Beograd - Princess Ljubica's Residence

Kneza Sime Markovica Street no. 8. - Built in 1829-1831 according to the design and under the supervision of Hadi Nikola ivković (1792 - 1870), a pioneer of Serbian architecture in the first half of the 19th century. It was built on Milo Obrenović's orders for his wife Princess Ljubica and his sons Milan and Mihailo, later to be Serbian princes. The residence has been preserved to the present day as the most representative example of town architecture of its period. It shows all the characteristics of oriental building techniques and variants of. the so-called 'Serbian-Balkan' style, but includes decorative classical elements which proclaim the influence which the West had on domestic architecture in the early years of the reborn Serbian state. From the time when Aleksandar Karađorđević came to power in 1842, the building was used to house successively the Lycee, the Court of Cassation and Appeal, the Art Museum, the Church Museum, a home for the elderly, and the office of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments. It is now part of the Belgrade City Museum.

Princess Ljubica (1788-1843), wife of Prince Milo Obrenović. She had two sons by him, Milan (1819-1839), who died young and ruled Serbia for less than a month - 13 June to 8 July 1839 and Mihailo (1823-1869), who ruled twice, from 1839 to 1842 and from 1860 to 1868.