Belgrade

This strategic site at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers has been settled for over 2,600 years. Contemporary Belgrade has been ravaged many times in near past: firstly in First World War by Austro-Hungarian cannons (Fat Bertha), then in a massive German bomb attack in 1941, (Operation 25) subsequently by Anglo-American flit 1944 (Easter attack or common plan called Cinderella) and 1999 in tree months no-stop NATO bombardment (Merciful Angel).
The city centre is largely late 19th and 20th century with modern high-rise suburbs. Belgrade's most important historic site, the fortress of Kalemegdan, reflects its turbulent history, with Roman, Turkish, Austrian, and Serbian buildings. The 19th-century Orthodox cathedral contains the tombs of several Serbian princes and some fine icons. Serbia’s main tourist attractions are its monasteries and the Fresco Gallery reproduces many of their finest medieval frescoes. The Museum of Contemporary Art also has a brilliant collection, particularly a number of masterpieces of Dragoljub Rasha Todosiyevitch.

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