Sokolac Castle

Sokolac Castle (Serbian Cyrillic: Дворац Соколац код Новог Бечеја; Serbian Latin: Dvorac Sokolac kod Novog Bečeja) is located near Novi Bečej, in the Province of Vojvodina and in the Central Banat District, in Serbia.

The castle is part of a complex that, in addition to the actual residential building, also houses buildings for economic purposes such as administrative buildings, stables and other outbuildings of the rural economy. The entire estate covers an area of approximately 4,000 acres. The castle was built for Lazar Dunđerski, who left it to his daughter Emilija Ivanović as a dowry. The rectangular building extends on a flat terrain along a northeast-southwest axis; it is separated from the outbuildings by a wrought-iron gate of decorative value. Built in a monumental style, it consists of a ground floor and is characteristic of the neoclassical style. The front facade is decorated with an access ramp and a covered portico with a triangular gable supported by four columns. The rear facade, which faces the park, has a terrace resting on a high podium; it is rhythmized by alternating round or square columns with Doric capitals supporting a gable. Under the building is a high cellar with a "Prussian vault" and beams supporting the wooden floor of the upper storey. The interior of the castle still houses elements of the rich original decoration, in particular antique furniture and the stoves of the rooms as well as the wallpapers and stucco ceilings of the ceremonial hall. In Lenka Dunđerski's room is her portrait, painted by Uroš Predić.