List of fortifications in Serbia

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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		Remains
	Atanas	Pirot		Remains
	Bač Fortress	Bač	14th century	Ruins	Fortress
	Bečej Fortress	Bečej		Ruins
	Berkasovo Fortress	Berkasovo
	Berkovac Fortress	Valjevo
	Blagotin	Kruševac		Ruins
	Bovan Fortress	Aleksinac
	Borač Fortress	Borač, Knić	14th century
	Diana Fortress	Kladovo	101 AD	Preserved ruins
	Fetislam	Kladovo	1524	Ruins
	Gamzigrad	Zaječar	298 AD	Preserved ruins (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
	Golubac Fortress	Golubac	14th century	Preserved ruins
	Gradište	Podgrađe	14th century	Ruins
	Jeleč	Novi Pazar	13th century	Ruins
	Jerinin Grad, Grabovac	Trstenik	Medieval	Remains
	Jerinin Grad, Brangović	Valjevo	Medieval	Remains
	Prizren Fortress	Prizren	5th century (1019 AD)	Ruins
	Belgrade Fortress	Belgrade	3rd century (rebuilt 535)	Under restoration
	Kovin	Prijepolje	14th century	Ruins
	Koznik	Aleksandrovac	1371–89	Preserved ruins
	Kruševac Fortress	Kruševac	1381	Preserved ruins
	Kurvingrad (or Koprijan)	11 km from Niš	14th c.	Remains
	Manasija	Despotovac	1407 AD	Restored
	Maglič	Kraljevo	fl. 1196–1228	Partial ruin
	Markovo Kale	Vranje	13th century	Ruins
	Mileševac Fortress	7 km from Prijepolje	13th century	Ruins
	Nenadović Tower	Valjevo	1813	Restored
	Niš Fortress	Niš	1719-1723	Restored
	Novo Brdo Fortress	Novo Brdo	1285	Ruins
	Ostrvica	Rudnik	1323	Ruins
	Petrovaradin Fortress	Novi Sad	1247	Restored
	Pirot Fortress	Pirot	14th century	Preserved ruins
	Prilepac	Novo Brdo	14th century	Completely razed
	Prokuplje Fortress	Prokuplje	14th century	Ruins
	Ram Fortress	Veliko Gradište	12th century	Ruins
	Ravanica	Near Ćuprija	14th century	Ruins
	Smederevo Fortress	Smederevo	1428	Restored
	Soko Grad	Ljubovija	1476	Ruins
	Soko Grad	Sokobanja	6th century	Ruins
	Stalać Fortress	Stalać	1377	Ruins
	Stari Grad	Užice	12th century	Ruins
	Stari Ras	Novi Pazar	8th century	Ruins (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
	Šabac Fortress	Šabac	1471	Partial ruin
	Trojanov Grad	Cer (mountain)		Ruins
	Vidin Grad	Lešnica		Ruins (Gensis (vicus))
	Vršac Castle	Vršac	1439 AD	Under restoration
	Vojinovića Tower	Vučitrn	14th century
	Zatrič	Zatrić		Ruins
	Zemun Fortress	Zemun		Ruins
	Zelen-grad	Vučje, Leskovac	15th century	Ruins
	Zvečan Fortress	Kosovska Mitrovica	1093	Ruins
	Žrnov	Belgrade		Demolished in 1934

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, but 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 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 111 out of 193 United Nations member states.

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

• List of cities in Serbia
• List of military conflicts involving Serbia
• List of castles in Kosovo