Church of Our Lady of the Snows
The Church of Our Lady of the Snows is the largest Marian shrine in Serbia. According to legend, on the site of the present church there was a medieval Christian place of worship dedicated to the Virgin Mary, which was demolished by the Turks in 1526, who built a mosque in its place. In 1716, with the battle of Petrovaradin, the Habsburg forces inflicted a major defeat on the Ottomans. The Church of Our Lady of the Snows was then built on the site of the battle to celebrate this victory attributed to the Virgin Mary. The present neo-gothic church was built in 1881 according to the design of the Zagreb architect Herman Bole.