Up until the middle of the 20th century, a recognizable feature of the Smederevo area were the numerous vineyards, with modest vineyard houses erected in them. At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, with the establishment of a bourgeois class and their increased wealth, summer houses were added to …
The medieval Church of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God was erected in the 15th century, in an older cult location and it belongs to the Moravian style of single – cupola churches, with a compressed three – nave base. The base of the cross is rectangular, with an added altar apsid to …
The 15th century Church of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God Read More
By order of Despot Ðurad Branković began in 1428, at the mouth of the rivers Jezava and Danube, at the very north of the country, the building of the Smederevo fortress, which became the seat of Serbian secular and clerical authorities of the time. Enormous quantities of stone necessary for the construction were dragged from …
Many events take place in Smederevo during the whole year and certainly the most important of them is ” Smederevo’ s autumn ” . This touristic and business manifestation take place every year at the end of September, it is devoted to fruits of autumn ( fruits, grapes and vine) with carnival of medieval knights …
GEOGRAPHIC POSITION Smederevo is located on the south coast of the Panonian see and on the north – east slopes of Šumadija hills. It is surrounded by the Danube in the north and by the Velika Morava in the east. This area is under the influence of mild continental climate, the average annual temperature is …
