Belgrade Fortress

Belgrade Fortress
Београдска тврђава
Beogradska tvrđava
Stari Grad, Belgrade in Serbia
Belgrade Fortress is located in Belgrade
Belgrade Fortress
Belgrade Fortress
Location within Belgrade
Belgrade Fortress is located in Serbia
Belgrade Fortress
Belgrade Fortress
Belgrade Fortress (Serbia)
Coordinates44°49′24″N 020°27′01″E / 44.82333°N 20.45028°E / 44.82333; 20.45028
TypeFortification
Area66 hectares (160 acres)
Site information
OwnerCity of Belgrade
OperatorJKP Beogradska Tvrđava
Open to
the public
Yes
Websitewww.beogradskatvrdjava.co.rs
Site history
Built279 BC (279 BC)
Built byJustinian I (reconstructed in 535)
Stefan Lazarević (reconstructed in 1403)
Nicolas Doxat de Démoret (reconstructed 1723–36)
MaterialsStone
Battles/wars1440, 1456, 1521, 1688, 1690, 1717, 1739, 1789, 1806.
TypeCultural Monument of Exceptional Importance
Designated31 May 1965
Reference no.SK 3[1]

The Belgrade Fortress[2][3] (Serbian Cyrillic: Београдска тврђава, romanizedBeogradska 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. Located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad, the fortress constitutes the specific historical core of the city. As one of the most important representatives of Belgrade's cultural heritage, it was originally protected right after World War II, among the first officially declared cultural monuments in Serbia.[5] The fortress was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and is protected by the Republic of Serbia.[3] It is the most visited tourist attraction in Belgrade, with Skadarlija being the second.[6] Since the admission is free, it is estimated that the total number of visitors (foreign, domestic, citizens of Belgrade) is over 2 million yearly.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Информациони систем непокретних културних добара".
  2. ^ An official site of Belgrade Fortress
  3. ^ a b "Ministarstvo kulture, informisanja i informacionog dru tva - Kulturno nasle e - Spomenici kulture". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.
  4. ^ "Јавно Предузеће "Београдска тврђава"" [Public Enterprise "Beogradska Tvrđava"]. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  5. ^ Branka Vasiljević, Marina Nešković (21 May 2022). "Београдска тврђава од војног утврђења до споменика културе" [Belgrade Fortress from military fortification to cultural monument]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 13.
  6. ^ Daliborka Mučibabić (21 January 2010). "Skadarlija vraća izgubljeni boemski duh" [Skadarlija recalls the Lost Bohemian Spirit] (in Serbian). Politika.
  7. ^ Dimitrije Bukvić (29 December 2011). "Kameni "mesojedi" ispod Kalemegdana". Politika (in Serbian).
  8. ^ Daliborka Mučibabić (13 April 2014). "Od vrha Sahat kule do dna Rimskog bunara". Politika (in Serbian).

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