Vidovdan Heroes Chapel

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

Vidovdan Heroes Chapel
Kapela vidovdanskih heroja, Капела видовданских хероја
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
Architecture
Architect(s)Aleksandar Deroko
StyleSerbo-Byzantine Revival
Completed1939

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

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
  1. ^
    Sometimes referred to as the Chapel of Vidovdan Heroes.
  2. ^
    As there is no archangel close to the name of Georgije, it is assumed that the name was meant to be the Holy Archangels Mihailo and Gavrilo Orthodox Cemetery.

References
  1. Sveti Arhangeli Georgije i Gavrilo
  2. Renovation of the chapel
  3. The Chapel of the Vidovdan Heroes
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