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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 Inselšanac: Novi Sad: Novi Sad: South Bačka District: 1692-1780 Demolished in the 19th century Bastion fort: Jeleč: Novi Pazar: Novi Pazar: Raška District: 13th century Ruins Fortress Jerinin Grad: Trstenik: Trstenik: Rasina District: 6th Century Remains Fortress Jerinin Grad: Brangović: Valjevo: Kolubara District: 4th Century ...
Starigrad Fortress is a 15th-century fortress located near Omiš in Split-Dalmatia county, in Dalmatia, Croatia. [1]The walls of Starigrad are 262m above sea level. The approach and gateway into Starigrad was protected by a bastion (center) and a barbican (right).
The settlement from which Stari grad (and Novi Sad) developed was founded in 1694. This settlement was known as Racka varoš or Petrovaradinski Šanac and was part of the Danube military frontier. The original area of Petrovaradin Šanac was in the northwest part of today's Stari grad and the southwest part of today's Podbara.
Elementary school "Stari Grad"; founded in 1961 and originally named "1st Proletarian Brigade", with 1,300 pupils it was the largest school in this part of Belgrade. It was among the first schools in Belgrade which got a large library, day care, electronic classrooms, etc. As the population of Stari Grad dwindled, so did the number of pupils.
Ostrvica or Ostrovica (Turkish: Sivrice Hisar) [1] was a small fortified town built on one of the peaks of Rudnik mountain, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northwest of the town of Rudnik. [2] After 1323/1324, when it was recorded for the first time, it belonged to the Kingdom of Serbia, Serbian Empire, Moravian Serbia, Serbian Despotate and Ottoman ...
During the reign of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan, Užice is mentioned as a fortress, under the rule of the Vojinović noble family. [5] After the death of Emperor Dušan the Mighty , in the period known as the ' fall of the Serbian Empire ', Užice came under the control of Vojislav Vojinović , a nobleman in the service of Emperor Uroš ...
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).