Trip to Oplenac

On April 17th, the IWC made a tour to St. George church in the town of Topola. The church is the mausoleum of the Serbian and Yugoslav royal house of Karadjodjevic located on top of the Oplenac Hill in the town of Topola, Serbia. The church of Oplenac was founded by King Peter Kind I of Yugoslavia. Many members of the royal house are buried in the crypt beneath the church. All were fascinated by the mosaic that covered the church as well as the mausoleum. Approxmately 40.000.000 stones cover the surface of the church in 15.000 different shades of colours. Besides the church we also visited the museum/residence of kind Peter and the old fortress in town which contains an exhibition about Karadjordje.