Monday, April 20, 2009

KALEMEGDAN FORTRESS:



Dear Friends,


We are from Serbia. Our choice for heritage places are Kalemegdan, National Museum, National Theatre, Parlament building, Terazije, Skware of Repablic.


I will here give some coment about first places, Kalemegdan. KALEMEGDAN FORTRESS: High above the Sava and Danube confluence, on the rocky ridge which opens the view of Novi Beograd, Zemun and wide plains of Pannonia, there is the Belgrade Fortress with Kalemegdan, the former historical and urban centre of Belgrade. This spatial complex consists of: The Fortress, divided into Upper Town and Lower Town, and the Kalemegdan park, the most popular promenade for Belgrade citizens. The Knez Mihailova and Uzun Mirkova streets lead to the Belgrade Fortress. At that direction are the main Fortress gates - Stambol Gate (inner and outer) and Sahat Gate. The entrance to the mediaeval fortress was on the eastern side (near today's Zoo), through Zindan Gate and Despot's Gate of Upper Town. The access to Lower Town is from Bulevar Vojvode Bojovića (Vidin Gate) and from Karađorđeva Street (Dark Gate). The statue to the victor erected to the freedom of Belgrade is located on the Kalimegdan Fortress.
Katarina Mihojevic