The Cetinje Royal Palace () is located in

Cetinje Cetinje ( cnr-Cyrl, Цетиње, ) is a List of cities and towns in Montenegro, town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital ( cnr-Latn-Cyrl, prijestonica, приjестоница, separator=" / ") of Montenegro and is the location of sev ...

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, and for more than 50 years served as the seat of the Montenegrin Royal family. In 1926, it became a museum and from 1980, it was one of the departments in the

National Museum of Montenegro The National Museum of Montenegro () is the largest museum in Montenegro. The museum was established in 1896 and is located in Cetinje, Montenegro. Departments The museum is divided into five departments: *Historical Museum of Montenegro *Ethnog ...

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History

The small palace was built from 1863 to 1867 for

Darinka, Princess of Montenegro Darinka Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Даринка Петровић-Његош; 19 December 1838 – 2 February 1892) was the first Princess of Montenegro by her marriage to Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro. Biography Darinka was the ...

in a simple style typical of Cetinje houses with certain elements of

neoclassicism Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative arts, decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiq ...

. The interiors were designed in style of

Historicism Historicism is an approach to explaining the existence of phenomena, especially social and cultural practices (including ideas and beliefs), by studying the process or history by which they came about. The term is widely used in philosophy, ant ...

and

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...

. After Darinka's exile from Montenegro, the palace became home of her nephew,

Nicholas I of Montenegro Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-Cyrl, Никола I Петровић-Његош; – 1 March 1921) was the last monarch of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918, reigning as Principality of Montenegro, prince from 1860 to 1910 and as the country's first ...

, his wife

Milena of Montenegro Milena Petrović-Njegoš (; sr-Cyrl, Милена Петровић-Његош; 4 May 1847 – 16 March 1923) was the only Queen of Montenegro by marriage to Nicholas I of Montenegro. Milena was regent of Montenegro during the absence of her spo ...

and their growing family. In the entrance hall are exposed the Montenegrin crown jewels, which are the most popular exhibition of the

. ''The Royal Garden'' was built in 1870 as a pine alley. The Gardens were refurbished in 1971. There are many flower beds with crocuses, geraniums, tulips and rose and jasmine bushes. In the back of garden there is a cedar grove with dominant villa with a small summer-house, which served as a guest house for foreign royal visitors.

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History

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