Amidža Konak

Restored 19th-century Ottoman-style residence in the old princely court.

The Amidža Konak is the centrepiece of what survives of Kragujevac's brief life as Serbia's first modern capital. The single-storey Ottoman-style house, with its wide eaves and inner courtyard, stands in a small park with the foundations of the old court complex visible around it. Inside is a museum branch showing 19th-century furniture, weapons, and documents from the early Serbian principality.

It is a small but charming visit — twenty minutes inside, and then a stroll through the surrounding park with its memorial to the founding of modern Serbia. Combine it with the adjoining Princely Serbian Theatre and the National Museum of Šumadija.

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Amidža Konak — "Uncle's Residence," from the Turkish for uncle — is the last surviving building of the princely court of Miloš Obrenović, the prince who made Kragujevac his capital from 1818 to 1841. It was built in 1818 as residence for the prince's guards and later for his trusted lieutenant Sima Milosavljević 'Paštrmac', whose nickname Amidža gave the building its name.