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In
the
16th
century,
on
the
place
of
the
present
Cathedral
Church
there
was
a
smaller
church
dedicated
to
the
same
saint.
In
1758,
Metropolitan
Pavle
Nenadović
decided
to
tear
down
the
old
church
and
to
start
building
the
new
Cathedral
Church
on
its
place.
The
foundations
were
consecrated
on
the
7th
May
1758,
and
with
the
donation
of
the
Metropolis,
people
and
monasteries,
it
was
built
in
four
years
according
to
the
plan
made
in
Vienna.
Cathedral
Church
was
built
in
Baroque
style
as
a
three-nave
cathedral.
On
the
front
part
of
the
church
two
big
bell
towers
stand
out
and
a
smell
one
in
between
them.
On
the
windows
there
is
stained
glass,
the
work
of
German
masters
and
above
the
quire
apse
there
is
the
stained
glass
of
Saint
Nicolas.
In
the
alter
space
there
is
a
huge
iconostasis
painted
by
Teodor
Kračun,
who
died
tragically,
and
Jakov
Orfelin.
Kračun
painted
the
faces
of
Evangelists
in
the
corners
of
cubed
and
the
icons
in
the
upper
part
of
the
iconostasis,
which
were
over
gilded
with
24-carrat
gold.
Jakov
Orfelin
finished
the
works
on
the
iconostasis.
At
the
bottom
of
the
iconostasis,
on
the
right
side,
there
is
the
Icon
of
Virgin
Mary
with
Jesus
Christ,
the
work
of
unknown
Russian
masters
dating
from
the
14th
century.
Within
the
alter
space
lie
one
part
of
relics
of
St.
Arsenije
Sremac,
the
disciple
of
St.
Sava
and
his
successor
on
the
archiepiscopate
throne.
Between
the
alter
part
and
the
nave
there
are
two
thrones
–
on
the
right
for
the
patriarch,
and
on
the
left
for
the
king
or
the
crown
prince.
During
the
time
of
Georgie
Branković,
a
famous
Serbian
painter
Paja
Jovanović
made
c
couple
of
paintings
with
the
scenes
from
The
Ola
and
the
New
Testimony,
on
the
order
of
the
Patriarch
himself.
He
also
did
four
compositions
where
the
events
from
the
medieval
Serbian
history
are
presented.
In
the
crypt
of
The
Cathedral
Church
almost
all
the
metropolis
and
patriarchs
were
buried.
Few
meters
away
from
cathedral
is
the
oldest
gymnasium
in
Serbia(
Karlovci
Gymnasium)
established
in
1792.
(red
building
photo).
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