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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 Soko Grad: Sokobanja: Sokobanja: Zaječar District: 6th century Ruins Fortress Stalać Fortress: Stalać: ćićevac: Rasina District: 1377 Ruins Fortress Stari Grad: Užice: Užice: Zlatibor District: 12th century Under restoration Fortified town: Stari Ras: Novi Pazar: Novi Pazar: Raška District: 8th century Preserved ruins (UNESCO ...
The fortress is located on a settlement called Novigrad ("New Town"). With the erection of Fetislam the Turkish defense line towards Hungary was completed and this line was made of fortresses in Smederevo, Kulic, Ram, Golubac and Fetislam. [1] The last one was composed from two parts: the Smaller and the Greater town. [1]
Blagaj Fortress ground plan. Blagaj Fortress or Old Town of Blagaj (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Stari grad Blagaj, Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Град Благај; pronounced), locally known as Stjepan-grad (Стјепан-град), or Stipan-grad, in classical times Bona (Бона), is a town-fortress complex near the town of Blagaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Užice (Serbian Cyrillic: Ужице, pronounced ⓘ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Zlatibor District in western Serbia. It is located on the banks of the river Đetinja.
Ostrvica was the main castle in the Rudnik area. [3] It is assumed that its location protected the mines of Rudnik from the north, while another castle (of Pavle Orlović [4]) provided protection from the south. The two castles maintained visual communication by signals. [5]
The view from Stari Ras. Ras (Serbian Cyrillic: Рас; Latin: Arsa), known in modern Serbian historiography as Stari Ras (Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Рас, "Old Ras"), is a medieval fortress and area located in the vicinity of former market-place of Staro Trgovište, some 10–11 kilometers (6.2–6.8 mi) west of modern-day city of Novi Pazar in Serbia.
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 ...