The Turk and his lost provinces : Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia . elligent faces and seemed conscious of their respon-sibility. The royal palace, which is in the center of the cityof Belgrade, is in two parts and disconnected. Oneresembles a French chateau and looks like a comfort-able home, being pleasantly and tastefully fitted is only two stories in height, the lower floor contain-ing the drawing, dining and reception rooms and theupper floor the living apartments. It is large enoughfor an ordinary family, and would make an acceptableabode for a gentleman of wealth and culture. The
The Turk and his lost provinces : Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia . elligent faces and seemed conscious of their respon-sibility. The royal palace, which is in the center of the cityof Belgrade, is in two parts and disconnected. Oneresembles a French chateau and looks like a comfort-able home, being pleasantly and tastefully fitted is only two stories in height, the lower floor contain-ing the drawing, dining and reception rooms and theupper floor the living apartments. It is large enoughfor an ordinary family, and would make an acceptableabode for a gentleman of wealth and culture. Theother part, which is across an area forty^or fifty feetwide, is a more pretentious structure, which rises nextto the street, without grounds, and looks like a publicbuilding. It is known as the New Konak, and wasbuilt by Milan, the gambler king, for entertainingpurposes. The exterior as well as the interior is verypretentious, being of stuccoed brick, with elaboratemoldings, four stories high and painted yellow, likenearly all the government buildings and business. THE CAPITAL OF SERVIA 261 blocks. Within is a series of magnificent apartments,equal to those in the palaces at Berlin and Vienna,designed by a French architect and finished withtapestries and gilding at a cost that was enormous forthe size and wealth of the country. The guards arethick around the palace, which indicates either lack ofconfidence or a cowardly king. But the precaution iswell taken. Sunday morning everybody goes to market, and thedisplay of fish, meats and vegetables is large andinteresting. On one side of the principal square werebutchers, hucksters, and dealers in knickknacks fromServia, while everything on the other came from Hun-gary, across the River Save, and paid duty. Thelatter and their wares were much better looking, andthe venders wore better garments than the Servians,many of them appearing in the Hungarian nationalcostume. Their butter and cheese were more appeti-zing and were displayed in
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