The building known as St. Mark's Church is located at Tašmajdan. Inside is the a sarcophagus with the remains of Czar Dušan, brought here from his endowment, the monastery of St. Michael the Archangel near Prizren. It was built in the 1931 -1940 period, on the site of an old church which was destroyed in 1835. St. Mark’s was designed by architects Petar and Branko Krstic, in Serbian-Byzantine style. To this day the its decoration of the church has not been finished. The north side is the white marble crypt containing the remains of Patriarch German Ðoric. One of the most valuable collections of Serbian XVIII and XIX-century icons is kept in this church.

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The building known as St. Mark's Church is located at Tašmajdan. Inside is the a sarcophagus with the remains of Czar Dušan, brought here from his endowment, the monastery of St. Michael the Archangel near Prizren. It was built in the 1931 -1940 period, on the site of an old church which was destroyed in 1835. St. Mark’s was designed by architects Petar and Branko Krstic, in Serbian-Byzantine style. To this day the its decoration of the church has not been finished. The north side is the white marble crypt containing the remains of Patriarch German Ðoric. One of the most valuable collections of Serbian XVIII and XIX-century icons is kept in this church.

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