House at 10 Cara Dušana Street

The oldest surviving house in Belgrade is located in Dorćol, at 10 Cara Dušana Street. It is more than three centuries old. The construction began in 1724 and was finished in 1727. The architect of the house was Nicolas Doxat de Morez, a Swiss engineer and colonel of the Austrian...

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  • The oldest surviving house in Belgrade is located in Dorćol, at 10 Cara Dušana Street. It is more than three centuries old.
  • The construction began in 1724 and was finished in 1727.
  • The architect of the house was Nicolas Doxat de Morez, a Swiss engineer and colonel of the Austrian army. He was assigned with a task of rebuilding and strengthening the Belgrade fortress on the orders of the Prince of Württemberg.
  • In 1738, De Morez was accused of treason and executed. However, some records claim that he was killed in order to preserve information about secret passages under the Fortress.
  • The house is a baroque building with arched vaults and consists of a basement, ground floor and first floor with an attic, which was added during the 19th century. However, people have always been more interested in the basement of this house – the legend says that during the World War Two, the Germans had found treasure in the tunnels below it and took it to Berlin.