14 Sights in Niš, Serbia (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Niš, Serbia. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 14 sights are available in Niš, Serbia.
Sightseeing Tours in Niš1. Byzantine street
The Byzantine Street in the Niš Fortress is one of the archaeological sites and a unique spatial ambient unit on the central plateau of the ancient Imperial Nais in the immediate vicinity of the Bali-bey Mosque. Namely, it is a public, representative part of the ancient city, with all the features that are characterized by late antique – tetrachian architecture. Archaeological excavations at this site, in the Niš Fortress, which were carried out from 1962 to 1963, for the first time discovered the material remains of this ancient street. Archaeological findings derived from these investigations indicate that a street on the central plateau could have been built in the period from the 5th to the 6th century, and that it can be associated with the reconstruction of the city carried out in the post-Constantine era.
2. Грађевина под сводовима и базилика
The building under vaults and basilicas in the Niš Fortress is one of the archaeological sites and a unique spatial ambient unit on the central plateau of the ancient Imperial Nais. Namely, it is a public, representative part of the ancient city, with all the features that are characterized by late antique – tetrachian architecture. Archaeological excavations at this site, in the Niš Fortress, which were carried out from 1982 to 1985, for the first time revealed the material remains of this ancient street and its buildings. Archaeological findings derived from these investigations indicate that the complex of buildings on the central plateau could have been built in the first decades of the 4th century, and that it can be associated with the reconstruction of the city carried out in Constantine's time.
Wikipedia: Грађевина под сводовима и базилика у Нишкој тврђави (SR)
3. Салон 77
Salon 77 in Niš is one of the three exhibition spaces (galleries) of the Gallery of Contemporary Fine Arts Niš. This gallery space is located in the Bali-bey mosque from 1523, in the central part of the Niš fortress. The square-base area, with 16 windows and a dome on counterparts, 12 m high, which used to be a Turkish mosque, with its architectural value and interior height of almost 10 m is very suitable not only for exhibition activities of artists, but also for concerts and other acoustic performances.
4. Powder magazine 1
Gunpowder (džebane) in the Niš Fortress, is a ground-floor rectangular building built in the period from 1720 to 1723, by the Ottomans. They were originally intended for the accommodation of gunpowder, ammunition, protection of soldiers and defense of objects in case of enemy attacks, in the Middle Ages, and in the 21st century after the implementation of the program of revitalization of the Niš Fortress, one by one they were turned into a space intended for numerous cultural contents.
5. Niš Fortress
Niš Fortress is a fortress in the city of Niš, Serbia. It is a complex and important cultural and historical monument. It rises on the right bank of the Nišava River, overlooking the area inhabited for longer than two millennia. It was protected by law in May 1948 as it was declared a cultural site of great significance. The current condition of the fortress lists it as one of the best preserved fortifications of this kind in Serbia as well as on the Balkan Peninsula.
6. Споменик Краљу Александру
The monument to King Alexander Karadjordjevic is located in the city center, on the square of the same name in Nis. The monumental monument is the work of academic sculptor Zoran Ivanovic from Belgrade, and was cast in the foundry "Kuzman" in Smederevo. The inscription "King Aleksandar Karađorđević 1888 – 1934" is engraved in the postumen of the monument. The height of the monument is 4.5 meters, at the postumen height of 7 meters and weighing 3.3 tons.
Wikipedia: Споменик краљу Александру Карађорђевићу у Нишу (SR)
7. Градска башта
The City Garden in the Niš Fortress is a special ambient and park unit conceived as an exhibition, sales and educational space on the southeastern plateau of one of the most sized and representative buildings from the Ottoman Empire period and, one of the largest fortresses in the Balkans, today a cultural and historical monument of great importance.
8. Turkish bath
Hammam in The Fortress of Niš is located next to the Stambol Gate. It was built in the 15th century and is the oldest preserved Turkish building in Niš. It was first recorded in 1498 in the Niš Census Defter. Then two hammams were recorded in Nish: "Ali flega, the son of Michal bey and Mehmed beg, the son of Minet bey."
9. Споменик Нишлијама обешеним од Турака 1821.
Monument to the Nis hanged by the Turks in 1821. It is located in the center of Nis in front of the fortress bridge. It is rectangular in shape, with a slightly wider and profiled pedestal and a pyramidal finish, placed on four lower pillars. With its archaic shape and dimensions, it resembles tombstones.
10. The Monument to Prince Milan
The monument to Prince Milan Obrenović and the liberators of Niš in 1878 is located in the Niš fortress. It was erected in 1902 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Niš and the first anniversary of the death of Prince-King Milan Obrenović
Wikipedia: Споменик кнезу Милану Обреновићу и ослободиоцима Ниша 1878. године (SR)
11. Istanbul Gate
The Stambol Gate in the Niš Fortress or Constantinople Gate is one of the four entrances (exits) on the fortified earthen rampart built by the Ottomans in the period from 1719 to 1723. It was named after the direction of the road that led east to Stambol.
12. Islam Aga mosque
Islam-aga's Mosque is the only working mosque in Niš, Serbia. There is another in Niš Fortress which is converted into a gallery, and another close to the University Rectorate, that was damaged during the Anglo-American bombing of the city in 1944.
13. Споменик ослободиоцима Ниша
The monument to the liberators of Nis, also known locally as Kod konja, is located in the very center of the city, on King Milan Square and marks the period of liberation wars against the Turks, Bulgarians and Germans.
14. Црква Узвишења Светог Крижа
The Church of the Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God is located in Donja Vrežina, in the city municipality of Pantelej. It is committed to the success of the Most Holy Mother of God that celebrates August 28.
Wikipedia: Црква Успења Пресвете Богородице у Доњој Врежини (SR)
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