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258:, Austro-Hungarian authorities demanded that Njegoš's remains be moved back to Cetinje. The Montenegrins had little choice in the matter and the remains were removed under the supervision of Serbian Orthodox clergy so that the Austro-Hungarians would not be accused of desecration. By the end of the war, Njegoš's chapel was severely damaged. Local authorities negotiated with the Yugoslav government for years over the question of where, when and at whose expense Njegoš was to be buried. Montenegrin officials favoured restoring the original chapel, while the authorities in Belgrade opened a competition over the designs of a planned mausoleum. Some of the plans differed greatly from the original Byzantinesque building. Due to lack of funds, plans for a mausoleum were discarded by 1925 and the original church building was reconstructed. In September 1925, in the course of a three-day ceremony sponsored and attended by Yugoslavia's King 354: 366: 378: 126: 330: 342: 390: 29: 151: 718: 133: 285:" Njegoš and eliminate any trace of the chapel's Byzantine design. In the late 1960s the chapel was demolished, and a mausoleum was constructed by 1971. Njegoš's remains were transferred back to Mount Lovćen in 1974, and the mausoleum was officially inaugurated that year. 266:, the chapel was rededicated and Njegoš's remains were reburied. Historian Andrew B. Wachtel writes: "The tone of the event, which was described extensively in the Yugoslav press, bordered on a piety more appropriate for the treatment of a saint than a writer." 230: 185:. It was built on the same location of the Njegoš Testament Church which Njegoš had built in 1845 with the intention of being buried there and which he dedicated to his predecessor 225: 353: 1103: 55: 1057: 201: 945: 550: 498:
Wachtel, Andrew B. (2004). "How to Use a Classic: Petar Petrović-Njegoš in the Twentieth Century". In Lampe, John R.; Mazower, Mark (eds.).
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rule. In 1952, Yugoslavia's communist authorities decided to replace Njegoš's chapel with a secular mausoleum designed by
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on Mount Lovćen. Not wishing for a monument to the Austrian Emperor to be located on the same perch as a symbol of
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himself, and oversaw its construction in 1845. Following his death in October 1851, Njegoš was interred at the
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Prior to his death, Njegoš had asked to be buried atop Mount Lovćen, in a chapel dedicated to his predecessor
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The church suffered damage from bombardment in both World Wars. In 1974, despite protest from the
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and local Orthodox Christians, the old church was ordered demolished by a commission of the
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Njegoš and his burial spot used to be mentioned in the popular Montenegrin folk song
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The mausoleum is located twenty-one kilometres via asphalt road from near-by
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From 1945 to 1992, the previous Njegoš Testament Church was featured in the
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and the Habsburg occupiers decided to erect a monument to Austrian Emperor
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Monument to Peter II Petrovic Njegos in the mausoleum
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Mausoleum of Petar II Petrović-Njegoš in Montenegro
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Mount Lovćen
Montenegro
42°23′57″N 18°49′06″E / 42.3991°N 18.8184°E / 42.3991; 18.8184
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
Ivan Meštrović
Mausoleum of Njegoš is located in Montenegro

mausoleum
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
Mount Lovćen
Cetinje
Ivan Meštrović
Petar I Petrović-Njegoš
canonized
Serbian Orthodox Church
Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral
League of Communists of Montenegro
Veljko Milatović
Petar I Petrović-Njegoš
the chapel
sr
Cetinje Monastery
First World War
Austria-Hungary
Franz Joseph
South Slavic
national feeling
Alexander
Maria

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