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FOYERS IN FRONT OF THE
STATEROOMS

Western and Eastern Foyer

Western foyer, in front of the Macedonian The western foyer floor made of granite
and Slovenian salon, invokes the sense of plates is complemented by unique floor mo-
classical order achieved by emphasizing the saic made by Milo Milunović in 1962. Of all
array of marble pilasters with decorative wall the artworks on the walls of the foyer the
lamps. Beside the lamps, all chandeliers are most impressive one is the tapestry made
made of crystal elements. They are original in the strong expressionist style of the great
items made in Viennese company “Bakalovič” painter Milan Konjović. Among the artworks
according to the designs of the atelier “Stadi- decorating the walls of the western foyer is
on”. The workshop “Bakalovich” from Vienna the painting of Lazar Vozarević called “Velika
was the only foreign company cooperating on pijeta” [Great pieta] as one of the most signif-
the construction and furnishing of the Palace. icant works of this artist. The theme is moth-
All other companies and workshop were from er’s love inspired by Serbian medieval art and
former republics of Yugoslavia. fresco paintings.