Residence of Prince Miloš

The Residence of Prince Miloš is a museum and former princely residence in the Topčider neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It was built in 1831, after Serbia gained autonomous status within the Ottoman Empire, and served as the palace of Prince Miloš Obrenović, who lived there until his death in 1860 after returning to power. Between the two world wars it housed the Museum of Hunting and Forestry, and in 1954 it opened as the Museum of the First Serbian Uprising, which became the basis for the Historical Museum of Serbia founded in 1963. The building was designed by Janja Mihailović and Nikola Đorđević, with construction supervised by Hadži Nikola Živković, and part of its decorated ceilings, walls and niches survives. In 1979 it was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance. The grounds hold a plane tree at least 160 years old, one of the oldest in Europe.