Princess Ljubica's Residence

What it is

Princess Ljubica's Residence is an 1830 town house in Belgrade's Stari Grad district, built for Prince Miloš Obrenović as a home for his wife, Princess Ljubica, and their sons Milan and Mihailo. It stands at the corner of Kneza Sime Markovića and Kralja Petra streets, close to Republic Square and Knez Mihailova. The architect was Hadži-Neimar, Hadži Nikola Živković of Edessa; the foundation was laid in July 1829 and the building was finished in late autumn 1830.

It is now a house museum run by the Belgrade City Museum, with a permanent exhibition set inside the restored 19th-century rooms. It was designated a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, Serbia's highest heritage protection category.

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What's inside

The residence is built in a Serbian-Balkan style with clear European influence, over three levels: a vaulted basement, a ground floor and an upper storey, in bondruk construction, a timber frame filled with unbaked brick. A four-slope tiled roof with an octagonal dome and eight chimneys covers the building, and each floor has a divanhana, the open reception and dining room typical of Balkan town houses of the period.

The Belgrade City Museum's permanent exhibition inside recreates the furnished interior of a wealthy 19th-century Belgrade household, combining Ottoman-influenced and European furnishings across the building's rooms and divanhanas, in keeping with the building's own period and layout. Between its use as a family home and its life as a museum, the building also served the Institution for Education of Deaf Children between 1912 and 1929, the Museum of Serbian Orthodox Church in 1941, offices of the Serbian Patriarchate between 1945 and 1947, and the Institute for Cultural Heritage Preservation between 1947 and 1971 — a run of institutional uses that the 1971 to 1979 restoration set aside to return the rooms to their original character.

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How long to spend

Allow around 45 minutes to an hour to walk through the museum's rooms at a normal pace; the building is compact, three floors of a single town house rather than a large museum complex, so the visit is short compared with a full-scale palace or gallery.

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Season and crowds

Current opening days and hours are not published on the sources this page uses and are not reproduced here; check with the Belgrade City Museum before travelling. As a small indoor museum, weather does not affect a visit, and going earlier in the day tends to mean fewer other visitors moving through the same small rooms.

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Tickets

Current ticket prices are not published on the sources this page uses and are not reproduced here; the residence operates as one of the Belgrade City Museum's sites, so its admission is typically set and sold the same way as the museum's other house-museum locations.

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Getting there

The residence is in Stari Grad, at the corner of Kneza Sime Markovića and Kralja Petra streets, a few minutes' walk from Republic Square and Knez Mihailova. Belgrade has no metro, so the practical way in is on foot from the old town centre, which takes about five to ten minutes, or by tram or bus to a stop along Kralja Petra or nearby Vasina street.

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What to watch out for

The building's rooms and staircases are those of a genuine 1830 town house rather than a purpose-built gallery, so ceilings are low, stairways are narrow, and step-free access through all three levels should not be assumed; visitors with mobility needs should confirm access with the Belgrade City Museum before visiting.

As with the museum's other historic-house sites, flash photography and tripods are commonly restricted to protect furnished period interiors, though the exact photography policy is not detailed on the sources this page uses. Treat any furnished room as fragile rather than assuming display cases are the only protected items.

The residence is one of several Belgrade City Museum branch sites spread across the city rather than a single central building, so it is worth confirming that a given day trip is aimed at this specific address in Stari Grad and not another museum branch elsewhere in Belgrade before setting out.

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Photography

The exterior is most legible from across Kralja Petra street, where the roofline, dome and chimneys of the bondruk construction show clearly against the surrounding Stari Grad streetscape. Inside, the divanhanas on each floor, with their period furnishings, are the rooms most worth framing, subject to whatever photography rule the museum has posted on the day.

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Where it is

• 1 hr 30 min

  1 min walk · Stari Grad

  Kafana ?

  • Must see · Heritage site
  • Restaurant or café
• 1 hr 30 min

  1 min walk · Stari Grad

  Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church

  • High
  • Museum
• 30 min

  1 min walk · Stari Grad

  High School of the Serbian Orthodox Church for Arts and Conservation

  • Notable
  • Place of worship

External links

• Official site
• +381 11 2638264
• View on Wikidata