The Smederevo Fortress is a medieval fortified city in Smederevo, Serbia, which was the temporary capital of Serbia in the Middle Ages. It was built between 1427 and 1430 on the order of Despot Đurađ Branković, the ruler of the Serbian Despotate. It was further fortified by the Ottoman Empire, which had taken the city in 1459.
The inner city
Inner city southern walls and water trench (10)
Despot's Palace remains (18)
A view to the northern wall and Danube.
Smederevo is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about 45 kilometres downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
Image: Црква Св. Георгија у Смедереву 3
Image: Smederevo, Crkva Svetog Đorđa, 13
Image: Smederevo city administration
Image: Smederevo building at the market