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Njegoš Mausoleum on Lovćen
Jezerski Vrh, Lovćen · Montenegro
The burial place of the prince-bishop and poet Petar II Petrović Njegoš. Njegoš built the chapel of Saint Peter of Cetinje in 1845 and was buried there at his own wish. The chapel, restored in 1925, was removed in the early 1970s, and in 1974 a mausoleum designed by Ivan Meštrović was built in its place.
Why it is in the database
The monument meets the following criteria:
- IIRemembranceCommemorates a person, event or suffering from Serbian history.
- VIdentityPermanently inscribed in Serbian historical memory, tradition and literature.
