Despot Stefan Tower

The Despot Stefan Tower is part of an ancient fortress built at the beginning of the XV century in the present capital of Serbia – Belgrade. This great citadel fortress was destroyed during the Great Turkish War in 1690, but the tower survived. Today it is the only surviving architectural monument of that time.

Belgrade was considered one of the most famous cities in medieval Europe.

The population of the city was about fifty thousand people. Many public buildings, courts, churches and fortifying walls were built to preserve the city.

The tower was tentatively built in 1405, and is entirely made of stone, so both stylistically and technologically it is an example of medieval construction.

Thick hard stone walls fringing the perimeter of the tower, a massive bridge and gate helped not only to preserve the tower for seven centuries and become an open landmark for the public, but also to keep the siege for a whole month.

The tower is located in the upper part of the Kalemegdan fortress, located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers. This historical place is an architectural historical monument not only of Serbia, but also of Eastern Europe.