Holy Martyr George, Orthodox mausoleum and church in Topola, Serbia.
The Holy Martyr George mausoleum stands on Oplenac Hill with five white marble domes sourced from Vencac Mountain and interior mosaics covering over three thousand five hundred square meters of wall space.
Built between 1910 and 1930 by order of King Peter I Karadjordjević, grandson of Karađorđe who led the Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1804 to achieve national independence.
The interior walls display copies of frescoes from more than sixty Serbian medieval monasteries, created using over sixty million colored glass cubes produced in Murano near Venice with special glass paste.
The site opens daily from eight in the morning until six in the evening and is located on King Peter I Avenue number forty-five in Topola town, accessible by local transportation.
A chandelier crafted from melted weapons used in the Battle of Kajmakčalan hangs beneath the main dome shaped like an inverted Serbian medieval crown symbolizing mourning for the kingdom's loss.
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