The Vidovdan Temple, 1912

The Vidovdan Temple (St. Vitus’ Day Temple) is a theoretical architectural marvel of which a 1:50 ratio model was created by sculptor Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962). The model was publicly exhibited for the first time in Belgrade in 1912, shortly before the beginning of the First Balkan War. Its biggest international...

  • The Vidovdan Temple (St. Vitus’ Day Temple) is a theoretical architectural marvel of which a 1:50 ratio model was created by sculptor Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962).
  • The model was publicly exhibited for the first time in Belgrade in 1912, shortly before the beginning of the First Balkan War. Its biggest international success was the Great War Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 1915.
  • With its strong ideological propaganda rhetoric, the Vidovdan Temple sublimates the ideas of the future Yugoslav nation and its moral values.

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