Niš Fortress
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Niš Fortress Niška tvrđava | |
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Niš Serbia | |
Coordinates | 43°19′33″N 21°53′43″E / 43.3259°N 21.8954°E |
Site information | |
Owner | City of Niš |
Open to the public | Yes |
Condition | Reconstructed |
Site history | |
Built | 18th century |
Materials | Stone |
Niš Fortress (
History
The existing fortification is of
Building
The Fortress has a polygonal ground plan, eight bastion terraces and four massive gates. It stretches over 22 ha of land. The rampart walls are 2,100 m long, 8 m high and 3 m thick on the average. The building stone, brought from the nearby quarries, was hewn into rather evenly shaped blocks. The inside of the rampart wall was additionally fortified by a wooden construction, santrač, and an additional bulwark, trpanac. On the outside, the Fortress was surrounded by a wide moat, whose northern part has been preserved to our days. Beside the massive stone rampart walls, the southern Stambol Gate and the western Belgrade Gate are pretty well preserved. Partly preserved are the water gates, while there are only remains of the northern Vidin Gate and the south-east Jagodina Gate. With a complete reconstruction of all the gates, Niš Fortress would once again become, architecturally and functionally, a closed fortification system.
Far into the fortress, there is a weather station, that provides forecasts for the city of Niš.
Since 1966, the fortress is the location of the
Buildings and monuments within the walls
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StambolGate inside
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Belgrade gate
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Vidin gate (remains)
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Vodena (Water) gate
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Hammam (Turkish bath)
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Bali-Bey Mosque
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The arsenal building, which now houses art galleries
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Powder magazine
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Pasha's residence
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Conserved Roman ruins which now work as bars
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Аncient workshop remains near the Bali-Bey Mosque
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Remains of ancient streets
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Ancient Octagon Palace
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Vaulted Building, archeological site
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Monument to Milan I of Serbia
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Summer stage
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City garden Niš
See also
- List of fortresses in Serbia
References
- ^ Niš Fortress Archived 2009-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "NİŞ - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi". TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ "Niš Fortress | Niš, Serbia Attractions". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
External links
- The Fortress of Niš Niš Fortress web page
- Niš Fortress at the City of Niš' official web page
- The Fortress, Nis at virtualtourist.com
- Media related to Niš Fortress at Wikimedia Commons