Beli Dvor
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Beli Dvor (White Palace) was built in 1934-37, on the Dedinje Hill near Belgrade, as a summer house for king Alexander of Yugoslavia (Aleksandar Karađorđević). The king, however, was assassinated the year construction began and it then became home to the Prince Regent, Paul of Yugoslavia, and his wife, Princess Olga.
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Designed by the architect Alexander Djordjevic, the palace is a severe neo-Palladian structure, reminiscent of the 18th-century English house Ditchley Park. Its interiors were decorated by the French design firm Jansen, which later decorated the White House during the administration of John F. Kennedy. After World War II Beli Dvor became the official residence of the dictator Josip Broz Tito and later still Slobodan Milosevic.
Today, Beli Dvor is one of the homes of Crown Prince Alexander II of Serbia and Yugoslavia, his wife, and sons. It can be viewed at the Royal family's website (http://www.royalfamily.org).