Petrovaradin fortress
The Petrovaradin fortress, a masterpiece of Austrian military engineers built between 1692 and 1780 AD, is one of the largest and most well-preserved fortresses of the 18th-century Europe. Being the strongest Austrian fortress of that time, with an arsenal of over 400 pieces of artillery equipment as well as 12,000 loopholes and 10 miles of underground galleries, it was considered impregnable and proudly nicknamed "Gibraltar of the Danube".more ...
Fortress in Serbia
Tokom istorije na teritoriji današnje Republike Srbije, mnoge civilizacije koje su vladale ovim prostorom, radi učvršćivanja svoje vlasti i odbrane granica od neprijateljskih suseda, podizale su mnoge tvrđave. Veliki broj tih tvrđava danas je u ruševinama a neke su delimično ili potpuno sačuvane.more ...