02 January 2019 - The restoration of the Cemetery of the Petrović dynasty, which is located near the entrance of the Cetinje Monastery, has been completed. The Directorate for Protection of Cultural Property of Montenegro approved the reconstruction works and they cost about 12.000,00 EUR.
For the first time in more than half a century, the Cemetery of the Petrović dynasty was restored and returned to its original appearance.
Conservators and technicians of the Centre for Conservation and Archaeology renewed the vaults, pilasters, and walls on the inside of the cemetery and repaired all nine graves within the cemetery.
The conservation of the inscriptions on the tombstones was made during the reconstruction, which was done following the original inscriptions. Also, the restoration of heraldic and religious symbols on the graves was done. Two licensed conservators and three conservator technicians worked on this project. Besides the reconstruction of the grave sites and the conservation of the inscriptions, the works included the restoration of the staircase, wrought iron fence, as well as levelling the terrain between the grave sites where the ground stone was added.
Duchess Stana Mirkova Martinović, mother of King Nikola, daughters of King Nikola - Marija, Vjera and Ksenija, his grandson Prince Mihailo and the sons of Prince Mirko Petrović - Stefan and Stanislav, rest at the Petrović Cemetery at the Cetinje Monastery. The tombs of Princess Zorka Karađorđević and her son Andrija, whose remains were transferred to Oplenac in 1912, are empty ever since.
Source: RTCG
