Petrovaradin Fortress
Habsburg bastion fortress above the Danube, with a clock tower, museum and underground galleries.
Petrovaradin Fortress occupies a rock spur on the right bank of the Danube opposite the centre of Novi Sad. The Habsburg monarchy began the present works in 1692, after taking the site from the Ottomans, and construction continued for close to ninety years. Military engineers applied the bastion system associated with Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban, producing a vast layered complex of ramparts, ravelins, gates and barracks. Its scale and state of preservation have earned it the nickname the Gibraltar of the Danube.
Beneath the visible works run four levels of counter-mine galleries, laid out over roughly sixteen kilometres, part of which can be walked with a guide from the City Museum of Novi Sad. The museum occupies the Arsenal building and presents the fortress from prehistory to the First World War alongside displays on civic life in Novi Sad. The Upper Fortress is dominated by the clock tower, whose hands are reversed in size so that the hour could be read from the river below.
Highlights
- Clock tower with reversed hour and minute hands
- Guided walks through the underground counter-mine galleries
- City Museum of Novi Sad in the Arsenal building
- Terraces overlooking the Danube and the city
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