Žrnov
| Žrnov Fortress Тврђава Жрнов | |
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Belgrade Serbia | |
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Žrnov fortress on Avala near Belgrade, destroyed in 1934 | |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Demolished |
| Site history | |
| Built | Roman Era |
| Built by | Roman Empire |
Žrnov (Serbian Cyrillic: Жрнов) or Žrnovan (Жрнован) was a medieval fortress on the highest top of Avala, at 511 metres (1,677 ft), in Belgrade, Serbia. At the top Ancient Romans built the outpost, and later the Bulgarian and the Serbs expanded it into a fortress.
Ottomans captured the fort, and expanded and strengthened it for preparations of the attack on Belgrade, based on the orders of Sihàb ed-Dîn Pasa, eunuch beylerbey of Rumelia Eyalet.[1] In the city, according to legend dwelt, celebrated in songs, Porča of Avala. The remains of the fortifications was demolished by dynamite in 1934,[2] in order to clear the site for the construction of Mausoleum Monument to the Unknown Hero, whose author was the sculptor Ivan Meštrović.
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References
- ↑ Srejović, Dragoslav; Gavrilović, Slavko; Ćirković, Sima M. (1982). Istorija srpskog naroda: knj. Od najstarijih vremena do Maričke bitke (1371). Srpska književna zadruga. p. 254.
- ↑ How Žrnov was destroyed (Serbian)
Coordinates: 44°41′19″N 20°30′57″E / 44.6887°N 20.5158°E