FORTRESS OF GOLUBAC

Golubac Fortress, located along the Danube border with Romania, marks the entrance to the Đerdap National Park. With its nine towers and crenellated enclosure perched on a rocky promontory on the banks of the Danube, it is one of the most important monuments in Serbia. Built at the beginning of the 14th century by the Hungarians, Golubac Castle was only in Serbian hands for a short time and was taken by the Turks in 1391. It was then besieged several times by the Austrians, but the Ottomans kept control of this position on the Danube until 1867, when the castle became the property of the Serbian state. You can reach it by car, at the exit of the village, after which you have to park your car and then continue on foot for 200 m.

You can go up to the two square towers at the top and reach the foot of the keep, but unfortunately the guard road no longer exists. The square towers and crenellated curtain walls of the fortress suggest that it was designed to resist attackers with bladed weapons. However, the threat of cannons that appeared later made it necessary to redesign this defensive structure: the three most exposed towers were given a circular or polygonal shape. The low polygonal tower on the banks of the Danube was built by the Turks: equipped with embrasures and cannons, it could face Austrian offensives and shelter a flotilla of 100 warships.