Worth a Detour
Church of St. Sava
One of the largest Orthodox churches in the world, its dome glittering inside with a vast gold mosaic.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Krušedolska 2a, 11000 BelgradeDirections
- Getting There
- In Vračar, a 15-minute walk south of Slavija Square.
Why Go
The church stands where, in 1595, the Ottomans burned the relics of St. Sava, Serbia's patron saint. Work began in 1935 and was stopped by war and communism; the outside was finished in 2004, and the gold mosaics of the dome, with Christ looking down from high above, were completed more recently.
The crypt below glows with gilded frescoes.
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