Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Belgrade, Serbia
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3.5 km
126 m
Explore Belgrade in Serbia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in BelgradeIndividual Sights in BelgradeSight 1: Споменик браниоцима Београда из 1915.
The monument to the defenders of Belgrade in 1915 is a monument in Belgrade, located on the Danube quay near the Milan Gale Muškatirović sports center.
Sight 2: Nebojsa Tower
Nebojša Tower is the only surviving mediaeval tower of the Belgrade Fortress. Built in the 15th century, it was the major defensive tower of the fortress for centuries. Later it served as a dungeon and in 2010 it was adapted into the museum. The tower is located near the confluence of the Sava into the Danube.
Sight 3: Vidin Gate
Vidin Gate is the Lower Town Vidin Gate, part of the Northeastern Front of the Belgrade Fortress. It was built in the period from 1740 to 1750, as part of The Turkish works on the reconstruction of previously demolished Austrian fortifications.
Sight 4: Gate of Charles VI
The gate of Charles VI is the outer northeastern gate of petrovaradin's upper fortress built in ravelin in front of leopold's gate. The gate and the long bridge that connects it to the contra-escarp and rampine road were built at the end of the 18th century.
Sight 5: Црква Свете Петке
The Chapel of Saint Petka in Belgrade is a chapel, erected over a sacred spring, and dedicated to Saint Petka. It is located at a way connecting the upper and the lower city of the Belgrade Fortress, in proximity of the Ružica Church, with the spring being in the very altar of the chapel. The present-day chapel was built in 1937 after a project of the architect Momir Korunović. Its inner walls and vaults are covered by mosaics done by painter Đuro Radulović in 1980–1983.
Sight 6: Belgrade Planetarium
Belgrade Planetarium is one of two planetariums in Serbia. It is located in Belgrade and is operated by the Astronomical Society Ruđer Bošković. Before 1967 it was known as the "Turkish bath in Lower Town".
Sight 7: Despot's Gate
Despot Gate, the Eastern Upper Town Gate or the Gate of Despot Stefan Lazarević is one of the many gates at the Belgrade Fortress, built as a whole with adjacent fortifications, in the place where the main entrance to the Belgrade Fortress was located in the Middle Ages. Next to the gate is the massive four-angle Dizdarev Tower, where the Observatory of the Astronomical Society is now “Rudjer Bošković”.
Sight 8: Monument to Despot Stefan Lazarević
The monument to Despot Stefan Lazarević is a monument in Belgrade made of bronze. It is located on the plateau of the Upper Town of the Belgrade Fortress.
Wikipedia: Споменик деспоту Стефану Лазаревићу на Београдској тврђави (SR)
Sight 9: Kalemegdan
Book Free Tour*The Kalemegdan Park, or simply Kalemegdan is the largest park and the most important historical monument in Belgrade. It is located on a 125-metre-high (410 ft) cliff, at the junction of the River Sava and the Danube.
Sight 10: Belgrade Fortress
The Belgrade Fortress, consists of the old citadel and Kalemegdan Park on the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, in an urban area of modern Belgrade, Serbia. Located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad, the fortress constitutes the specific historical core of the city. As one of the most important representatives of Belgrade's cultural heritage, it was originally protected right after World War II, among the first officially declared cultural monuments in Serbia. The fortress was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and is protected by the Republic of Serbia. It is the most visited tourist attraction in Belgrade, with Skadarlija being the second. Since the admission is free, it is estimated that the total number of visitors is over 2 million yearly.
Sight 11: Zindan Gate
Zindan Gate is one of the gates in the complex of Belgrade Fortress, historical core of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It was built in the time when fortifications were switching from cold weapons to artillery, and when first cannons were introduced in the defense. Finished between 1440 and 1456, due to its unique appearance among the fortress' gates, and the 1930s reconstruction and upgrade in the Romanticist style, the medieval barbican is one of the landmarks of the fortress, and one of its most recognizable parts.
Sight 12: Leopold's Gate
Leopold's Gate, also known as the Inner Eastern and Upper Eastern Gates, is one of the gates at the Belgrade Fortress and is located in the oldest part of Belgrade's bastion fortifications, and its construction began immediately after the Austrian conquest of Belgrade in 1688.
Sight 13: Биста Владе Илића
The memorial bust of Government Ilić is a monument in Belgrade. It is located in the Belgrade Zoo in the municipality of Stari Grad.
Sight 14: Споменик керуши Габи
Gabi was a female German Shepherd who worked as a guard dog in the Belgrade Zoo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. She became famous when she was attacked by a jaguar that escaped from its cage on 22 June 1987.
Sight 15: The Oldest House in Belgrade
House at 10 Cara Dušana Street was built from 1724 to 1727 and is the oldest surviving building in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The house is located in the neighborhood of Dorćol, in the municipality of Stari Grad, and was declared a cultural monument in 1987.
Wikipedia: House at 10 Cara Dušana Street (EN), Heritage Website
Sight 16: Дом Светог Саве
"Saint Sava" House is in Belgrade, at 13 Cara Dušana Street; it was built in 1890. By its volume and architectural features, the building is an established cultural property and has the status of a monument of culture.
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