Drinking fountain of Mehmed Pasha Sokolović

Mehmed Paša Sokolović Fountain is an Ottoman era fountain in . It is located next to the Defterdar's Gate near the northwestern wall of the Upper Town of .
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  • Type: Historic building
  • Description: Ottoman era fountain in Belgrade
  • Also known as: “Cesma Mehmed-pase Sokolovica”, “Mehmed Paša Sokolović Fountain”, and “Mehmed Paša Sokolović’s Fountain”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Belgrade Fortress and Kalemegdan.

Castle
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The , consists of the old citadel and on the confluence of the and rivers, in an urban area of modern , .

Park
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The Park, or simply is the largest park and the most important historical monument in . It is located on a 125-metre-high cliff, at the junction of the River and the . is situated 150 metres southeast of Drinking fountain of Mehmed Pasha Sokolović.

City gate
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is a city gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kosančićev venac and Dorćol.

Locality
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is an urban neighborhood of , the capital of . It is located in Belgrade's municipality of . It has been described as the most valuable and most representative veduta of Belgrade.

Neighborhood
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is an affluent urban neighborhood of , the capital of . It is located in Belgrade's municipality of . Located along the right bank of the , is the oldest surviving neighborhood in Belgrade.

Suburb
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Belgrade is the capital of the Republic of . 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.

Drinking fountain of Mehmed Pasha Sokolović

Latitude
44.8241° or 44° 49′ 27″ north
Longitude
20.44926° or 20° 26′ 57″ east
Inception
1577
Open location code
8GP2RCFX+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 534265580
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q25464598
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Drinking fountain of Mehmed Pasha Sokolović” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “穆罕默德帕夏索科洛維奇噴泉”
  • French: “Fontaine de Mehmed Pacha Sokolović”
  • Serbian: “Česma Mehmed-paše Sokolovića”
  • Serbian: “Чесма Мехмед паше Соколовића”
  • Serbian: “Чесма Мехмед-паше Соколовића”
  • Turkish: “Sokollu Mehmed Paşa Çeşmesi”
  • Turkish: “Sokullu Mehmet Paşa Çeşmesi”

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Highlights include Remains of Despot Stefan Lazarevic’s Castle and Upper Town.

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