The round Chapel of Peace in Sremski Karlovci

History & Diplomatic Heritage

The Chapel of Peace (Kapela mira)

Sremski Karlovci · Vojvodina

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CATEGORY: History & Diplomatic Heritage
COUNTRY: Serbia
REGION: Sremski Karlovci · Vojvodina
DURATION: 1 day

ABOUT THIS ATTRACTION

The Habsburg-Ottoman congress of 1698–99 ended the Great Turkish War here; the wooden chapel was raised in 54 days (October–November 1698) for the negotiations, and the round table — commissioned so no empire would sit at the head — entered history as the origin of the diplomatic phrase. The current stone chapel (1817) preserves the room’s dimensions and the memory; the treaty divided Hungary and Transylvania from the Ottomans and made Karlovci briefly the centre of Europe.

HISTORY & BACKGROUND

The story behind it

More here soon — the road is still being mapped.

WHAT TO SEE

What to see here

The round negotiating hall with the round-table reconstruction.

The portraits and documents of the Karlowitz congress.

The chapel’s garden with the four empires’ commemorative markers.

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