Belgrade Fortress
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fortress in Serbia
Key facts
- Type
- Fortification
- Owner
- City of Belgrade
- Operator
- JKP Beogradska Tvrđava
- Open to the public
- Yes
- Website
- www .beogradskatvrdjava .co .rs
- Area
- 66 hectares (160 acres)
- Built
- 279 BC
- Built by
- Justinian I (reconstructed in 535), Stefan Lazarević (reconstructed in 1403), Nicolas Doxat de Démoret (reconstructed 1723–36)
- Materials
- Stone
- Battles wars
- 1440 , 1456 , 1521 , 1688 , 1690 , 1717 , 1739 , 1789 , 1806 .
- Designated
- 31 May 1965
- Reference no
- SK 3
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- fortress
- Country
- Serbia
- Located in
- Belgrade
- Location
- Stari Grad City Municipality
- Official website
- www.beogradskatvrdjava.co.rs
- Image
- Despotova kula6.jpg
- Significant event
- Siege of Belgrade
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- Commons category
- Belgrade Fortress
- heritage designation
- Immovable Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance
- postal code
- 11000
- different from
- Kalemegdan Park
- commissioned by
- Justinian I
- inception
- 0100-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
The Belgrade Fortress (Serbian: Београдска тврђава, Beogradska tvrđava, Hungarian: Nándorfehérvár), consists of the old citadel (Upper and Lower Town) and Kalemegdan Park (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. The fortress was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and is protected by the Republic of Serbia. It is the most visited tourist attraction in Belgrade, with Skadarlija being the second. Since the admission is free, it is estimated that the total number of visitors (foreign, domestic, citizens of Belgrade) is over 2 million yearly.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belgrade Fortress” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.