Palace of Zeta Banovina

Palace of Zeta Banovina
Palata Zetske banovine
General information
Town or cityCetinje
CountryMontenegro
Coordinates42°23′18″N 18°55′40″E / 42.38833°N 18.92778°E / 42.38833; 18.92778
Year(s) built1932[1]
Completed1932 (1932)
OwnerCity of Cetinje

The Palace of Zeta Banovina (Montenegrin: Palata Zetske banovine) in Cetinje, Montenegro is a representative building housing the city administration of the Old Royal Capital Cetinje. The building was completed in 1932 as the seat of the Zeta Banovina.[1] The building was designed by White Russian émigré architect Nikola Kirsanov who designed many other representative buidlings in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[1][2] The fourth session of the Montenegrin Anti-Fascist Assembly of National Liberation on 15-17 April of 1945 took place in the building.[1] Since 2024 the building is used in the logo of the Parliament of Montenegro.[3]

History

Building in the logo of the Parliament of Montenegro

The palace was constructed in 1932 during the interwar period, designed by Russian émigré architect Nikolai Petrovich Krasnov (1864–1939).[4] It was built following the 1929 territorial reorganization of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, when nine new banovinas were established, and served as the administrative seat of the Zeta Banovina.[4]

The first session of the Zeta Banovina council was held in December 1930 in Cetinje Sloboda Dom where the need for a purpose built administrative building was raised.[4] The project was entrusted to Russian émigré architect Nikolai Petrovich Krasnov, renowned for his monumental public buildings in Belgrade, who was assisted by architect Radmila Jevrić.[4]

In 2024 Speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro Andrija Mandić announced a change to the Parliament’s visual identity, unveiling a new logo featuring the Palace of Zeta Banovina which at one point housed key institutions of the Republic of Montenegro.[3] He said the choice was meant to honour Cetinje as the country’s historic capital.[3] Opposition MPs criticized the decision.[3] Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro MP Andrija Nikolić questioned the legal authority to change the logo and argued that invoking the Zeta Banovina symbol recalls a period when Montenegro lost its name.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d n.a. (n.d.). "History of the building". Parliament of Montenegro. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  2. ^ n.a. (9 December 2019). "Nikolaj Krasnov, Rus koji je gradio Jugoslaviju" (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e n.a. (9 October 2024). "Лого парламента зграда Зетске бановине, Закон о Развојној банци поново изгласан" (in Montenegrin). Radio and Television of Montenegro. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d n.a. (n.d.). "Zgrada Zetske banovine" (in Serbian). Arte Galerija. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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