Vidovdan Heroes Chapel

Vidovdan Heroes Chapel
Kapela vidovdanskih heroja
Капела видовданских хероја
The chapel pictured in 2012
Vidovdan Heroes Chapel
43°52′0.5″N 18°24′41.3″E / 43.866806°N 18.411472°E / 43.866806; 18.411472
LocationCentar, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
DenominationSerbian Orthodox Church
History
Consecrated29 October 1939 (1939-10-29)
Architecture
ArchitectAleksandar Deroko
StyleSerbo-Byzantine Revival
Administration
DioceseMetropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia

The Vidovdan Heroes Chapel is a Serbian Orthodox chapel and mausoleum located on the Holy Archangels Georgije and Gavrilo Orthodox Cemetery located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The crypt of the chapel contains the bodily remains of Gavrilo Princip and other members of Young Bosnia who took part in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914. The chapel is named after Vidovdan, the day the assassination took place, with the perpetrators of the assassination being referred to as heroes.

In 2019, the chapel was renovated.

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