Zvečan Fortress

The Fortress of , also known as Zvečan/Zveçan medieval fortress and Fortress of Mitrovica, located in the northwest of the city of North Mitrovica, in , is an enormous castle and one of the oldest fortresses in Southeastern Europe.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: medieval Serbian fortress near the settlement of the same name,north of Cosovian Mitroviza
  • Also known as: “Forteresse de Zvecan”, “Kalaja Ogurzezë”, “Medieval town (Zvečan)”, “Medieval town of Zvečan”, “Medieval town Zvečan”, “Srednjovekovni grad (Zvečan)”, “Srednjovekovni grad Zvečan”, “Звечанска тврђава”, “Звечански Град”, “Средњевековни град (Звечан)”, “Средњевековни град Звечан”, and “Средњевековни град код Звечана”
  • Postal code: 43000

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zvečan railway station and Miners‘ Monument.

Railway station
Photo: Phil Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 630 metres north of Zvečan Fortress.

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Monument to the Serbian and Albanian Partisans honors the Albanian and Serbian partisans from the Republic of who died in World War II in Yugoslavia from 1941–1945. is situated 1½ km southeast of Zvečan Fortress.

Church
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St. Demetrius is the church of the Serbian Orthodox Church, owned by the Rasko-Prizren diocese, in the city of , Kosovo. After NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, was divided into and southern parts. is situated 1½ km southeast of Zvečan Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zveçan i Vogël and Zvečan.

Village
Photo: Sima90, Public domain.
is a village.

Town
Photo: Радосав Стојановић, Public domain.
or Zveçan is a town and municipality located in the in . As of 2015, it has a population of 16,650 inhabitants. It covers an area of 122 km2, and consists of a town and 35 villages.

Village
Suhodoll i Epërm or Gornji Suvi Do is a village in the municipality of in the , . According to the 2011 census, it has 224 inhabitants, all of whom are Albanians.

Zvečan Fortress

Latitude
42.90459° or 42° 54′ 17″ north
Longitude
20.84773° or 20° 50′ 52″ east
Elevation
797 metres (2,615 feet)
Open location code
8GJ2WR3X+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 177641522
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q2631834
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Turkish—“Zvečan Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kalaja e Zveçanit”
  • Bashkir: “Звечан (ҡәлғә)”
  • Bashkir: “Звечан”
  • Belarusian: “Звечан”
  • Bulgarian: “Звечан”
  • Czech: “Zvečanská pevnost”
  • Dutch: “Zvečanski grad”
  • French: “forteresse de Zvečan”
  • French: “Forteresse de Zvečan”
  • Greek: “Φρούριο Σβέτσαν”
  • Hindi: “ज़्वेचान क़िला”
  • Hungarian: “Zvečan-erőd”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Zvečan”
  • Macedonian: “Звечанска тврдина”
  • Polish: “Twierdza Zvecan”
  • Russian: “Звечан”
  • Serbian: “Tvrđava Zvečan”
  • Serbian: “Zvečanski grad”
  • Serbian: “Звечански град”
  • Serbian: “Средњовековни град Звечан”
  • Serbian: “Тврђава Звечан”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Zvečan”
  • Swedish: “Zveçans slott”
  • Turkish: “Zvečan Kalesi”

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