History & Haunting of: Petrovaradin Fortress , Novi Sad, Serbia The fortress has a blood thirsty history with countless deaths and excruciating torture all playing out within its mighty walls; so if anywhere was going to be haunted it would be here. This is one of the largest preserved forts in Europe and it is constructed as a very complex defense system against Turkish invasion. There are kilometers of underground tunnels under the fort and most of these are locked out for visits, but some are accessible even with a local tour guides! The experience is amazing! Surely youll get some chills going down your spine if you go there early in the morning or when the sun sets down! However, there is surely a great danger walking in there without a proper equipment and guides! Some people say they had seen ghost entities of the soldiers who were killed in many battles fought on this site, but there are people who went missing or were seriously injured while trying to explore the tunnels on their own.By Alex JBelgrade, Serbia By Lazer Horse > In some of the tunnels you can still find small pits where explosives were hidden during sieges at the fortress. The Austrian forces would wait until an unwitting member of the Turk army triggered the mine. The Austrians would then charge the survivors of the blast down, slaughtering them all. In more recent times there have been Satanic rituals carried out in the tunnels. People creep into the depths of the crumbling fort under the cover of darkness and perform black masses and Satanic rituals. Animal and human bones have been found in alcoves with ritual symbols painted around them. The cells of the castle have been home to many a political prisoner over the years too. Even Tito the fearsome leader of Yugoslavia was once held in its deep, dark cavernous belly. Torture and sickness was rife and death never swift. Another place to visit on your half-arsed ghost tour is the execution wall. This unassuming patch of external wall looks like nothing out of the ordinary initially. Then you notice that the outer layer of bricks have all been shot to bits. This is where the executions took place. Thousands of people were sent to Hades in this one spot, and for some reason they always carried out executions after twelve, in the depths of night. Shudder. So basically, if you believe in ghosts then Petrovaradin simply has to have them. If you don’t believe in the spirit world it’s still a creepy mother Hubbard of a place to be after the sun goes down. sickchirpse/ Well, here’s a clip from Ghost Hunters International set in the fortress’ tunnels for you.Video here > https://youtube/watch?v=Ia9BhK4vkfc#t=38 The minute and hour hand on the clock tower are reversed, with the small hand showing minutes, and the big hand showing hours. It was created as such so that fishermen on the Danube river can see the time from a long distance. The Reversed clock as it is known, is one of the landmarks of Petrovaradin fortress. Recent archaeological discoveries have offered a new perspective not only on the history of Petrovaradin, but on the entire region. At the Upper Fortress, the remains of an earlier Paleolithic settlement dating from 19,000 to 15,000 BC has been discovered. With this new development it has been established that there has been a continuous settlement at this site from the Paleolithic age to the present. During the excavations carried out in 2005, archeologists also discovered another significant find. Examining remains from the early Bronze age (c. 3000 BC), ramparts were discovered which testify that already at that time a fortified settlement existed at the Petrovaradin site. The first larger fortifications were created with the arrival of the Romans who built the fortress (Cusum) which was a part of the fortified borders (Limes) along the Danube. The turning point in the history of the area came in 1235 AD when King Bela IV of Hungary brought a group of the Order of Cistercians from France. This order of monks built the monastery Belakut upon the remains of the Roman fortress of Cusum. The walls of this monastery were built between 1247 and 1252 and represent the fortifications at this site during the Middle Ages. The fortress was strengthened due to the threat of Turkish invasion. However the fortress fell after a two-week siege in 1526. The Austrian Army captured Petrovaradin after 150 years of Turkish control during the Great Turkish War in 1687. The Austrians began to tear down the old fortress and build new fortifications according to contemporary standards. In 1692, the Hofkriegsrath ordered engineers to Petrovaradin to investigate the area in order to build a new fortress. Count Keysersfeld received both financial and personnel support. The first plans for the fortress were designed by the engineer Colonel Count Mathias Keyserfeld, and afterwards by Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1659–1730). The works in the field were led by the engineer Colonel Michael Wamberg who died in 1703 and was buried in the church of the Franciscan monastery which today serves as part of the present day military hospital. On September 9, 1694, the Grand Vizier Sürmeli Ali Paşa arrived at Petrovaradin Fortress from Belgrade. A siege of 23 days was laid on, however poor weather conditions in October forced the Turkish forces to retreat towards Belgrade with their task left unfinished. The victory of the Austrians under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy at Senta on September 11, 1697 resulted in creating the conditions for the conclusion of the peace at Karlowitz in 1699. A new war with the Turks was imminent. The Austrian lack of interest in war, plus the war reparations suggested by the Austrians to the Turks in the interest of the Venetian Republic all served as reasons for the renewal of Turkish aggression towards Austria. In order to prepare for the upcoming battle, Prince Savoy ordered the concentration of Austrian troops around Futog under the temporary command of Count Johann Pálffy. Prince Savoy arrived personally on July 9. The entire Austrian army numbered 76,000 troops. In the meantime, the Turkish army concentrated 150,000 troops at Belgrade. The decisive battle between the Austrian and Turkish armies took place on August 5, 1716 at Petrovaradin. The Austrians were led by Prince Savoy and the Turks were under the command of Grand Vizier Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha. The victory of the Austrian army signaled the end of the Turkish threat to central Europe New plans were developed in 1751 and major works began in 1753 and lasted until 1776. When these works were under way, engineer Major Albrecht Heinrich Schroeder proposed a branched system of anti-mine tunnels to the High Military Council in early 1764. In March of the same year the plan was approved, but their construction was delayed for a number of years. During his visit to the Petrovaradin Fortress in May, 1768, Emperor Joseph II observed a military exercise with mine equipment carried out in his honor. The construction of this system of tunnels, having four levels, was completed in 1776 and the total length of the system was 16 kilometers (9.9 mi).After the completion of the Petrovaradin Fortress, there was never any further threat from Turkish forces. The last offensive military role the fortress was to play was during the Hungarian Revolution in 1849, when Austrian troops tried to force the Fortress to surrender after a blockade. The answer came in the form of the shelling of Novi Sad on June 12, when two-thirds of the city was destroyed. During the following period, the fortress served as a military barracks and storage facility. Following World War I, Petrovaradin became a part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Later known as Yugoslavia). During these years, the old fortresses at Belgrade, Osijek, Karlovac and Slavonski Brod which were built in the 17th century were razed because they had lost their military significance. The engineer Colonel Dragoš Đelošević, who was responsible for the destruction of the fortresses decided to save Petrovaradin because it was, to him, far too beautiful to suffer the fate of the other fortresses.[1] PETI creature from the Petrovaradin fortress - ...Turkish special forces brought offspring of huge reptiles (snakes, lizards etc.).en.wikipedia.org Look around the Fort Video HERE > https://youtube/watch?v=hEpCXqTPl8U Photo 1 & 2 by mijnnovisad.blogspot.co.uk/ Photo 3 by sickchirpse/ Photo 4 by Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada Old Tunnels of the Petrovaradin Fortress Photo 5 & 6 by Josef Borg panoramio/photo/33270211 Photo 7 byEclipsa PetrovaradinskaTvrdjavaTowerClock.jpg Photo 8 by novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/reportaze/aktuelno.293.html:440377-Podzemna-gradjevina-skrivena-ispod-Petrovaradina Photo 9 by László Takács https://flickr/photos/neotalax/6946890310/ Through the Tunnel (built in 1883), under the Petrovaradin Fortress, passed the railway that was conducted over the Bridge of Franz Josef. After the WWII destruction of the bridge, the tunnel was closed.Its lenght is 341 meters. Photo 10 by inserbia.info-
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