The base of the south-eastern rampart surrounding the Upper Town was built between 1404 and 1427 during despot’s rule over Belgrade. At that time, the rampart’s Southern Gate represented the main entrance into the medieval fortification. Despot’s biographer, Constantine Philosopher, mentions other gates of Belgrade Town (Eastern, West and North). The exploration of the Southern …
The two storey barracks building with a baroque façade was erected parallel to the southeastern rampart in the year 1720. It was pulled down at the end of the same century, when Turks re-established their rule over the Fortress.
The barracks built by Austrians during the twenties of the eighteenth century. The Turks only tore down some portion of the building as to adjust it to their needs. These barracks are mapped into the plans dating from the nineteenth century, where it is mentioned as a hospital of “the royal Nizamic army”. After the …
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PE `Belgrade Fortress` has finished restoration work on the Sava Slope Bastion. The City of Belgrade has provided 29.9 million dinars for this project. The Sava Slope Bastion was built in the mid 18th century, as part of the new fortifications of the South-East Front. It had been preserved in its original shape until World …
In november 2010. PE „Belgrade Fortress“ has finished work on the Small descending stairway together with the inner ditch at the Belgrade Fortress. The City of Belgrade has provided 26.3 million dinars for this project. Before constuction works, Small descending stairway, was unsafe and almost unusable and was the last severely damaged part of the …
PE `Belgrade Fortress` has finished conservational works of the remains of the Arsenal – Cannon Foundry, the inner and the outer curtain walls of the Lower Town of the Belgrade Fortress. The City of Belgrade has provided funds of 3.6 million RSD for this project. Many remains of the big Austrian Arsenal built somewhere around …
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The project of revitalization, conservation and reutilization of Nebojša Tower is the biggest and the most demanding project in the field of heritage preservation and protection in Serbia. Nebojša Tower, a monument of great cultural and historical significance, has lost its function and usage from the previous centuries. It has been empty and closed for …
Parts of the Sava Gate, destroyed in the bombing in 1944, were restored in 2009. The works were funded by the City of Belgrade with about 46 million dinars. Archaeological research in this area was conducted in 2008- it was restored, tender documentation was prepared and a tender was announced. Sava Gate used to be …