Old Palace Attraction

Belgrade Attractions - The Old Palace from the list Belgrade Attractions with the location on Kralja Milana street is a representative building in Belgrade, which was raised by King Milan between 1881 and 1884. At the Old Palace from the Belgrade Attractions list, between 1903 and 1921, lived Petar I Karadjordjevic, and between 1921 and 1922, King Alexander I, today this magnificent building is the seat of the Belgrade City Assembly.

Along with the building of the New Palace, The Old Palace is a witness of the first court complex in Serbia, as well as the rule of the two greatest dynasties Obrenovic and Karadjordjevic. The history of the palace complex, which whom the Old Palace belongs to, dates back to the forties of the 19th century, when the former estate stretched over today's Pionirski and Devojački park was bought by Stojan Simic, then one of the most influential people of the Principality of Serbia. Simic dried up the wetlands, leveled the ground and built a house called the Old Residence. In 1840 Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic purchased this property and began building the court complex.
The building was thoroughly remodeled, built and considerably expanded for the needs of Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic. Since the mid-19th century many building were built  around the old living quarters, the Little Castle, Palace throne, the Marshal's home as well as several auxiliary buildings. None of these buildings endured to this day.
After the Berlin Congress in 1878, the idea of ​​turning the court complex into a representative royal residence emerged, and has been further fueled by preparations for the proclamation of the Kingdom of Serbia in 1882.
The building of the Old Palace was designed by architect Aleksandar Bugarski in the spirit of the academic style with decorations of the ancient, renaissance and baroque origin, according to the instructions of King Milan Obrenovic.
The building of the Old Palace today is very different from the original building, since it was damaged during World War II.
The double-headed eagle on the top corner of the dome was replaced with a five-pointed star, a symbol of a new, communist state and government during the reign of communism. At the beginning of 1997 the five-pointed star was removed and replaced by a sculpture of a gilded double-headed eagle. All decorative ornament and furniture of the palace was purchased and acquired in Viennese art workshops.