Description of the attraction
The Church of St. Mark has the largest collection of icons in Serbia, painted in the 13th-19th centuries. This temple is located in the center of Belgrade, on the territory of Tashmaidan Park, next to the building of the Assembly (Parliament) of Serbia.
The first church on this site was built in 1835 - at a time when Turkish troops were still present in the city. Therefore, there could not be any talk of any large-scale construction, the church was built modest and small in size. In the 30s of the twentieth century, its reconstruction began, which was completed before the outbreak of World War II. The authors of this project are Petar and Branko Krstici, who taught at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Belgrade. They were guided by the architecture of Gracanitsa, a monastery founded at the beginning of the 14th century. Now this monastery is located on the territory of the autonomous region of Kosovo. The Belgrade temple was built in her likeness in the Serbian-Byzantine style.
The tomb of this church contains the remains of one of the most prominent Serbian rulers, King Stefan Dušan, who ruled the country in the 14th century.
There is a small Russian church next to the Church of St. Mark. Holy Trinity Church was built by Russian emigrants in the 1920s. When laying the foundation, a handful of Russian soil was laid in the foundation of the church. The remains of General Pyotr Wrangel were buried in this church, thus fulfilling his will to bury him in the land of the Orthodox state. In the late 90s, the church was badly damaged during NATO bombing and was rebuilt by 2007.
A monument to children who died during NATO special operations was also erected next to the Church of St. Mark.
