List of fortifications in Serbia

This is a list of fortifications in Serbia. The list includes remains (ruins) of military constructions; fortresses (tvrđave), castles (zamci), towers (kule), etc. There are over 30 preserved forts in Serbia, and more than hundreds of sites with remains of old fortifications. Forts in Serbia are preserved from the Roman, Byzantine, medieval Serbian and post-Ottoman eras. The majority of forts have been renovated throughout history with changing rule and adaptations to war technology development. Many forts are foundations of modern towns and cities, such as the Belgrade Fortress. Later, Western, Habsburg and Austro-Hungarian architecture exists in Vojvodina; Bač castle, Vršac. The fortified monasteries of Mileševa, Manasija and Ravanica served as protection to locals during harsh times.

List

Fortifications located within Kosovo are indicated in grey.^[a]

Image	Name	Location	Construction date	Current state	Type
	Anište	Kolubara	unknown	Remains	Fortress
	Atanas	Pirot	6th Century	Remains	Fortress
	Bač Fortress	Bač	14th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Borač Fortress	Borač	14th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Diana Fortress	Kladovo	101 AD	Preserved ruins	Fortress
	Fetislam	Kladovo	1524	Ruins	Fortress
	Gamzigrad	Zaječar	298 AD	Preserved ruins (UNESCO World Heritage Site)	Fortress
	Golubac Fortress	Golubac	14th century	Restored	Fortress
	Gradište	Podgrađe	14th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Jeleč	Novi Pazar	13th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Jerinin Grad, Grabovac	Trstenik	6th Century	Remains	Fortress
	Jerinin Grad, Brangović	Valjevo	4th Century	Remains	Fortress
	Prizren Fortress	Prizren	5th century (1019 AD)	Partial ruins	Fortress
	Belgrade Fortress	Belgrade	3rd century (rebuilt 535)	Under restoration	Fortified city
	Kovin	Prijepolje	14th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Koznik	Aleksandrovac	1371–89	Preserved ruins	Fortress
	Kruševac Fortress	Kruševac	1381	Preserved ruins	Fortified city
	Kurvingrad (or Koprijan)	11 km from Niš	14th Century	Remains	Fortress
	Manasija	Despotovac	1407 AD	Restored	Fortified Monastery
	Maglič	Kraljevo	fl. 1196–1228	Partial ruins	Fortress
	Markovo Kale	Vranje	13th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Mileševac Fortress	7 km from Prijepolje	13th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Nenadović Tower	Valjevo	1813	Restored	Fortified tower
	Niš Fortress	Niš	1719-1723	Restored	Fortress
	Novo Brdo Fortress	Novo Brdo	1285	Under restoration	Fortress and city
	Ostrvica	Rudnik	1323	Ruins	Fortress
	Petrovaradin Fortress	Novi Sad	1247	Restored	Fortified town and fortress
	Pirot Fortress	Pirot	14th century	Restored	Fortress
	Prilepac	Novo Brdo	14th century	Completely razed	Former fortress
	Prizrenac	Novo Brdo	14th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Prokuplje Fortress	Prokuplje	14th century	Ruins	Fortified town
	Ram Fortress	Veliko Gradište	12th century	Restored	Fortress
	Ravanica	Near Ćuprija	14th century	Partial ruins	Fortifed Monastery
	Smederevo Fortress	Smederevo	1428	Restored	Fortified town
	Soko Grad	Ljubovija	1476	Ruins	Fortress
	Soko Grad	Sokobanja	6th century	Ruins	fortress
	Stalać Fortress	Stalać	1377	Ruins	Fortress
	Stari Grad	Užice	12th century	Ruins	Fortified town
	Stari Ras	Novi Pazar	8th century	Preserved ruins (UNESCO World Heritage Site)	Fortified town
	Šabac Fortress	Šabac	1471	Partial ruins	Former fortified town (now only a fortress)
	Trojanov Grad	Cer (mountain)	8th-13th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Vidin Grad (Gensis (vicus))	Lešnica	10th-14th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Vršac Castle	Vršac	1439 AD	Under restoration	Fortified tower and castle
	Vojinovića Tower	Vučitrn	14th century	Partially restored	Fortified tower
	Zatrič	Zatrić	unknown	Ruins	Fortress
	Zemun Fortress	Zemun	9th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Zelen-grad	Vučje, Leskovac	15th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Zvečan Fortress	Kosovska Mitrovica	1093	Ruins	Fortress
	Žrnov	Belgrade	Roman Empire-15th century	Demolished in 1934	Fortress

Annotations

• ^[a] Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 99 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 14 later withdrew their recognition.

Further reading

• Deroko, Aleksandar (1950). Srednjevekovni gradovi u Srbiji. Prosveta.
• Deroko, Aleksandar (1964). Srednjovekovni gradovi na Dunavu. Turistička štampa.
• Janićijević, Jovan (1998). The cultural treasury of Serbia. IDEA.
• Mišić, Siniša (2010). Лексикон градова и тргова средњовековних српских земаља: према писаним изворима. Завод за уџбенике. ISBN 978-86-17-16604-3.
• Zdravković, Ivan M. (1970). Srednjovekovni gradovi u Srbiji. Turistička štampa.
• Zdravković, Ivan M. (1970). Srednjovekovni gradovi i dvorci na Kosovu u Srbiji. Turistička štampa.

See also

• Cultural Heritage of Serbia
• List of World Heritage Sites in Serbia
• Immovable Cultural Heritage of Great Importance (Serbia)
• List of cities in Serbia
• List of military conflicts involving Serbia
• List of fortifications in Kosovo