Top 20 Castles in Serbia

Petrovaradin Fortress Clock Tower

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Is a large fortress on the Danube

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Zindan Gate

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Completely preserved gate system east of the fortress

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Belgrade Military Museum

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Outside the museum's main building, there are numerous tanks, howitzers, and armoured cars of many types. Some were acquired during World War II, when they were captured by the Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans from retreating Nazi and Axis forces.

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Belgrade Fortress (Kalemegdan)

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The city has around 1.4 million inhabitants. Including the surrounding area, the population is 1.7 million.

With its universities, colleges and scientific institutions, Belgrade is the educational centre and, with numerous publishing houses, radio and television stations as well as daily and monthly newspapers, it is also the dominant media centre in the country. Belgrade is the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the residence of the Serbian Patriarch. The largest Christian church on the Balkan Peninsula, the Cathedral of Saint Sava, is in Belgrade.

Due to Yugoslavia's rejection of Soviet hegemony and Stalinism and as a meeting place for the Non-Aligned Movement, Belgrade became an international political centre during the time of communist Yugoslavia. During the period of socialist Yugoslavia, Belgrade developed into a European metropolis. In the major urban development project Novi Beograd, which was to become the representative center of socialist Yugoslavia, aspects of increasing densification were combined with strong impulses for the economic and cultural dynamism of the city after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Sava Congress Center, built here between 1977 and 1979, is the largest congress center in all the Balkan countries, and the Štark Arena, built between 1991 and 2004, is one of the largest sports halls in the world. The Belgrade Waterfront urban renewal project, estimated to last 30 years on the demolished site of the old "Beograd" train station, brought the city its most profound change since the Second World War.

After the collapse of the Second Yugoslavia in 1991, Belgrade became the capital of the newly formed Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which led to political and social uncertainty in Serbia. This was evident in the unrest on March 9, 1991, and in mass demonstrations in 1996/1997. The late 1990s were marked by the suppression of civil protests and the suppression and liquidation of opposition politicians during the regime of Slobodan Milošević. War-related shortages and an economic embargo gave rise to a black market and war profiteering. This also led to a new economic class, the Serbian oligarchs, also known as the Taikune. The years of crisis culminated in the Kosovo War with Operation Allied Force, which began on March 24, 1999: NATO began its 78-day air raids against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which hit the inner city of Belgrade particularly hard. During the heaviest bombardment of the city in the night between May 7 and 8, the Chinese embassy was completely destroyed, among other things. This led to a serious crisis in the relationship between the major powers of the United States and the People's Republic of China, and NATO was forced to refrain from any further bombings in the inner city of Belgrade for the rest of the bombings.[92] In some places in the cityscape, war ruins can still be seen that have neither been demolished nor rebuilt.

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Golubac Fortress

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A place of history Romans, Ottomans Hungarians and Serbs. The fortress itself with the impressively thick walls, the different towers with beautiful views of the Danube and Romania. The remains of a Roman house, a Turkish hammam and a stretch of road from when the country road still ran directly through the fortress can be visited.

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Old & New Palace 🏰 Stari/Novi Dvor, Pioneers Park Belgrade

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Stojan Simić, a politician and a businessman, member of the influential Simić family, notable in the 19th century Serbia both in politics and culture, purchased the lot in the late 1830s. It was a piece of marshland which encompassed the modern features of Old Palace, Pioneers Park and Park Aleksandrov. Simić drained the marsh, filled and leveled the terrain and on the northern side of the modern Kralja Milana street constructed a house 1840-42. The edifice became known as the Old Konak. Development of the first Serbian royal compound began in 1843-43, when the ruling prince Alexander Karađorđević purchased the konak with the surrounding garden.
In the 1850s, an additional building was constructed next to Old Konak, to the north, and colloquially called Mali dvor or Mali konak ("Little Palace" or "Little Konak"). When the Obrenović dynasty was restored in 1858, they moved in the residences. As an heir apparent, Prince Michael used the Little Palace. The palaces were surrounded by the auxiliary buildings, servants' quarters, horse stables, etc. Ruling prince Miloš Obrenović, Michael's father, decided in 1858 to build a new palace for his son, which was built next to the palace's garden, to the south on the location of modern Novi Dvor, which became known as the Dvor sa kulama ("Palace with towers"). Upon ascending to the throne in 1860, Michael decided to use the Old Konak, while part of the state administration was located in the Palace with towers.
King Milan had the palace itself built between 1882 and 1884, according to the design of Aleksandar Bugarski, in the style of academism of the 19th century, with intention to surpass all existing residences of the Serbian rulers. In order to build the new palace, the Little Palace had to be demolished first. Jointly with the new palace, the Marshall's building (Maršalat) was built behind it. The building was upgraded in 1918, being adapted into the large, semicircular building. The Old Konak, in which Aleksandar and his wife, Queen Draga were assassinated during the 1903 May Coup, was demolished in 1904.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stari_dvor

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Sahat Gate & Tower 🏰 Belgrade Fortress

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Sahat Tower, located above the gate which was named "Sahat Gate" after it, was built during the period between 1740 and 1789. The overall appearance of the tower, with prominent baroque elements, directly testifies to the time of its origin. The tower was renovated in the middle of the nineteenth century. The Sahat Tower is one of the few structures of the Belgrade Fortress that has not suffered significant damages, still preserving authentic architectural and stylistic features.
The octogonal baroque tower, visible from every part of the park and tower, has a central clock mechanism and pendulums. The height of the tower (27.5 m) is enough for the clock to work for approximately a week before rewinding. It us s gongs instead of bells. The clock has two hammers: a smaller one which ticks once for the first quarter, twice for the second, three times for the third and four times for the fourth, while the bigger hammer ticks immediately after to mark the current hour.
At the end of the seventeenth century, Andera Cornaro, who was a Venetian builder in Austrian and later Turkish service, built today's Sahat Gate as a part of restoration works of the south-east rampart. Sahat Gate has casemates for guards, weapons and other military material. The Belgrade Fortress Gallery is situated in the flanking rooms.

Belgrade Fortress (Serbian: Београдска тврђава / Beogradska tvrđava), consists of the old citadel (Upper and Lower Town) and Kalemegdan Park (Large and Little Kalemegdan) on the confluence of the River Sava and Danube, in an urban area of modern Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad. It is the most visited tourist attraction in Belgrade. Since the admission is free, it is estimated that the total number of visitors (foreign, domestic, citizens of Belgrade) is over 2 million yearly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade_Fortress

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View of the Petrovaradin Fortress

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In this area you always have a good view of the fortress.

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Ram Fortress

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There is now paved bike path along side the river going east.

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