Sava Gate is located at the main southern entrance, which is headed toward along the Sava river to the Western Suburb and further to the Lower Town. At this point, originally, at the time of King Stefan Dušan, was built suburbs south wall with the Southern Gate. That wall has been sloped down to the […]

On the old plans this gate is marked as Karanlik kapuso or Dark Gate, which fully corresponds to its appearance. While the present name is not settled, this gate was known under various names, for example Sava Gate, Sabac Gate, Bosnian and Dark Gate. It was built between the 1740th and 1760th, in the front […]

Big Staircase Descent is now the shortest communication between ports on the Sava River and Upper fortifications. Built in the middle of the 18th century during the Turkish reconstruction of the fortress. It is located in the outer ditch of the fortress, which was rebuilt with two caponiers containing arched passes. At the lowest part, […]

Small Staircase Descent is a part of the outer fortifications on the Sava slope. On the top it is connected with the counterguard in front of the Royal Ravelin, and at the bottom with the bastion of the Dark Gate. It represented the internal defended fortress communication that was partition with three caponiers. Due to […]