Oplenac

The church on Oplenac Hill is a structure of true beauty and elegance. It was built in the Serbian-Byzantine style.

The church is a five-domed building. It is famed for its mosaics, which include 725 compositions and 1,500 figures constructed from 40 million glass cubes in 15,000 various color tones. The temple's interior length is 30 meters (98 feet), while the arch's height is 27 meters (89 ft). Each narthex is 9 meters (29 feet) wide, as is the central dome's span. The white marble from the Venac mountain was used to make all four fanjades.

The most decorative fanjade is the western fanjade. The church floor was created in Munich from polished marble in a variety of hues. The throne for the King and Queen is raised on a tiny pedestal and made of polished green marble, with a gold mosaic and mother-of-pearl on the rear and a two-headed eagle in the center.

The massive chandelier, 9 meters in diameter, hangs in 8 positions above the pendent beneath the main dome. It weights 1,500 kg and is constructed of molten bronze (3300 lb). A Crown is upside-down in the chandelier (symbolizing the lost Serbian Empire in the battle of Kosovo in 1389).

• Address: Oplenac bb, 34310 Topola