Vidin Gate is located on the northeastern fortress front. This part of the fortification, placed in front of the main Lower Town rampart, was built during the great Turkish reconstruction of the Belgrade Fortress, between 1740 and 1760, on the site of the destroyed Austrian fortifications. The gate was named after the former road that …
Today it represents the largest and best preserved tower of the Belgrade Fortress. It used to be located on the river bank, near the entrance to the old medieval port, which stretched from the outside of the northeastern rampart. The same name — Nebojsa — was used in the Middle Ages for the main tower …
The bastion makes a part of the coastal rampart built upon the project of Andrea Cornaro at the end of the seventeenth century. There are records saying that sultan Mustafa II supervised the construction works of the bastion during his stay in Belgrade in 1696. Thus, the Turks called it “Sultan Mustafa’s Stronghold”. During the …
One of the biggest rock star in the history Billy Idol held a concert on June 26 at the Lower Town of the Belgrade fortress, within the concert spectacle Calling in 2014. Inexhaustible collection of classic rock and roll hits of the popular Englishman present in Belgrade along with the iconic guitarist Stevie Stevens and …
JUNE 25 – Belgrade Fortress (Lower Town) One of the greatest rock stars in the history of music, Billy Idol, will hold a concert on June 25th at the Belgrade Fortress (Lower Town), as part of the music spectacle “Belgrade Calling 2014″. Idol will perform together with guitarist Steve Stevens and the band which will …
Lower Town, June 22nd 2013 Bajaga & Instruktori held their concert in Kalemegdan as part of their tour to promote the new album “Distance, smoke and dust”. This concert was symbolically named “Bajaga with friends.” “The lower town at Belgrade Fortress is perhaps the only important place in Belgrade where we have never played,” said …
BELGRADE – Metal fans got a real treat from the famous Iron Maiden at their concert at Belgrade`s Kalemegdan fortress on Tuesday. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Aces High, The Evil That Men Do, Fear of the Dark, Iron Maiden, Wasted Years raised the crowd to their feet. The concert was accompanied by pyrotechnics, …
June 14th 2013 Whitesnake held a concert at Lower Town of Belgrade Fortress in front of about 15,000 fans. Two hours of fantastic performance on the open showed that the “Whitesnake” is always welcome in Belgrade. Since this is not the first time the band is performing in Serbian capital, they are close with the …