Smederevo Viminacium & Golubac
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SERBIA BALKAN INCOMING BY SMEDEREVO Republic of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade Kopernikova 18, entrance 2 VIMINACIUM & Tel/fax: 381 11 2762 747 / 7700 026 E-mail: [email protected] LICENCEOTP 8/2014 GOLUBAC www.serbiabalkanincoming.com Historical & Culture tour A full-day excursion Approximately 300 km round trip Belgrade – Smederevo – Viminacium – Golubac – Belgrade Program includes: • Transportation by coach or minibus (depending on the number of registered passengers) • Entrance tickets for Smederevo and Golubac Fortress • Tickets for the archaeological site of Viminacium • Lunch • Services of a licensed travel guide in English • Travel organization costs Price per person: 120.00 euro Minimal for realization at a stated price – 5 persons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN63xQYhHFE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JCVSSR3ykI Drive from Belgrade to Smederevo, a city and the administrative centre of the Podunavlje District in Eastern Serbia. Smederevo Fortress is the city’s main landmark. It was built between 1427 and 1430 as ordered by Despot Đurađ Branković, the ruler of the Serbian Despotate. The fortress is currently used as a city park, and occasionally hosts festivals, concerts, fairs, and other cultural events. We continue the trip from Smederevo to Viminacium. Viminacium is one of the most important Roman towns and military encampments from the period from the 1st to the 6th century. The civilian settlement next to the encampment during the rule of Hadrian (117-138) gained the status of a municipium, a town with a high degree of autonomy. Viminacium is believed to have had some 40,000 inhabitants, making it one of the biggest cities of that time. The town was devastated on several occasions, in invasions by the Goths, Huns and finally the Avars. In and around the town there have been discoveries of an amphitheatre, monumental buildings, lavish thermae (baths) and the remains of a highly-developed infrastructure, first and foremost streets, aqueducts and a sewage system. Today, Viminacium is a scientific-research centre which is being turned into an archaeological park and tourist attraction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10uR5vm8LlY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxpF9Awpllk We continue the trip from Viminacium to Golubac. Golubac is a village located in the Braničevo District of eastern Serbia. Due to many nearby archaeological sites and the Đerdap national park, the village is a popular tourist, fishing and sailing destination. The archaeological sites include the remnants of Roman Emperor Trajan's board near Trajan's Bridge, found along the road through the Danube's Iron Gates; and the Roman fortress Diana. Golubac fortress, 4 km downstream, is from the 14th century. The fortress was the scene of a battle against the Ottomans in 1428. Golubac consists of three main compounds guarded by 9 towers, 2 portcullises, and a palace, all connected by fortress walls 2–3 meters thick. Return to Belgrade. .