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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 was built on Borački krš which is a section of an inactive volcano within the Rudnik massive that was formed 20 million years ago. The local quarry features tough stones used for fortress walls. The only well preserved object from the time of the despot Stefan, is the Saint Archangel Mihailo orthodox church just under the hill.
Between the 13th and 16th century, the following settlements existed in the territory of modern urban area of Novi Sad: [3] [page needed] [4] [page needed] [5] [page needed] Baksa or Baksafalva (Serbian: Bakša or Bakšić) – this settlement was located in the area of modern neighborhood of Stari Grad.
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: 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 ...
Bač Fortress is the best preserved medieval fort in Vojvodina. Section of Bač below the fortress is called Podgrađe. It consists of 36 houses in the typical lowland Vojvodina style and is protected, together with the fort, as the Spatial Cultural-Historical Units of Exceptional Importance.
Soko Grad (Serbian: Соко Град) is a former town and medieval fortification near the village of Sokolac, east of Ljubovija, western Serbia. The fortress was notable for never being conquered by an army.