SUPER SHIP OF THE DANUBE

For more than half a century, the Royal Compound of Serbia was known as the ‘forbidden city’. It wasn’t until 2002, when Crown Prince Alexander opened the doors to visitors for the first time, that its beauty could truly be appreciated.

One of the most spectacular sections, incongruously, is the basement, divided into individual spaces including the first private cinema (a piano behind the screen used to accompany silent films), a billiards room and the ‘whispering room’, where a water fountain would be turned on to mask confidential conversations. With its fairytale motifs,