Kraljevski Dvor
The Kraljevski Dvor is the main building in the Dedinje Royal Compound and was the official residence of the Karađorđević royal family from 1934 to 1941. The palace was built between 1924 and 1929 with the private funds of King Alexander I and since 2001 is home of Crown Prince Alexander.
Architecture
Designed by Živojin Nikolić and Nikolay Krasnov, the palace is an example of Serbo-Byzantine Revival architecture.On the ground floor there are: the King's Cabinet, the Golden Salon, the Library, the large Dining Room and the Ceremonial Hall, all furnished in the Renaissance style, and the Blue Salon furnished in the Baroque style. In the Golden Salon, whose coffered wooden ceiling is covered with gold leaves, the painting "Holy Family" by Jacopo Palma the Elder is kept, and in the blue salon there is the painting "Venus and Adonis" by Nicolas Poussin.
On the first floor, there are private residence of the royal family.
In the basement there are Oriental rooms whose walls and ceilings are lavishly painted after the model of the castle in the Moscow Kremlin. There is also the Hall Emperor Dušan's Marriage, on the ceiling of which motifs from this folk song are painted, as well as Hall of Whispers, a small salon and a projection hall.
The palace is surrounded with pergolas, park terraces, swimming pools, pavilions and platforms. There are magnificent views from the palace towards the Košutnjak Forest and Avala.