The unique design of the Palace of Parliament includes many decorations on its exterior walls, which were popular in the architecture of the period. The inner walls of the building are also decorated, but not in decorations, but in many wall paintings by Yugoslavian artists, most prominent in Yugoslavia of the 1940's.
In 1907, the Kingdom's dignitaries were invited to lay the foundation stone of the building, in the presence of the royal family. After King Peter I laid the cornerstone of the building, construction began. But over the years, construction stopped again and again. Once it was due to the Balkan wars, which began in 1912. Once again the halted construction due to the World War I and again it was halted due to the Great Depression of 1929.
Incidentally, in 1918, at the end of World War I, Yugoslavia was established. It was declared the kingdom of Slavic southern peoples, the peoples of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. In order to adapt the building to change, the plans of the building were changed again to fit a multi-national state. The changes were once again performed by a new architect. It was the son of architect Jovan Ilkić, who has since passed away ...
The magnificent building was finally completed in 1936, during the reign of Peter II of Yugoslavia. In 1941, after the Nazi invasion of World War II, the German High Command took up residence in the occupied parliament building. From here they commanded all of southern Europe.
On October 5, 2000, the masses stormed the old Yugoslav parliament, already the parliament of Serbia. This was during the demonstrations, at the end of which the nationalist leader Slobodan Milosevic was overthrown. During these events the building was severely damaged, but afterwards the damage was repaired and it returned to being one of the most beautiful buildings in Belgrade.