Bač Fortress
Bač Fortress is a medieval fortress in Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located in the town of Bač, in the Bačka region. Founded by the king Charles Robert I, the fortress was the most important Hungarian rampart against the invading Ottoman forces and today is the best preserved medieval fort in Vojvodina.Photo: Sors bona, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fortress in Serbia
- Also known as: “Backa tvrdjava”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Paul’s Church, Bač and Ottoman hammam.
St Paul’s Church, Bač
Church
Photo: Srdjan99, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Paul's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Bač in Vojvodina, Serbia. The church was designed by Oswald Gáspár, architect of Czech origin and the building was constructed between 1773 and 1780. St Paul’s Church, Bač is situated 470 metres east of Bač Fortress.
Ottoman hammam
Building
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0 rs.
Ottoman hammam is a building, which is situated 450 metres east of Bač Fortress.
Crkva Sv. Jovana
Church
Photo: Ванилица, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crkva Sv. Jovana is a church, which is situated 1¼ km east of Bač Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bač and Selenča.
Bač
Town
Photo: Sors bona, Public domain.
Bač is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 4,405, while the municipality has 11,431 inhabitants.
Selenča
Village
Photo: Sors bona, Public domain.
Selenča is a village in the Bač municipality, South Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 2,395 inhabitants. Selenča is situated 6 km east of Bač Fortress.
Deronje
Village
Photo: Sors bona, Public domain.
Deronje is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Odžaci municipality, in the West Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population is 2,847 people. Deronje is situated 7 km north of Bač Fortress.
Bač Fortress
- Categories: citadel, fortress, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Opština Bač, South Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
45.39307° or 45° 23′ 35″ northLongitude
19.22161° or 19° 13′ 18″ eastOpen location code
8FQX96VC+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 464621706OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2629582
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Bač Fortress” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Бачка крепост”
- Chinese: “巴奇要塞”
- Croatian: “Bačka tvrđava”
- Czech: “Pevnost Bač”
- Dutch: “Fort van Bac”
- Dutch: “Fort van Bač”
- French: “Forteresse de Bac”
- French: “forteresse de Bač”
- French: “Forteresse de Bač”
- Hebrew: “מבצר באץ‘”
- Hebrew: “מבצר באץ’”
- Hebrew: “מצודת באץ‘”
- Hungarian: “bácsi vár”
- Hungarian: “Bácsi vár”
- Macedonian: “Бачка тврдина”
- Polish: “Twierdza Bač”
- Russian: “Бачская крепость”
- Serbian: “Bačka tvrđava”
- Serbian: “Бач”
- Serbian: “Бачка тврђава”
- Serbian: “Тврђава Бач”
- Serbian: “Тврђава и подграђе у Бачу”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Bač”
- Turkish: “Baç Kalesi”
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