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Sahat Gate & Tower 🏰 Belgrade Fortress

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Sahat Gate & Tower 🏰 Belgrade Fortress

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Sahat Gate & Tower 🏰 Belgrade Fortress

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Location: Central Serbia, Serbia

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1. Ada Bridge – Ostružnica Forest Cycling Road loop from Панчевачки Мост (Дунавски перон)

74.2km

04:38

530m

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2. Ostružnica Forest Cycling Road – Ada Ciganlija loop from Вуков споменик

105km

06:29

800m

790m

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3. Avala Tower loop from Вуков споменик

69.6km

04:48

1,070m

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June 12, 2019

Sahat Tower, located above the gate which was named "Sahat Gate" after it, was built during the period between 1740 and 1789. The overall appearance of the tower, with prominent baroque elements, directly testifies to the time of its origin. The tower was renovated in the middle of the nineteenth century. The Sahat Tower is one of the few structures of the Belgrade Fortress that has not suffered significant damages, still preserving authentic architectural and stylistic features.
The octogonal baroque tower, visible from every part of the park and tower, has a central clock mechanism and pendulums. The height of the tower (27.5 m) is enough for the clock to work for approximately a week before rewinding. It us s gongs instead of bells. The clock has two hammers: a smaller one which ticks once for the first quarter, twice for the second, three times for the third and four times for the fourth, while the bigger hammer ticks immediately after to mark the current hour.
At the end of the seventeenth century, Andera Cornaro, who was a Venetian builder in Austrian and later Turkish service, built today's Sahat Gate as a part of restoration works of the south-east rampart. Sahat Gate has casemates for guards, weapons and other military material. The Belgrade Fortress Gallery is situated in the flanking rooms.

Belgrade Fortress (Serbian: Београдска тврђава / Beogradska tvrđava), consists of the old citadel (Upper and Lower Town) and Kalemegdan Park (Large and Little Kalemegdan) on the confluence of the River Sava and Danube, in an urban area of modern Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad. It is the most visited tourist attraction in Belgrade. Since the admission is free, it is estimated that the total number of visitors (foreign, domestic, citizens of Belgrade) is over 2 million yearly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade_Fortress

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Sahat Gate & Tower 🏰 Belgrade Fortress

1. Ada Bridge – Ostružnica Forest Cycling Road loop from Панчевачки Мост (Дунавски перон)

2. Ostružnica Forest Cycling Road – Ada Ciganlija loop from Вуков споменик

3. Avala Tower loop from Вуков споменик

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