Kragujevac Cathedral

Kragujevac Cathedral was the first church built in the Byzantine Romanesque style in newly independent Serbia (1878). It was built in stone and brick between 1869 and 1884 according to Andreja's design Andrejević. The project, as well as the building itself, was carried out in the spirit of the Russian National School, which, together with the Serbian style of the time, was an introduction to the Serbian-Byzantine concept according to the recipe of the Hanseatic school.

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Kamenac Monastery

The origin of the monastery of Kamenac is linked to the despot Stefan Lazarević (1402-1427), its construction having taken place between 1416 and 1426. The monastery was destroyed after the arrival of the Ottomans in this region in the middle of the 15th century. It is not known to what extent it was damaged, however, it is known that the monastery church was renovated in 1547. A second renovation of the monastery was carried out in 1700. At the beginning of the 19th century, Kamenac suffered greatly from the wars with the Ottomans, so it was renovated many times during this century, which gave it its present form.

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Vraćevšnica Monastery

The monastery of Vraćevšnica was built before 1428, and the frescoes were completed in 1431. The founder of the monastery was Radič Postupović, a Serbian nobleman who lived during the reign of the despot Stefan Lazarević (1402-1427). After the Turkish conquest of the territory in the middle of the 15th century, the monastery was damaged and abandoned. After the renewal of the Serbian Patriarchate Peć, the monastery was renovated around 1579. In 1737, under Austrian rule, the monastery was renovated again.

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Church of St. George

St. George's Church was founded in 1910, but due to the Balkan Wars (1913) and the First World War, it was not opened until 1930. The building serves as a mausoleum for the royal family, the Karađorđevići, whose tombs lie in the crypt. Its architecture is an imitation of Serbian medieval art.