Fortress & Iconic Landmark

Petrovaradin Fortress

Novi Sad · Vojvodina

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CATEGORY: Fortress & Iconic Landmark
COUNTRY: Serbia
REGION: Novi Sad · Vojvodina
DURATION: 2 days

ABOUT THIS ATTRACTION

Built by the Habsburgs between 1692 and 1780 atop a Roman and medieval site, the Petrovaradin Fortress anchors the Danube’s defence line against the Ottomans — and never fired its guns in a serious siege. Its Upper Town holds the barracks, the clock tower with the reversed faces, the wine cellars dug into the rock (the fortress’s own winery reopened recently) and the summer art colony; the underground system, 16 kilometres of galleries on four levels, is visited on guided tours. The plain between fortress and city, the Lower Town, is a protected baroque suburb.

HISTORY & BACKGROUND

The story behind it

More here soon — the road is still being mapped.

WHAT TO SEE

What to see here

The Upper Town barracks and the iconic clock tower with the reversed clock faces.

The underground galleries — 16 km of tunnels on four levels, guided tours on weekends.

The fortress vineyard and rock-hewn wine cellars, reopened as a working winery.

The views along the ramparts over the Danube and the whole of Novi Sad.

The EXIT festival grounds inside the walls every July.

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