Monument to King Petar I Karadjordjevic
We begin sightseeing the city on King Peter I Karadjordjevic Square. Symbol of the city...
We begin sightseeing the city on King Peter I Karadjordjevic Square.
The symbol of the city, the guardian of its history, and a work of great artistic value is the monument of King Peter I, a composition depicting the king, clad in a royal cloak, while killing a three-headed monster with a sword - a personification of three kingdoms defeated in World War I.
The original monument, the work of sculptor Rudolf Valdec from Zagreb, was discovered in 1937, and in a short time it became a recognizable symbol of the city. During the German occupation, in 1941, the statue was torn down and since then every trace of the original monument has been lost.
In 1990, an action was launched in Semberija to restore the monument to King Peter I, and the construction of the monument was entrusted to the academic sculptor Zoran Jezdimirović from Bijeljina. Based on photographs of Valdec's original work, as well as the memories of older Semberacs, Jezdimirović sculpted a monument in the Tavna monastery from the summer of 1992 to the autumn of 1993.
The ceremony of unveiling and consecrating the renovated monument was held on Mitrovdan, November 8, 1993. On the pedestal, the restorers placed a short record of the history of the monument, and the monument itself quickly became a recognizable symbol of the city and one of the most favorite places for photography.