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Temple of Saint Sava
The silhouette of Belgrade is dominated by the monumental edifice of the Temple of Saint Sava. Built on Vračar plateau, this is the largest Orthodox church in the Balkans and one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world. It is said that the temple was built on the site...
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The Cathedral Church of St. Michael the Archangel
Commonly known as Saborna crkva (The Cathedral) among the city residents, this temple is one of the most important places of worship in the country. This invaluable historical site is related to the fate of Belgrade in the first half of the 19th century. The town was just formed in...
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St. Mark’s Church
The Church of St. Mark at Tašmajdan was built from 1931 to 1940, based on the design of architects Petar and Branko Krstić. It was built in the Serbo-Byzantine style. The present Church was built in the immediate vicinity of the Russian Church of the Holy Trinity from 1924, but...
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Ružica Church
Ružica Church, dedicated to the Nativity of Mary, is located in the Belgrade Fortress, below the Zindan Gate. It was built in 1867. Originally, it was supposed to serve as a military church. For that purpose, the Austrian gunpowder magazine from the 18th century was adapted. The very name of...
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St. Petka’s Church
The Church of St. Petka is located in the Lower Town of the Belgrade Fortress, in close vicinity to the Ružica Church. The Church was built over a spring that has been associated with the worship of St. Petka since the Middle Ages. The current church was built in 1937,...
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Church of the Ascension
The Church of the Ascension in Belgrade was built in 1863, and the order for its construction was given in 1860 by Prince Mihailo Obrenović and Mihailo II Jovanović, Metropolitan of Belgrade. It was designed in the prevailing style of the period, the Romanticism. The church was patterend after the...
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Belgrade Synagogue
Sukkat Shalom Synagogue or Belgrade Synagogue is currently the only fully active synagogue in Belgrade. It is located in the centar of the city, at 19 Maršala Birjuzova Street. The plan for the construction of the Synagogue was approved in 1923, and the building itself was constructed in the period...
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Church of St. Alexander Nevsky
Project for the Church of St. Alexander Nevski in Dorćol was made by Jelisaveta Načić, the first female architect in Serbia. The construction began in 1912, but in September of the same year it was stopped to the World War One. The Second Balkan War and the First World War...
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Bajrakli Mosque
The Bajrakli mosque was built around 1575, as one of 273 mosques that had existed in Belgrade during the time of the Ottoman rule of Serbia. It is located in 11 Gospodar Jevremova Street. Next to the mosque is a madrasa, a religious high school. At the end of the...
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Church of Christ the King
The Church of Christ the King is the oldest parish in Belgrade and in Belgrade Archdiocese. It is located in 23 Krunska Street. Until 1988, it was the cathedral church of the Belgrade Archdiocese. That year, the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Vračar became the cathedral church. The...
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Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Topčider is a temple of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Topčider Park. It was built between 1832 and 1834, at the request of Prince Miloš Obrenović, as a chapel next to his Residence. The construction of the Church was entrusted...
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Nikolajevska Church
The construction of the Church of St. Nicholas or the Nikolajevska Church began in 1745, on the foundations of an old Serbian church from the 16th century. The church is located in the historic center of Zemun, below the Gardoš fortress. It was built in the Baroque style and has...
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Church of the Holy Virgin in Zemun
The Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, known as the Church of the Holy Virgin, was built in the second half of the 18th century, for the needs of the Serbian and Greek communities in Zemun. The construction lasted from 1774 to 1779, and the Church was consecrated...
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Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zemun
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic Church located at the Veliki Trg in Zemun. The church was opened in 1795, and it was noted that even in 1811 the tower was not completely finished. Today, this church is the center of the...