Description of the attraction
The Cathedral of the Serbian capital bears the name of St. Michael the Archangel. Among the many religious buildings in Belgrade - Orthodox, Catholic and Muslim - it is one of the most notable, perhaps second only to the Church of St. Sava, which is difficult to compete with due to its impressive size.
In the 16th century, the first mentions were made of the Cathedral of Michael the Archangel, which was then a simple, small temple with modest utensils. At the beginning of the 18th century, during the war between the Austrians and the Turks, the church was destroyed and remained unreported for a long time. By the end of the 1920s of the same century, the Serbs had raised the necessary amount for reconstruction.
A few years later, the old church was demolished by order of Prince Milos Obrenovic, and the first stone of the new cathedral was laid. Its building was designed by Adam Friedrich Kwerfeld, combining features of classicism (facade of the main building) and late Baroque (bell tower). The temple became the burial vault of several Serbian princes - the temple creator Milos Obrenovic himself, his successor Mikhail Obrenovic, Saint Prince Stefan Stijanovic, as well as King Stefan Uros and several heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church. At the end of the 19th century, Milan Obrenovic was anointed as king in the cathedral; at the beginning of the 20th century, the coronation of the first king from the Karageorgiovich dynasty Peter I took place here. The building of the cathedral also houses the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and next to it is the Serbian Patriarchate.
In the interior of the cathedral you can see wall paintings of the 19th century, an abundance of gilded wood carvings, mosaics.
