In the period of extensive works on reconstruction of the Belgrade Fortress, between 1717 and 1736, a new gate was built at the place of the Inner Stambol Gate. Based on the project of Nicolas Doxat de Morez, the gate was a part of the newly built Southeast front. The basis of the gate is …
Restoration of the pedestrian path at the Lower town was completed in 2008.
Small Gunpowder Magazine is from the era of the Austrian occupation – period between 1725 and 1737, when several parts of rare items of archaeological heritage of the big baroque reconstruction of the Belgrade Fortress were recorded. Research documentation began in the fall of 1995, followed by the conservation and restoration works as well as …
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The Southeast front of the Belgrade Fortress was built during the third reconstruction of the Fortress in the period between 1740 and 1791, when the Fortress passed under the Ottoman rule. Both newly constructed bastions, together with the curtain wall and the big ravelin, represented a simplified version of destroyed Austrian fortifications, mostly for its …
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Restoration and conservation works on counterscarp of the trench in front of the Bastion of the Southeast front were completed in mid-2008. The works included the restoration and conservation of the counterscarp in this area. While disassembling the counterscarps, it was found that they were in a very poor condition, and that they, on the …
Restoration and conservation of the Rampart nearby FC `Polet` playground, both sides, was completed in 2008, and funded from the budget of the City of Belgrade.
PE ‘Belgrade Fortress’ has initiated a Project – New Pedestrian Communication in cooperation with two world-famous artists Richard Deacon and Mrdjan Bajic. Pasarela over the boulevard of the Down Town This `Pasarela` over the boulevard of the Down Town will connect the part of the Belgrade Fortress and the promenade along the Sava and the …
Association of Fortresses and Remnants of Fortified Towns in Serbia, was established at the Regular Conference of Cities and Municipalities on 14 February 2007, and initiated by PE ‘Belgrade Fortress’. The aim of establishment is to: – Introduce these monuments of culture to the public, – Determine the condition of the monuments and suggest the …
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