PE ‘Belgrade Fortress’ has defined the activities related to the protection of old and traditional crafts, as one of its long-term goals. Within these activities, there are also projects of presenting the old-crafts products as well as workshops and exhibitions of old-craft techniques.
PE ‘Belgrade Fortress’ cooperates with the academic institutions in the country and abroad. So far, we have a very successful cooperation with the Faculty of Applied Arts on the project of creating the logo of PE Belgrade Fortress, with the Faculty of Architecture on setting up the MA studies’ curriculum: ‘Revitalization of Belgrade Fortress and …
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“Being one of the most common and abundant type of finds on arheological sites, pottery offers precious evidence of the everyday life, aesthetic predilections and tehnological achievements of our ancestors, and so the pottery excavated in Belgrade testifies to its two-millennia-long urban history… Throughout its past, the town shared the fate of the fortress with …
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The beauty and the magic of the Belgrade Fortress make it an anvariable inspiration to those artists, at the end of 19th and especially 20th century, who left their studios in order to paint in the sunlight. Museum of the City of Belgrade has substantial collection of landscapes of Belgrade and the Belgrade Fortress, consisting …
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A large military camp of the IV Flavia Legion was begirded by stone walls and defensive trenches in front of them. Towers from which guards watched the surroundings were deployed at a regular distance. The camp was entered from four sides, each having a gate. Southeast Gate, port decumana, was discovered in the basement of …
The monograph Belgrade Fortress was published for the first time by the Institute of Archeology in 1982. The revised edition of Monography is financed by PE ‘Belgrade Fortress’ in 2006. The complete portrayal of Belgrade Fortress’ history from the ancient times till 20th century is updated with new literature and knowledge gained during the period …
Belgrade Fortress and Town Field illustrated guide was designed in 2004 as a very detailed panoramic plan of Belgrade Fortress which contains three segments: the linear drawing of Belgrade Fortress, whole structure of Belgrade Fortress encompassing elements of infrastructure, transportation, together with the catering, commercial and recreation contents and a short text about historical development …
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The map of Kalemegdan Park and Belgrade Fortress, with marked facilities and a text about the historical development of Belgrade Fortress, was published in 2005. It is designed to help the tourists orientate themselves easily. The map is also published in English and is sold in Belgrade Fortress Gallery. (price 120,00 din)
In the past two millenniums, owing to its strategic position, the Belgrade Fortress, being the place where different pretensions clashed, was involved in the main historical events, which have influenced the destinies of European people and countries. Presenting the money that belongs to different nations and epochs, in a circumstantial way, civilization and cultural variety …
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Thanks to its position and its role in European events at the end of the 17th and 18th centuries, Belgrade figures among the cities most often presented on old maps. Up till now more then 450 different maps are known from that period, on which Belgrade fortress and details of its fortifications are most frequently …
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