- Gardoš
Gardoš (
Serbian Cyrillic : Гардош, Hungarian: "Gárdos") is an urban neighborhood ofBelgrade , the capital ofSerbia . It is located in Belgrade's municipality ofZemun . Located on the slopes of the hill of the same name, with its tower and preserved old architecture, Gardoš is the major historical landmark of Zemun.Location
Gardoš is one of three hills on which the historical core of Zemun was built (other two are
Ćukovac andKalvarija ). Gardoš rises on the right bank of theDanube and is the natural lookout to the area across the river (Crvenka section of thePančevački Rit in the municipality of Palilula). Gardoš borders the neighborhoods of Gornji Grad on the northwest, Ćukovac andMuhar on the south and Donji Grad on the southeast.Characteristics
For the most part, the neighborhood preserved its old looks, with narrow, still mostly
cobblestone d streets unsuitable for modern vehicles, and individual residential houses. As a curiosity, almost half of the neighborhood is occupied by Zemun's largest graveyard. As a popular promenade become somewhat of a fashionable place since the 1990s, several modern restaurants were built near the top of the hill with the view on the Danube.The major attraction in the neighborhood is the "Kula Sibinjanin Janka" (The tower of
Janos Hunyadi ) or the Millennium tower, also known as the Tower on the hill or simply the Gardoš tower. It was built and officially opened onAugust 20 ,1896 to celebrate a thousand years of Hungarian settlement in thePannonian plain . It was part of the massive construction effort which included buildings inBudapest as well as four millennium towers on four directions of the world. Being the southernmost city in then Hungary within theAustria-Hungary , the tower was built on the ruins of themedieval fortress on Gardoš hill which barely survived today (only angular towers and parts of the defending wall). The tower was built as a combination of various styles, mostly influenced by the Roman elements. Being a natural lookout, it was used by Zemun's firemen for decades. Today, the tower is better known after the Janos Hunyadi, who actually died in the old fortress four and a half centuries before the tower was built.Culture
There is a theater called "Teatar Gardoš" but it is located south of the neighborhood, on the Masaryk square in Donji Grad. The main cultural event is "Leto na Gardošu" (Summer in Gardoš), a series of mostly otudoors theatrical performances, held in July and August each year. Citation | last = | first = | author-link = Lj.P. | title = Letnja zabava na Gardošu | newspaper =
Politika | pages = 48 | language = Serbian | year = 2008 | date =2008-07-08 | url = ]References
External links
* [http://www.zemun.co.yu/english/gardos/index.htm Gardoš]
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