Belgrade Highlights

Kalemegdan fortress, built on a white ridge above the confluence of two big rivers, destroyed and rebuilt over and over for 16 centuries, still stands as the symbol of Serbia’s capital. It was built during a long period of time from the 2nd to the 18th century.
Nebojša tower is one of the few remaining monuments of medieval Belgrade, a four level cannon tower built to protect the entrance to the Danube port.

The construction of New Belgrade as the new capital of socialist Yugoslavia was the most symbolic modernizing act initiated by the country’s communist government.

The site itself represents a capital city of the new republic, distinctly set apart from the historical Serbia and the city of Belgrade as the seat of the former monarchy.

The Palace of Serbia (SIV) is the largest and most spectacular masterpiece of modernist architecture in Belgrade, and one of the first buildings to be constructed in the Novi Beograd district.

Until WWI, Zemun was a town of its own, the last frontier of the Austria-Hungary empire.

After WWII, New Belgrade was built between the two old towns, connecting them.

Today Zemun is part of Belgrade, a neighborhood and municipality north of New Belgrade, yet still different in spirit, pace of living and architecture, which is way better preserved than in the rest of the metropolis.