Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Belgrade, Serbia
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Experience Belgrade in Serbia in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in BelgradeIndividual Sights in BelgradeSight 1: Science & Technology Museum
The Belgrade Museum of Science and Technology was founded on October 6, 1989. Since 2005, it has been located in the building of the old thermal power plant in Dorćol, at 51 Skender-begova Street.
Sight 2: Krsmanovic Brothers' Steam Bath
The Steam Bath of Brothers Krsmanović is the former public bath in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Built from 1901 to the 1920s around the former Turkish bath from the 18th century, it was the last operational public bath in Belgrade, until it was closed in 2004. In 2001 the edifice was declared a cultural monument. The first public swimming pool in Belgrade was opened in the venue in 1904.
Wikipedia: Steam Bath of the Brothers Krsmanović (EN), Heritage Website
Sight 3: 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.
Sight 4: 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 5: Angel of Death
The sculpture Angel of Death, also known as the Genius of Death, is the work of Yugoslav and Croatian sculptor and architect Ivan Meštrović, and was created in 1911.
Sight 6: Tired fighter
Bronze Sculpture "Tired Fighter" is located in Kalmegdan, near the Art Pavilion "Cvijeta Zuzorić".
Sight 7: The place of The 1867 handover of the keys of Belgrade
The Keys Handover Memorial in Belgrade, Serbia, marks the spot where on 6 April 1867, the town keys of the several Serbian fortresses were given to Prince Mihailo Obrenović by the Ottoman Turks. That moment was an important step towards Serbian international recognition at the Treaty of Berlin in 1878.
Sight 8: The Karadjordje Gate
Karadjordjeva Gate is one of the many gates on the Belgrade Fortress, built in its entirety with the neighboring fortifications.
Sight 9: Sahat Gate
The Clock Gate is one of the many on the Belgrade Fortress, and the main entrance to the Upper Town, which, together with the Clock Tower, is one of the most important and best-preserved cultural and historical symbols of the Upper Town.
Sight 10: Kalemegdan
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 11: 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 12: Damat Ali Pasha Turbe
Damat Ali-Paša's Turbeh is an Ottoman mausoleum erected in 1784 in Belgrade, Serbia. It held the body of the vizier Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha. The building is situated in the Upper Town of the Belgrade Fortress. Along with Sheik Mustafa's Tomb, this monument represents one of the only remaining examples of Islamic funerary architecture in Belgrade.
Sight 13: Roman Well
Book Ticket*The Roman well at Kalemegdan is a fortress installation or fortress garrison (public) well of narrow profile and great depth, dug into the rocky ground below the plateau of the Upper Town, the ancient Belgrade Fortress, with a masonry staircase on two passing helicoid strips.
Sight 14: King Gate
The King Gate is one of the many gates on the Belgrade Fortress, built in its entirety with the neighboring fortifications in the southwestern inner walls, at the opposite end of the Despot's Gate. A short staircase leads to the gate that passes by the Roman well. It is connected to the rest of the city by a bridge. It was built around 1725 Once the shortest connection between the Sava coast and fortified Belgrade, today, an indispensable part of Belgrade's tourist offer.
Sight 15: The Victor
Pobednik is a monument in the Upper Town of the Belgrade Fortress, built to commemorate Serbia's victory over the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires during the Balkan Wars and the First World War. Cast in 1913, erected in 1928, and standing at 14 metres (46 ft) high, it is one of the most famous works of Ivan Meštrović. It is also one of the most visited tourist attractions in Belgrade and one of its most recognizable landmarks.
Sight 16: Defterdar Gate
The Defterdar Gate is located on the northwestern rampart of the Upper Town of the Belgrade Fortress on Kalemegdan, opposite the Clock Gate. It dates back to the 18th century and is the main gateway to the Lower Town.
Sight 17: Remains of Despot Stefan Lazarevic's Castle
The remains of the castle of Despot Stefan Lazarević are located in the northwestern part of the Upper Town of the Belgrade Fortress, and date back to the 15th century.
Sight 18: Remains of the Mosque of Sultan Mahmud I and Main Guards Building
The Sultan Mahmud Mosque in Belgrade was one of the many mosques in Belgrade, built around 1739 and added in 1746, on the plateau of the Upper Town of the Belgrade Fortress. Near the mosque were the Damad Ali Pasha's turbe, a tekke, a cemetery, the vizier's Sarai, even a tavern until the Russian War (1768-1774), which was soon demolished in accordance with Sharia law.
Sight 19: Despot's Gate
The Despot's Gate, the Eastern Upper Town Gate or the Gate of Despot Stefan Lazarević is one of the many gates at the Belgrade Fortress, built in its entirety with the neighboring fortifications, on the site where the main entrance to the Belgrade Fortress was located in the Middle Ages. Next to the gate there is a massive rectangular Dizdar Tower which now houses the Observatory of the Astronomical Society "Ruđer Bošković".
Sight 20: 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 21: Leopold's Gate
Leopold's Gate, also known as the Inner East and Upper East Gate, is one of the gates of the Belgrade Fortress and is located in the oldest part of the Belgrade bastion fortifications, and its construction began immediately after the Austrian conquest of Belgrade in 1688.
Sight 22: 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 23: 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 24: Remains of the Metropolitan's Court
The remains of the Metropolitanate building in Belgrade are located within the Belgrade Fortress in the rock below the Lower Town. The Metropolitan Palace was built on the foundations of an earlier building, on the site of an 11th-century church dedicated to the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos, the patron saint of the city of Belgrade.
Sight 25: Gate of Charles VI
The Charles VI Gate is the outer northeastern gate of the Petrovaradin Upper Fortress, built in a ravelin, in front of the Leopold Gate. The gate and the long bridge that connects it to the counterescarpment and the ramp road were built at the end of the 18th century.
Sight 26: Dark Gate
The Dark Gate or Karanlik Kapusi is one of the many gates on the Belgrade Fortress, on the Sava side of the Lower Town, in the direction of the southern approach to the Fortress. The gate and the surrounding complex were significantly renovated between 2007 and 2008.
Sight 27: Гробница народних хероја
Tomb of People's Heroes in Belgrade is located underneath the walls of the Belgrade Fortress. It holds the remains of four recipients of the Order of the People's Hero of SFR Yugoslavia.
Wikipedia: Tomb of People's Heroes, Belgrade (EN), Heritage Website
Sight 28: Japanese Fountain
The Japanese fountain was erected at the end of a large promenade in Kalemegdan in August 2010. The initiative to build a symbol of friendship between the two peoples was launched by the newspaper Blic in July 2008 as a sign of gratitude to the Japanese people for the donations received by the city of Belgrade.
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