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Stari Grad (Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Град, pronounced [stâːriː ɡrâd], "Old Town") is a fortress near the city of Užice, in central Serbia. Today in ruins, it is an example of typical medieval Serbian architecture. Historians believe it was built in the second half of the 14th century to control movement along nearby roads, and the ...
Fortress Despot Stefan Tower, Belgrade Fortress: Belgrade: Stari Grad: Belgrade: ca. 1405 Under restoration Castle: Diana Fortress: Kladovo: Kladovo: Bor District: 101 AD Preserved ruins Fortress Duboc Fortress: Vučitrn: Vučitrn: Kosovska Mitrovica District: 8th-9th century BCE Remains Fortress Fetislam: Upstream from Kladovo: Kladovo: Bor ...
Stari Grad: Belgrade: 1907–1936 Preserved Palace and Parliament: Niš City Hall: Niš: Niš: Nišava District: 1924–1925 Preserved Palace and town hall: Novi Dvor (New Palace) Belgrade: Stari Grad: Belgrade: 1911–1922 Restored Palace and presidential seat: Novi Sad City Hall: Novi Sad: Novi Sad: South Bačka District: 1893–1895 ...
Belgrade Fortress is located on top of the 125.5 metres (412 ft) high [9] ending ridge of the Šumadija geological bar. The sandbank stretches at least from the city's Tašmajdan section, originating from the Miocene period, and the oldest stages of the ancient Pannonian Sea. [10]
The northernmost Ancient Macedonian town was Kale-Krševica, which still today have the foundations of the Ancient Greek 5th-century BC town.The Scordisci built the stone fortress of Singidunum, the Kalemegdan at Belgrade in the 3rd century BC, It has since been built on by Romans, Serbs, Turks, Austrians and show an example of continuing 2,300-year-old architecture, serving as one of the best ...
Maglič (Serbian Cyrillic: Маглич, pronounced) is a 13th-century castle about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Kraljevo, Serbia.The castle is located atop a hill around which the Ibar river makes a curve, about 100 metres (330 ft) above the river.
Golubac consists of three main compounds guarded by 9 towers, 2 portcullises and a palace, all connected by fortress walls 2 to 3 m (6 ft 7 in to 9 ft 10 in) thick. [6] [7] In front of the fortress, the forward wall (I) doubled as the outer wall of the moat, [7] which connected to the Danube and was likely filled with water. A settlement for ...
Stari Grad occupies the ending ridge of Šumadija geological bar [self-published source].The cliff-like ridge, where the fortress of Kalemegdan is located, overlooks the Great War Island and the confluence of the Sava river into the Danube, and makes one of the most beautiful natural lookouts in Belgrade.