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Novi Sad. / 45.25417°N 19.84250°E / 45.25417; 19.84250. Novi Sad ( Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nôʋiː sâːd] ⓘ; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia after the capital Belgrade and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the ...
Novi Sad is the second largest city of Serbia. It began as a Stone Age settlement in present-day Petrovaradin. The Celts founded the first fortress at this location. During Roman rule, a larger fortress was built in the 1st century AD. It was devastated by the Huns in the 5th century and rebuilt by the Byzantines.
Petrovaradin Fortress ( Serbian: Петроварадинска тврђава, Petrovaradinska tvrđava, pronounced [pɛtrɔʋarǎdiːnskaː tʋř̩dʑaʋa]; Hungarian: Péterváradi vár ), nicknamed " Gibraltar on/of the Danube ", [ 1][ 2][ 3] is a fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is ...
The city municipalities of Novi Sad were formally re-established in 2002, with Petrovaradin as the second one, since it was a requirement to obtain a city status at the time. In 2007, after the update of the law of local government, the requirement for multiple municipalities for city status was lifted (and 20 additional cities were proclaimed ...
Novi Sad, Serbia. Offshore water bodies. Danube. Dimensions. • Length. 700m. Štrand ( Serbian Cyrillic: Штранд) is a popular city beach on the Danube river in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located and the edge of Liman neighborhood, with the Liberty Bridge passing above the beach.
Location Borders Map of the urban area of Novi Sad with city quarters, showing the location of Stari grad. The eastern borders of Stari grad are Kej žrtava racije (Quay of the victims of raid) and Beogradski kej (Belgrade Quay), the southern border is Bulevar Cara Lazara (Tzar Lazar Boulevard), the western border is Bulevar oslobođenja (Liberation Boulevard), the north-western borders are ...
Political history. Urban municipalities of Novi Sad, 1980-1989. The city was founded in 1694 and its first names were Ratzen Stadt ( Serbian: Racka Varoš) and Peterwardein Schantz ( Serbian: Petrovaradinski Šanac ). Since 1702, it was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier. In 1746–1748, when one part of Military Frontier was abolished ...
Ribnjak is situated on the slope hills between the Mišeluk and Trandžament neighborhoods in the east, the river Danube in the west, Sremska Kamenica in the south, and the Petrovaradin fortress in the north. Because the neighborhood is located on a slope, this area is subject to landslides, but they are not severe and are very slow in progress.