The Royal and White Courts are situated on the royal Karadjoredjevic family estate at the highest hill-point on Dedinje. The area is about 100 ha, including 27 ha of park area. The royal court was built according to the architect Zivojin Nikolic's design, and was completed in 1934. The park and the frescoes in the court church were completed in 1936. The interior design and the design of the park King Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic commissioned from the Russian architects, Krasnov and Smirnov.
The building is in the Serbian-Byzantine style with exterior walls from white stone slabs from the island of Brac. On south side and as a part of the court there is a family church dedicated to St. Andrija, the Karadjordjevic family protector saint. There is also a village thatched house in the complex, which originally served as accommodation place while doing the construction site round, and later as a guest house.
The White Court is situated in the south part of the estate, with 12 ha park around it, which is connected to the Old Court park. It was the King Aleksandar I idea to build it, intended for the princes. Upon the public bid, the job was given to an architect, Aleksandar Djordjevic who was also a contractor, but the design had to be adjusted to the king's wishes. Its construction started in August 1934, only two months previous to the assassination in Marseilles. Upon completed works and until 1941, Prince Pavle lived there.
The edifice was designed as a family house similar to those in France and England. Both the Old (Royal) Court and the White Court are furnished with valuable furniture, paintings and a rich library. Besides several works of Ivan Mestrovic and Fran Krsinic, among other things there are exceptional paintings by Nicolas Poussin, Paolo Veronese, Albert Altodorfer, Rembrandt van Rijn and others.
address : Bulevar mira (without a number)