Residence of Princess Ljubica

The Residence of Princess Ljubica is a palace in the Stari Grad municipality of Belgrade, Serbia, known in Serbian as Konak knjeginje Ljubice. Prince Miloš Obrenović had it built between 1829 and 1830 as a home for his wife Ljubica and their sons Milan and Mihailo, and at the same time as a residential palace for the restored Serbian state. The work was supervised by the builder Hadži-Neimar (Hadži Nikola Živković), brought from Edessa because Belgrade then had no builder of its own after years without construction. A bathhouse wing was added in 1836. The house is regarded as one of the most notable surviving examples of Belgrade's civil architecture from the first half of the nineteenth century, and its design recalls the fortified residences of provincial notables. It later served as a Lyceum, a school and a museum, and is listed as a Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance.