Every year in Serbia, the 11th of April is celebrated as Nature Protection Day. Established by the Law on Nature Protection in 2009, this day presents to the public the importance of preserving the country’s natural heritage – highlighting not only the importance of nature and its protected monuments, but also emphasising the need to take care of its preservation throughout the year.

Based on a protection study conducted by the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, the Government of the Republic of Serbia declared “Cape Kalemegdan” in Belgrade a Monument of Nature. Located south of the confluence of the Sava and the Danube, between the upper and lower parts of Belgrade Fortress at Kalemegdan, the boundaries of this Monument of Nature include a unique natural rarity of geological character in the territory of Serbia – the profile of the marine sandbank from the oldest historical phase of the Pannonian Sea.

“Cape Kalemegdan” has been placed under protection in order to preserve sediments from the Miocene age, which are a natural rarity and a unique remnant of the Mediterranean phase in the history of the Pannonian Sea.

In the area of the Monument of Nature “Cape Kalemegdan”, which covers 14 hectares and 7 ares, category II and III protection regimes have been established, as determined by the law published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia. According to the regulation on evaluation criteria and the procedure of the categorisation of protected areas, the Monument of Nature “Cape Kalemegdan” has been declared an area of category I protection – an area of international, national and therefore exceptional importance.

The management of “Cape Kalemegdan” has been entrusted to the public enterprise “Belgrade Fortress”.