Defterdar Gate and Mehmed Sokolović Pasha’s drinking fountain
Defterdar Gate and Mehmed Sokolović Pasha’s drinking fountain is in Opština Beograd-Stari Grad, Belgrade, Central Serbia. Defterdar Gate and Mehmed Sokolović Pasha’s drinking fountain is situated nearby to the historic building Drinking fountain of Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, as well as near the park Upper Town.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Belgrade Fortress and Kalemegdan.
Belgrade Fortress
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Belgrade Fortress, consists of the old citadel and Kalemegdan Park on the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, in an urban area of modern Belgrade, Serbia.
Kalemegdan
Park
Photo: Laessig, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kalemegdan Park, or simply Kalemegdan is the largest park and the most important historical monument in Belgrade. It is located on a 125-metre-high cliff, at the junction of the River Sava and the Danube. Kalemegdan is situated 130 metres southeast of Defterdar Gate and Mehmed Sokolović Pasha’s drinking fountain.
Drinking fountain of Mehmed Pasha Sokolović
Historic building
Photo: Goldfinger, CC BY-SA 3.0 rs.
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Fountain is an Ottoman era fountain in Belgrade. It is located next to the Defterdar's Gate near the northwestern wall of the Upper Town of Belgrade Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kosančićev venac and Dorćol.
Kosančićev venac
Locality
Photo: Joksimus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kosančićev Venac is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad. It has been described as the most valuable and most representative veduta of Belgrade.
Dorćol
Neighborhood
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Dorćol is an affluent urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad. Located along the right bank of the Danube, Dorćol is the oldest surviving neighborhood in Belgrade.
Stari Grad
Suburb
Belgrade is the capital of the Republic of Serbia. It stands at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers, where the rolling Pannonian Plain fetches up against the rugged Balkan peninsula, and in 2022 had a population of 1.2 million, about a fifth of Serbia's total.
Defterdar Gate and Mehmed Sokolović Pasha’s drinking fountain
- Type: Sign
- Also known as: “Defterdarova kapija i cesma Mehmed-pase Sokolovica”
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Opština Beograd-Stari Grad, Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.82385° or 44° 49′ 26″ northLongitude
20.44942° or 20° 26′ 58″ eastOpen location code
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