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Monument to Karađorđe
Belgrade, Vračar · Serbia
A bronze monument to the leader of the First Serbian Uprising and founder of the Karađorđević dynasty on the Saint Sava plateau on Vračar, between the Church of Saint Sava and the National Library of Serbia. It is the work of sculptor Sreten Stojanović and was erected in 1979. Karađorđe is shown standing, leaning on his sabre, on the plateau where, according to tradition, Sinan Pasha burnt the relics of Saint Sava in 1594.
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The monument meets the following criteria:
- IIRemembranceCommemorates a person, event or suffering from Serbian history.
- VIdentityPermanently inscribed in Serbian historical memory, tradition and literature.
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