Emperor Trajan is known for his lasting and praiseworthy building feats.
The city of Smederevo, on the right bank of the Danube, boasts a magnificent fortress built in the 15th century. Erected as a defence against Turkish invasion, this fortress is the last major achievement of Serbian medieval military architecture.
Niš Fortress is a well-preserved Turkish fortress from the 18th Century situated at the very heart of the city of Niš, on the bank of the river Nišаva.
At the very heart of the Serbian capital city, where the river Sava meets the Danube, towers a monumental fortress from which modern Belgrade originally emerged.
The great diversity of building styles and architecture found in the medieval monasteries scattered all over Serbia demonstrates the various influences on its architecture and art, as well as on the Serbian state.
Nestled on the steep slopes of Ovčar and Kablar mountains lies a unique community of monasteries built in the 14th and 15th centuries.The monasteries were built by monks and builders who sought refuge in this inhospitable gorge, as they retreated from the invading Ottoman Turkish forces.
In the 14th Century, the region of Kosovo and Metohija was the political and spiritual heart of medieval Serbia. It was at this time that Serbian King Milutin erected more than 40 monasteries in a relatively small area, hiring only the best Byzantine building masters. Influences of Byzantine art are visible both in architecture and inside the churches, on the frescoes which have been the object of admiration of visitors and art connoisseurs for centuries. Some of the frescoes found here are not just masterpieces of Serbian fresco painting – they are unrivalled on an international scale.
On the slopes of Fruška Gora mountain, there are as many as 17 medieval monasteries. This mountain became the mainstay of Serbian cultural revival during the Ottoman rule, when oppression forced the centre of spirituality to move north to what was then Austria-Hungary.
In the late 14th and early 15th Centuries, numerous monasteries sprung up all over the principality of Prince Lazar and his son Despot Stefan, during a period which saw the country’s culture thrive.
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