3D print the Church of Saint Sava
A free, printable model of the Church of Saint Sava's central dome and smaller domes, with the green grounds, streets and buildings around it in Belgrade, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Church of Saint Sava
In Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, stands the Church of Saint Sava, a Serbian Orthodox church. By size it ranks fourth among Eastern Orthodox churches, and measured by gross volume it is among the largest churches anywhere. The church is named for Saint Sava, who was the first Serbian archbishop and is the nation's patron saint, and it was built symbolically on the site where the Ottomans are believed to have burned his relics on a pyre after a Serb uprising.
Construction began on May 10, 1935, to a design by Aleksandar Deroko and Bogdan Nestorović, assisted by the civil engineer Vojislav Zađina. Construction carried on until Axis forces invaded Yugoslavia in 1941. By then the foundation was complete, and the walls stood at heights of 7 and 11 meters. After decades marked by interruptions, wars and political turmoil, the exterior was finished in 2004 and the interior in 2020.
The church drew inspiration from the Hagia Sophia, and it is a major tourist attraction as well as among Belgrade's most recognizable landmarks. Its designers reflected a wish to give Belgrade one of the world's largest Eastern Orthodox churches: the planned size grew from 60x60 m to 80x90 m, and the dome was meant to surpass Hagia Sophia's in size, height and weight.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 22 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 27 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 35 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Ribbed domes and small crosses
- Fine ribs run over the central dome and the smaller domes, and small crosses top them. Layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm keep the curves smooth, and printing slowly helps the crosses.
- Arches and tiny corner domes
- Four small corner domes and wide arches cluster around the main dome. A larger print size keeps them distinct, and Print friendly adapts the smallest to the print scale.
- One piece with the ground
- The Church of Saint Sava is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Church of Saint Sava takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Church of Saint Sava is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Church of Saint Sava STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Church of Saint Sava grows with the print: about 22 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
