THE WHITE PALACE BELI DVOR Located within the same complex as The Royal Palace is Left: Beli Dvor, the White Palace, in the same park the White Palace (Beli Dvor). complex as the Royal Palace. It also was commissioned by His Majesty King Aleksandar I Construction was completed in 1937 and was built for Karadjordjevic. The White Palace was mentioned to be the the sons of King Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic. residence of his three sons HRH Crown Prince Petar Right-hand page: the central (the future King Petar II and father of HRH Crown Prince black and white salon . Aleksandar), Prince Tomislav and Prince Andrej. Next pages: the Golden Salon of the White Palace. 2 OBJEKT OBJEKT 3 4 OBJEKT OBJEKT 5 King Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic envisaged that his three There is also a library and a formal Chippendale dining room. sons would require their own private accommodation when The first floor apartments are reached by stairs and a Gallery they would become of age. The assassination of HM King overlooking the Hall. The attic has further rooms and another Aleksandar I in 1934 in Marseille separated the king from his library. family, causing the destiny of his sons to take a different turn. The young King Petar II became the new master of the Beli Dvor's has a large collection of important works of art Dedinje complex and continued to reside in The Royal Palace including paintings by Piero di Cosimo, Biagio d'Antonio, with his mother HM Queen Marija and his two brothers. three works by Nicolas Poussin Giovanni Cariani, Sébastien The completion of The White Palace was supervised by King Bourdon, Albrecht Altdorfer, Titian, Rembrandt (two attribu - Petar II great uncle HRH Prince Regent Pavle. tions), two paintings by Palma Vecchio, Carlo Caliari, Petar Paul Rubens, Simon Vouet, two paintings by Brueghel, The White Palace took almost four years to finish (1934-1937) Antonio Canaletto, Eugène Delacroix, Jean-Baptiste and it became the official residence of HRH Prince Regent Carpeaux, Giuseppe Crespi, Nicolae Grigorescu, Franz Xaver Pavle and his family in waiting for King Petar II majority. Winterhalter, Eugène Fromentin, Gaspard Dughet, Richard Above: the library at the The palace was designed by architect Aleksandar Djordjevic, Parkes Bonington, Djura Jaksic, Ivan Mestrovic, Vlaho White Palace. in a neo-Palladian manner inspired by the 18th century Bukovac and others. The collection was created by Prince Right-hand page: English houses such as Ditchley Park. Its interior was Pavie of Yugoslavia. the Central Hall seen from decorated with English Georgian and 19th century Russian Also the green and white Sèvres porcelain service was pur - the first floor. Behind the antiques by the French design firm Maison Jansen, which chased by him in Paris from the gallery Charpentier in 1932. door on the ground level is later decorated the White House during the administration of The service once belonged to the Comte d'Artois. the Golden Salon. John F. Kennedy. Many works of art were looted by communist Partisans in The ground floor of this classicistic palace houses a large 1944, following the liberation of Belgrade from German hall and a number of drawing rooms furnished in the style of occupation. One of looted pieces was Rembrandt school's Louis XV and Louis XVI with large Venetian chandeliers. painting 'Klint Tabie Maximus'. 6 OBJEKT OBJEKT 7.