Contemporary Serbian Home on the Rajca, Serbia

Date
10/15/1995 (creation)
Related person
Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade (was created by)
Description
This home rests on the foothills of the Rajca mountain in south-central Serbia, near Kopaonik National Park, which is one of Serbia's biggest mountains. The house was designed and constructed by Boze Petrovic, a prominent vernacular architect from this region of Serbia. The home encompasses a number of Serbian architectural styles, most of which are indigenous to this area of the Balkan peninsula. Submitted by Rastko Ruzic for the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade.
Style/Period
20th Century (1900 - 1999)
Vernacular
Material
stonework
stone and/or rock
wood (hardwood or softwood)
Source
Pantelic, N. and Petrovic, Z. (1986). Graditeljsko nasledje i podsticaj. Belgrade: Radisa Timotic for the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade