The Karađorđevo ( sr-Cyrl, Карађорђево) estate lies 10 km north-west of

Bačka Palanka Bačka Palanka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка Паланка, ; ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Danube. In 2022 the town had a total ...

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. The estate covers an area of and features a manor house, hunting ground, stud farm, agricultural facilities, and forest and wetland habitats. The property is state-owned, and managed by an establishment of the Army of Serbia. Since its establishment as a state property of the

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in 1885, it has served as a representative hunting ground and resort for statesmen, high-ranking military officials and businessmen. A part of the property is protected as a

special nature reserve Protected areas cover around 5% of the territory of Serbia. The ''Law on the Protection of the Nature'' defines these categories of protected areas: * Strict nature reserve — Area of unmodified natural features with representative ecosystems se ...

, occupying the area of . The landscape features centuries-old oak and acacia woods, marshes, variety of flora and fauna species and a long distance from the nearest settlements. It is open to hunters and tourists throughout the year. Muzej_-_02

The property is also famous for its elite

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, with a museum of horse racing. The farm was originally created in 1904, using horses from the famous Hungarian State Stud of

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. In 1971,

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 unti ...

convened a joint meeting of the leaders of the

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and the

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at the Karađorđevo estate which resulted in a suppression of the

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. The resort gained notoriety when the

Milošević–Tuđman Karađorđevo meeting On 25 March 1991, the presidents of the SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav federal states SR Croatia and SR Serbia, Franjo Tuđman and Slobodan Milošević, met at the Karađorđevo hunting ground in northwest Serbia. The publicized topic of their discussi ...

was held there by presidents of Serbia

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and Croatia

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on the eve of the

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, where they purportedly made a secret deal about

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