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Located within the same complex as The Royal Palace is

the White Palace (Beli Dvor).

It also was commissioned by His Majesty King Aleksandar I

Karadjordjevic. The White Palace was mentioned to be the

residence of his three sons HRH Crown Prince Petar

(the future King Petar II and father of HRH Crown Prince

Aleksandar), Prince Tomislav and Prince Andrej.

THE WHITE PALACE

BELI DVOR

Left: Beli Dvor, the WhitePalace, in the same parkcomplex as the RoyalPalace.Construction was completedin 1937 and was built forthe sons of King AleksandarI Karadjordjevic. Right-hand page: the centralblack and white salon .

Next pages: the GoldenSalon of the White Palace.

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King Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic envisaged that his threesons would require their own private accommodation whenthey would become of age. The assassination of HM KingAleksandar I in 1934 in Marseille separated the king from hisfamily, causing the destiny of his sons to take a different turn. The young King Petar II became the new master of the Dedinje complex and continued to reside in The Royal Palacewith his mother HM Queen Marija and his two brothers. The completion of The White Palace was supervised by KingPetar II great uncle HRH Prince Regent Pavle.

The White Palace took almost four years to finish (1934-1937)and it became the official residence of HRH Prince RegentPavle and his family in waiting for King Petar II majority.

The palace was designed by architect Aleksandar Djordjevic,in a neo-Palladian manner inspired by the 18th century English houses such as Ditchley Park. Its interior was decorated with English Georgian and 19th century Russianantiques by the French design firm Maison Jansen, whichlater decorated the White House during the administration ofJohn F. Kennedy.

The ground floor of this classicistic palace houses a largehall and a number of drawing rooms furnished in the style ofLouis XV and Louis XVI with large Venetian chandeliers.

There is also a library and a formal Chippendale dining room.The first floor apartments are reached by stairs and a Galleryoverlooking the Hall. The attic has further rooms and anotherlibrary.

Beli Dvor's has a large collection of important works of artincluding paintings by Piero di Cosimo, Biagio d'Antonio,three works by Nicolas Poussin Giovanni Cariani, SébastienBourdon, Albrecht Altdorfer, Titian, Rembrandt (two attribu-tions), two paintings by Palma Vecchio, Carlo Caliari, PetarPaul Rubens, Simon Vouet, two paintings by Brueghel, Antonio Canaletto, Eugène Delacroix, Jean-BaptisteCarpeaux, Giuseppe Crespi, Nicolae Grigorescu, Franz XaverWinterhalter, Eugène Fromentin, Gaspard Dughet, Richard

Parkes Bonington, Djura Jaksic, Ivan Mestrovic, Vlaho Bukovac and others. The collection was created by PrincePavie of Yugoslavia. Also the green and white Sèvres porcelain service was pur-chased by him in Paris from the gallery Charpentier in 1932.The service once belonged to the Comte d'Artois.

Many works of art were looted by communist Partisans in1944, following the liberation of Belgrade from German occupation. One of looted pieces was Rembrandt school'spainting 'Klint Tabie Maximus'.

Above: the library at theWhite Palace.Right-hand page: the Central Hall seen fromthe first floor. Behind thedoor on the ground level isthe Golden Salon.