Viewed from below, the whiteness of the limestone ridge, together with the remains of the early Byzantine fortress, must have clearly stood out in the surrounding landscape. Walls and towers built of stone of the same geological composition and color, no doubt gave a new name to the town, ‘Beograd’- The White Town.

G.Marjanović Vujović, The Oldest Slav Settlement in Belgrade, The City of Belgrade Yearbook XXV, 1978.