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The Palace in the Mirror of the Past: Presentation of the project and opening of the exhibition of the reconstruction of the appearance of the former Bishop’s Palace in Buda

As part of the Serbian Days - Month of Serbian Culture event, which aims to promote Serbian art, tradition and heritage among our communities in Hungary, and to present the wealth of Serbian spirituality and contemporary creativity to the general public, the Provincial Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments presented a project and an exhibition, the opening of which was held on September 5, 2025 at 12 noon, at the Serbian Church Museum in Szentendre.

The magnificent Buda Bishop's Palace, which was erected in 1897 on the banks of the Danube near the Cathedral after decades of effort and attempts to build, was completely demolished in the early 1950s. The project Reconstruction of the appearance of the former Bishop's Palace in Buda is the result of archival research, architectural and digital reconstruction with the creation of a three-dimensional model of this episcopal residence. With the great desire and blessing of the Metropolitan of Buda, G. Lucian, the conservators of the Provincial Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments realized this complex and demanding project task.

For the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Buda and the Serbian community in Hungary, the once representative building of the Bishop's Palace, designed as the only achievement of architect Vladimir Nikolić in Budapest, is of exceptional cultural and historical significance.

The model of the Bishop's Palace is accompanied by a bilingual catalogue with an accompanying description and history of both the building itself and the circumstances of the creation and construction of this magnificent residence, viewed through the prism of the life of Serbs in Buda at that time.

As part of the ceremony held to mark the opening of the exhibition, the following addressed the attendees: Metropolitan of Buda, G. Lukijan, Director of the Institute, Dr. Vladimir Kubet, Dr. Bogdan Janjušević, art historian, Katarina Dobrić, art historian, and Miloš Platiša, graduate digital media artist.
Photography: Maria Erdelji