ČELAREVO CASTLE

This princely residence is known for having been, at the end of the 19th century, the home of the Serbian poet Laza Kostic who, in his old age, fell in love with one of the owner's daughters. Built in 1837 in a neoclassical style by the hoberman Nicolas Bezeredi, this residence was bought in 1882 by the industrialist Lazar Dundjerski. He was then known in the whole region of Novi Sad for his colossal wealth. Dundjerski had even given as a gift a piano that he had won in a game against a very expensive Russian count. The residence was home to the great Serbian poet Laza Kostić, who became godfather to several of the industrialist's children. One of Dundjerski's daughters, who used to play the piano in front of the monumental entrance of the residence, inspired Kostić to write one of his most beautiful poems, an ode to his love for her in her last days: Santa Maria della Salute.

This typical nineteenth-century residence is interesting for the lightness of its lines and its decorations in yellow tones. In the past, a museum exhibited the famous piano and aristocratic furniture of the period.

Unfortunately, today, the castle is a ruin covered with tags and the park, abandoned, is poorly visited.