Vidovdan Heroes Chapel

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Vidovdan Heroes Chapel
Kapela vidovdanskih heroja, Капела видовданских хероја
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Religion
AffiliationSerbian Orthodox Church
Governing bodyMetropolitanate of Dabar-Bosna
Location
LocationCentar, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Geographic coordinates43°52′0.76″N 18°24′38.88″E / 43.8668778°N 18.4108000°E / 43.8668778; 18.4108000
Architecture
Architect(s)Aleksandar Deroko
StyleSerbo-Byzantine architecture
Completed1939

The Vidovdan Heroes Chapel[a] is a Serbian Orthodox chapel and mausoleum located on the Saint Archangels Mihailo and Gavrilo Orthodox Cemetery[b] 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 July 1914.[1]

In 2019, the chapel was renovated.[2]

Burials[edit]

The twelve people interred in the crypt of the chapel are Gavrilo Princip, Bogdan Žerajić, Vladimir Gaćinović, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Danilo Ilić, Veljko Čubrilović, Neđo Kerović, Mitar Kerović, Mihajlo Miško Jovanović, Jakov Milović, Trifko Grabež and Marko Perin.[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Sometimes referred to as the Chapel of Vidovdan Heroes.
  2. ^ Sometimes referred to as the Saint Archangels Georgije and Gavrilo Cemetery, the Saint Archangels Cemetery or the Holy Archangels Cemetery.

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