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The Kalemegdan Park (Serbian: Калемегдански парк / Kalemegdanski park), or simply Kalemegdan (Serbian Cyrillic: Калемегдан) is the largest park and the most important historical monument in Belgrade. [1] It is located on a 125-metre-high (410 ft) cliff, at the junction of the River Sava and the Danube.
The Belgrade Fortress [2] [3] (Serbian Cyrillic: Београдска тврђава, romanized: Beogradska tvrđava, Hungarian: Nándorfehérvár), consists of the old citadel (Upper and Lower Town) and Kalemegdan Park [4] (Large and Little Kalemegdan) on the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, in an urban area of modern Belgrade, Serbia.
The concept design was done by Aleksandar Krstić, head of the parks department in the city administration, while the main project was work of Đorđe Kovaljevski. Main works were finished in 1928. During World War II, the staircase was damaged both during the German bombing of Belgrade in April 1941 and later during the war. [3] [4]
The confluence of the Sava (river on the right side) into the Danube at Belgrade with view on Kalemegdan Fortress (up-right) Belgrade lies 116.75 m (383.0 ft) above sea level and is located at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers. [14] The historical core of Belgrade, Kalemegdan, lies on the right banks of
View from the Pariska Street. The Small Staircase in Kalemegdan Park (Serbian: Мало степениште у Калемегданском парку, romanized: Malo stepenište u Kalemegdanskom parku) is a staircase at one of the entrances into Kalemegdan Park in downtown Belgrade, Serbia.
The Stambol Gate was the main gate of Belgrade on the Tsarigrad Road to Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), hence the derivation of the Serbian name (Stambol is the Serbian name for Istanbul). In the 18th and 19th centuries, Belgrade stretched between the rivers Sava and Danube and was protected by a deep ditch and palisades .
Pobednik (Serbian Cyrillic: Победник, lit. 'The Victor') is a monument in the Upper Town of the Belgrade Fortress, built to commemorate Serbia's victory over the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires during the Balkan Wars and the First World War.
Vintage street and a pedestrian, bohemian quarter, Belgrade's version of Parisian Montmartre. After the Belgrade Fortress, the street paved with kaldrma and known for numerous old kafanas is the second most visited tourist attraction in Belgrade. [14] Named after the city of Skadar. Vojvode Stepe