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Smederevo- the end of medieval Serbia

Smederevo- the end of medieval Serbia

Smederevo was the last capital city of medieval Serbia, until 1459, when it fell to the Ottomans(*Belgrade was under protection of the Hungarian crown from 1430 until 1521, when it too was conquered by the Turks). The city complex was fortified and contained 25 defensive towers, with Serbian Metropolitan see and royal court beeing inside the complex (as well as the castle and villager's homes). It changed hands several times during Austro-Turkish wars in 17th and 18th centuries. Big part of the fortress unfortunately, today lies under the Danube surface, probably due to erosion. *picture taken from TOB

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I just saw this pic looking for images of Smederevo fortress. If feel that, if anyone stumbles upon this post, it should be right to make things clear.

This is not a foto of Smederevo fortress. This si Golubac fortress. It resides in Serbia too, but far to the south-east. Smederevo is 50km southeast of Belgrade (the capital city of Serbia), and Golubac is about 200km of Belgrade to the southeast.

Here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smederevo_Fortress

And here you can look up for some more info about fortress on the foto above:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golubac_fortress

Posted by shljivica – 07-Oct-09 @ 01:55

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