The Patriarchate Court is important historical building where Patriarchate of Karlovci existed between 1848 and 1920, in Sremski Karlovci, Serbia.
The building of the palace was built between the 1892 and 1895, by the project of Serbian architect Vladimir Nikolić, where once the "Pasha Konak" was located. "Pasha Konak" was the first residence of the head of the Serbian Church after transferring from the Archbishopric of Peć in Sremski Karlovci. Metropolitan Stefan Stratimirović organized in 1817 The fund established to raise funds for the construction of the palace, which was built during the Metropolitan Georgije II Branković. Construction of the palace in the style of Italian palaces was entrusted to contractors Peklo Bela and Karlo Lerer. Royal Chapel was painted by Uroš Predić. The basis of the court in the form of the Cyrillic letter S, while the middle wing was the carriage entrance. Above the entrance, there is the royal chapel, which was covered with a hemisphere dome with lantern on top. The main facade has a forward side with Rizal emphasized in the level of the first-floor columns, pilasters, which is the amount of Attica architraves triangular ends, and central Rizal is highlighted with three windows that are bigger than others, a terrace and front entrance where the stairs to the side of stone sculptures set of two lions. On the same facade with a series of seventeen window openings with semicircular endings. Window opens the main facade gives rhythm and uniformity, and shallow pilasters with Ionic consoles and rail under the window of mass, this facade give cheerfulness. The central rizal is highlighted on the roof top observation post which is. The Patriarchy Cour is not only the administrative seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church, but also treasures which are stored valuables, works of art, icons, portraits of the major metropolitan and church dignitaries, different objects of applied arts and library of rare and valuable manuscripts and old printed books. Within the palace is open to the public treasury with a permanent display of objects from the eighteenth and nineteenth century from the destroyed churches and threatened in Bosnia and Croatia. The complex is surrounded by a high fence, combined wall and bars of iron.
Today, the building of permanent residence of the Bishop of Srem and summer residence of Serbian Patriarch, and the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The building and the park is immaculately maintained. Palace is a monument of exceptional importance, and on the list of the Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance.
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