The barracks built by Austrians during the twenties of the eighteenth century. The Turks only tore down some portion of the building as to adjust it to their needs. These barracks are mapped into the plans dating from the nineteenth century, where it is mentioned as a hospital of “the royal Nizamic army”. After the […]

This small powder magazine was located in the eastern corner of the Upper Town, between the remains of the two barracks up until the start of the Second World War. It was built between 1725 and 1736 as most of the powder magazines in the fortresses from the eighteenth century.

The building, which housed the command of the Belgrade Fortress – the Main Guard Building, was erected during the Austrian reconstruction of the fortress during the thirties of the eighteen century. Sultan Mahmud I (1730-1754) subdued Belgrade once again to Turkish power, and he added flanking galleries and a minaret, turning the building into a […]

The latest findings made by archaeologists during additional explorations of the South-East Rampart of the Upper Town of the Belgrade Fortress are the remains of the 18th-century blockhouse, a construction most similar to a modern bunker. The object had two floors, five gun holes and was used to hide the soldiers who were defending the […]

The remains of the Roman fortification, the camp of Legio IV Flavia, are very poorly preserved since they lie under the foundations of younger fortifications or were completely destroyed during later construction. Although the remains of the camp can only be seen in rare places today, their layout testifies to a spacious fortification, the defended […]

Today, the colloquial name Eastern Suburbs is borne by a small fortification on the most protruding part of the Danube slope. It was built in the last stage of the development of medieval fortifications, in the first years of the reign of King Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490), at the same time as the cannon tower at […]

This complex represents the eastern entrance to the Lower Town from theRiver Danube side, i.e. the Vidin Gate. It consisted of two gates: Eastern Gate I and Eastern Gate II. The Eastern Gate I, alongside with a quadratic tower, was built in the fifteenth century. The Eastern Gate II, built in the eighteenth century, consisted […]

The rampart is preserved in the height from two to five metres, but because of the extensive levelling works in the first half of the eighteenth century, the largest portion of the rampart remained bellow the ground level. The rampart had six towers. Parts of the northeastern rampart are now situated near the Archaeological Institute.

Right beside the Big Powder Magazine, beneath “Victor” monument in the west part of the Lower Town, a smaller powder magazine was built as a part of the Austrian reconstruction. It was demolished during the bombardment of Belgrade in 1944.

Sava Gate is located at the main southern entrance, which is headed toward along the Sava river to the Western Suburb and further to the Lower Town. At this point, originally, at the time of King Stefan Dušan, was built suburbs south wall with the Southern Gate. That wall has been sloped down to the […]