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republic_srpska
September 2nd, 2009, 03:49 PM
Serbian fortress from the 14/15th century on Danube... GOLUBAC

http://www.schenker.rs/images/800_golubac_tvrdjava_milan_simic.jpg

republic_srpska
September 2nd, 2009, 03:50 PM
Europe's largest plain fortress, Serbian medieval fortress in Smederevo City, built in 1430. next to Danube.

http://alas.matf.bg.ac.yu/~ml08246/smederev_data/tvrdjava.jpg

republic_srpska
September 2nd, 2009, 03:54 PM
The largest fortress on Danube river... Petrovaradin fortress from the 18th cen. in Serbian city of Novi Sad. Here every year about 400 000 youngsters from all around the world have fun in one of the largest European music festivals - EXIT ( www.exitfest.org ). In 2005. it got award the best in the world and in 2007 the best in Europe. Welcome :)

http://www.vojvodinaonline.com/slike/op_img/Petrovaradinska_tvrdava_1_tvrdjava.jpg

republic_srpska
September 2nd, 2009, 03:54 PM
Fortress in Serbian the 3rd largest city of Niš

http://www.nis.co.yu/manastiri_i_crkve_grada_nisa/slike/tvrdjava.jpg

republic_srpska
September 2nd, 2009, 03:57 PM
Just a piece of Belgrade fortress. It was built from 1st century and on. This is Serbian prince tower built in the 15th cen.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Dizd_ops.jpg/800px-Dizd_ops.jpg

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 03:57 PM
Prizren Fortress - Serbia

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7585/3041208.jpg (http://img513.imageshack.us/i/3041208.jpg/)

republic_srpska
September 2nd, 2009, 04:00 PM
Belgrade fortress, Serbia

http://k41.pbase.com/u35/vmarinkovic/large/31930756.Kalemegdan.jpg

http://k41.pbase.com/o4/35/16735/1/60417246.603Kalis.jpg

http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/serbia-and-montenegro/photo-12343-15-01-08-13-22-38.jpg

http://cgi.di.uoa.gr/~harryk/photos/Boegrad_2.JPG

http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/n/nma/39.jpg

http://alas.matf.bg.ac.yu/~ml98147/Bgd-Kalemegdan.jpg

republic_srpska
September 2nd, 2009, 04:01 PM
Fortress around medieval Serbian orthodox monastery of Manasija, built in 1407.

http://www.beogradskatvrdjava.co.rs/start/images/stories/gallery/photo/galerija/2009/tvrdjave_srbije/01.jpg

Mrle
September 2nd, 2009, 04:19 PM
Maglic Fortress (13 century) / Serbia

http://www.multiweb.cz/jugomania/maglic-hradby.jpg

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 04:25 PM
Doboj Fortress,Bosnia & Herzegovina ( Serbian Province )

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6404/ddoboj.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/i/ddoboj.jpg/)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 04:32 PM
Ostrozac Fortress - Bosnia & Herzegovina

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1384/22746461s.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/i/22746461s.jpg/)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 04:37 PM
Samuil's Fortress,Ohrid (UNESCO WH) - Republic Of Macedonia ( FYROM )

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3528/copyofttryyu.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/i/copyofttryyu.jpg/)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 04:44 PM
Vranduk Fortress - Bosnia & Herzegovina

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4305/5902157.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/i/5902157.jpg/)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 04:57 PM
Celje Fortress - Slovenia

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9546/slocelje.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/i/slocelje.jpg/)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 04:59 PM
Bled Fortress - Slovenia

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6997/487a03b1.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/i/487a03b1.jpg/)

vittorio tauber
September 2nd, 2009, 04:59 PM
Fenestrelle Fortress, Piedmont, Italy

635 mt height difference, 3 km total length
1.300.000 square meters
3 castles , 7 redoubts, 28 risalits
Sheltered stairway: 4000 steps
Royal stairway: 2500 steps
122-year-long construction time
14 connecting bridges
5 inner drawbridges
183-lamp-post lighting


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/2789291473_3edc589756_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3151/2488629227_c6f85d3236_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3582116558_ff56be6522_b.jpg

English version inside: http://www.fortedifenestrelle.com/

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 05:08 PM
Ljubljana (ljubljanski Grad-Fortress)- Slovenia

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6372/slovenijaljubljanaizvaz.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/i/slovenijaljubljanaizvaz.jpg/)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 05:14 PM
Ptuj Fortress - Slovenia

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8563/6757bc94.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/i/6757bc94.jpg/)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 05:17 PM
Kotor Fortress (UNESCO WH) - Montenegro

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/7341/yyyujk.jpg (http://img385.imageshack.us/i/yyyujk.jpg/)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 05:24 PM
Dubrovnik ( UNESCO WH ) - Croatia

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4514/dubr17.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/i/dubr17.jpg/)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 07:51 PM
Sibenik Fortress - Croatia

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7920/rghu.jpg (http://img513.imageshack.us/i/rghu.jpg/)

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8994/746293682e72a65c867o.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/i/746293682e72a65c867o.jpg/)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 07:54 PM
Jajce Fortress & Pliva Waterfall - Bosnia & Herzegovina

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1071/castletoday.jpg (http://img215.imageshack.us/i/castletoday.jpg/)

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1345/jajce1.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/jajce1.jpg/)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 08:03 PM
Kalemegdan Fortress - Serbia

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8994/746293682e72a65c867o.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/746293682e72a65c867o.jpg/)

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5793/kalemegdanareal.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/kalemegdanareal.jpg/)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 08:41 PM
Kastel Fortress,Banja Luka - Bosnia & Herzegovina ( Serbian Province )

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9140/28914746258468ce6129o.jpg (http://img42.imageshack.us/i/28914746258468ce6129o.jpg/)

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3750/banjalukaa.jpg (http://img142.imageshack.us/i/banjalukaa.jpg/)

republic_srpska
September 2nd, 2009, 10:34 PM
Kalemegdan Fortress - Serbia



It's Belgrade Fortress in Kalemegdan park ;)

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 10:39 PM
It's Belgrade Fortress in Kalemegdan park ;)

Are you sure? :weird:

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 2nd, 2009, 10:48 PM
Pula Fortress - Croatia

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3991/141852.jpg (http://img186.imageshack.us/i/141852.jpg/)

republic_srpska
September 3rd, 2009, 03:22 PM
Are you sure?

Yes I am sure my dear copatriot...

http://www.beogradskatvrdjava.co.rs/start/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=378

Read the title of the site, read the first sentence... It is BELGRADE fortress:cheers:

Ziv bio i veruj mi :)

Iptucci
September 3rd, 2009, 11:33 PM
Fortaleza Vélez Málaga. Andalusia. Spain.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1277/1222635844_cc505f79ec.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2049/1506688786_b9e149e8f4.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/2769390976_795609e726.jpg

Foolish Farmer
September 3rd, 2009, 11:41 PM
Kalaja e Krujës, Kruja - Albania
http://blogs.educared.net/anavegar10/an10_95_119/files/2009/04/kruja.jpg

Foolish Farmer
September 3rd, 2009, 11:46 PM
Castle of Gjirokastra - Albania - UNESCO World Heritage
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3754922335_b1b8bd6e12_b.jpg

Foolish Farmer
September 3rd, 2009, 11:47 PM
Fortress of Lezha - Albania
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2484/3854487525_4b4a5727f6_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3317/3256317177_e98fbd7a00_b.jpg

V_E_J_Z_I_K
September 4th, 2009, 12:01 AM
Carcassonne Fortress (UNESCO WH) - France

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3264/kcarcassonne1600x1200.jpg (http://img186.imageshack.us/i/kcarcassonne1600x1200.jpg/)

stalogidas.wordpress

republic_srpska
September 5th, 2009, 01:34 AM
Serbian medieval fortress of Maglič, built in the first half of the 13th cen. by Serbian king Stefan I Nemanjic near Kraljevo town


http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5866/28660553.jpg

by D.Zamurovic

Iptucci
September 5th, 2009, 06:41 AM
Castillo fortaleza San Sebastián. Cádiz. Andalusia. Spain.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3203/2757769010_84b7d000eb.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/2857736200_d4f87f4816.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3229/2657781533_13c1213f67.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3240013272_093d437609.jpg

The island where the castle of San Sebastian has been continuous settlement since antiquity. According to tradition this was the Temple of Kronos, then a lookout tower-Muslim, and by the fifteenth century rather than a shrine to San Sebastian Advocado.

In the year 1457 a craft Venetian took refuge on the island because of a plague epidemic, rebuilt the tower and built a hermitage dedicated to San Sebastian. In this place even carved the arms of the city of Venice in recognition of the hospitality of Cadiz.

After the sacking English late sixteenth century, the place went to the castle, the tower rebuilt in 1613 under the leadership of Juan de la Fuente Hurtado, providing it with artillery and in turn making services beacon for mariners. In 1706 works began on the castle on the island that faced the city. In the year 1739 the castle with 17 cannons that controlled the entrance to the Creek and south into the bay fairway. In 1860 the castle was reinforced casemated batteries. During the nineteenth century was built a long pier on which the castle was unnido ground at the door of La Caleta, but initially had to wait for low tide to enter the castle.

christos-greece
September 5th, 2009, 11:58 AM
Kronborg fortress - Helsingor, Denmark
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2330/3862827454_a734b86b96_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danvartanian/3862827454/

nenea_hartia
September 5th, 2009, 12:57 PM
Alba Carolina fortress, Alba-Iulia, Romania:

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7250/alba1.jpg
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8278/alba2.jpg
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/9185/alba4.jpg

Voivodal fortress, Suceava, Romania

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/443/suc2.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3098/suc3.jpg

Border fortress, Hotin, now in Ukraine:

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8489/hotin.jpg
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4094/hotin2.jpg