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Imagine a city that was a centre of the Christian Orthodox faith for 1000 years, which then became a centre of the Islamic Caliphate for 400 years. Sultan Selim I conquered Mamluk Egypt in 1517 and claimed a title of the Caliph. Then, try to imagine a Christian Orthodox church with some of the finest late Byzantine mosaics and frescoes that remained untouched by the Ottomans despite the fact that it became ...
I've been in Belgrade for just over two months now. In one of my previous posts, I wrote about many restoration projects that the city authorities were doing to improve the way the city looks. But the biggest and most ambitious building project was the Saint Sava Church. They've now completed the works and you can finally also see the church, in addition to the crypt.
So, if and when you go to Belgrade, ...
The National Museum of Serbia is the oldest, most important and most prestigious cultural institution in Serbia. Established in 1844, it moved into its current building in 1950. The museum collection consists of over 400000 objects which, in addition to local treasures, also includes foreign masterpieces. I'm starting the story of this museum with the Serbian medieval art.
The museum was closed between ...
