MY TRIPS AROUND EUROPE: DRIVING THROUGH GOLUBAC FORTRESS, SERBIA GOLUBAC FORTRESS IS MEDIEVAL FORTIFIED TOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DANUBE RIVER, 4 KILOMETRES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SMALL TOWN OF GOLUBAC, SERBIA. THE CASTLE, WHICH WAS MOST LIKELY BUILT DURING THE LATE 13TH OR EARLY 14TH CENTURY, IS SPLIT INTO THREE COMPOUNDS WHICH WERE BUILT IN STAGES. IT HAS 10 TOWERS. IT IS ALSO UNCLEAR WHETHER THE MEDIEVAL FORTRESS WAS BUILT BY BULGARIANS, SERBS OR HUNGARIANS. GOLUBAC FORTRESS HAS HAD A TUMULTUOUS HISTORY. PRIOR TO ITS CONSTRUCTION IT WAS THE SITE OF A ROMAN SETTLEMENT (CUPPAE). DURING THE MIDDLE AGES, IT BECAME THE OBJECT OF MANY BATTLES, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE KINGDOM OF HUNGARY. IT CHANGED HANDS REPEATEDLY, PASSING BETWEEN TURKS, BULGARIANS, HUNGARIANS, SERBS, AND AUSTRIANS, UNTIL 1867, WHEN IT WAS TURNED OVER TO THE SERBIAN KNEZ, MIHAILO OBRENOVIĆ III. NOW, IT IS A POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION IN THE REGION AND A SIGHTSEEING POINT FOR DANUBE BOAT TOURS Biljana Filipovic, Radoslav Filipovic, Initiativa Romanilor Din Serbia, Lucian Marina, Boian Barbuța And Nikolin Svetlana youtu.be/tP_UucFco8A
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 05:41:04 +0000
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