The
building known as St. Mark's Church is
located at Tašmajdan. Inside is the
a sarcophagus with the remains of Czar
Dušan, brought here from his endowment,
the monastery of St. Michael the Archangel
near Prizren. It was built in the 1931
-1940 period, on the site of an old church
which was destroyed in 1835. St. Mark’s
was designed by architects Petar and Branko
Krstic, in Serbian-Byzantine style. To
this day the its decoration of the church
has not been finished. The north side
is the white marble crypt containing the
remains of Patriarch German Ðoric.
One of the most valuable collections of
Serbian XVIII and XIX-century icons is
kept in this church.
The
building known as St. Mark's Church is
located at Tašmajdan. Inside is the
a sarcophagus with the remains of Czar
Dušan, brought here from his endowment,
the monastery of St. Michael the Archangel
near Prizren. It was built in the 1931-1940
period, on the site of an old church which
was destroyed in 1835. St. Mark’s
was designed by architects Petar and Branko
Krstic, in Serbian-Byzantine style. To
this day the its decoration of the church
has not been finished. The north side
is the white marble crypt containing the
remains of Patriarch German Ðoric.
One of the most valuable collections of
Serbian XVIII and XIX-century icons is
kept in this church.
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