nikola Đorđević,
and works were conducted by Hadži-Nikola Živković,
the supervisor and builder of almost all construction
enterprises of Knez Miloš. The rich
interior decoration of ceilings, walls and
niches, is partially preserved until today.
During the time of his first rule, Miloš has
stayed here from time to time only, while during
his second rule he spent all of his time here
(two years) and eventually died here on September
14, 1860. For some time there were the Museums
of Knez Miloš and Mihailo Obrenović,
and later the Museum of Forestry and Hunting,
established in 1929. At the celebration of
the 150th anniversary of the First Serbian
Insurrection (1954), the Museum of the First
Serbian Insurrection was opened in the Konak,
and it was thematically dedicated to the whole
period of Serbian liberation wars against the
Turks (from 1804 until the second hatišerif
(charter) of 1839). The Museum's exhibits represented
the starting point for making of the Historical
Museum of Serbia in 1963. In front of this
building grows one of the oldest and most beautiful
plane-trees in Europe, protected by law as
a natural rarity (it is more than 160 years
old).
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