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The Royal Palace of Dedinje was built between
1924 and 1929, with private funds from King
Alexander I (the Grandfather of 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 King Alexander
I with his private funds as the residence
for his sons 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 King 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 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 Ðordjević.
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
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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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