Jaksic Tower
Jaksic Tower is a tower in Opština Beograd-Stari Grad, Belgrade, Central Serbia. Jaksic Tower is situated nearby to the church Chapel of Saint Petka in Belgrade, as well as near Ružica Church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tower
- Description: The tower on the Belgrade Fortress, on the part of the northern rampart that faces the Danube. It is assumed that it was built between the 11th and 15th centuries.
- Also known as: “Jaksic’s tower” and “Jaksiceva kula”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Belgrade Zoo and Ružica Church.
Belgrade Zoo
Zoo
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Beo zoo vrt, also known as Vrt dobre nade, is a publicly owned zoo located in Kalemegdan Park, downtown of Belgrade, Serbia. Established on July 12, 1936, it is considered to be one of the oldest public zoos in southeastern Europe. Belgrade Zoo is situated 170 metres east of Jaksic Tower.
Ružica Church
Church
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Ružica Church is a Serbian Orthodox church located in the Belgrade Fortress, in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The original church was built in the early 15th century.
Chapel of Saint Petka in Belgrade
Church
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The Chapel of Saint Petka in Belgrade is a chapel, erected over a sacred spring, and dedicated to Saint Petka. It is located at a way connecting the upper and the lower city of the Belgrade Fortress, in proximity of the Ružica Church, with the spring being in the very altar of the chapel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorćol and Stari Grad.
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.
Kosančićev venac
Locality
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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.
Jaksic Tower
- Categories: Kula, Reconstruction Era, and building
- Location: Opština Beograd-Stari Grad, Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
44.82594° or 44° 49′ 33″ northLongitude
20.45156° or 20° 27′ 6″ eastInception
15th centuryOpen location code
8GP2RFG2+9JOpenStreetMap ID
way 89571917OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q98524293
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In Other Languages
“Jaksic Tower” goes by many names.
- Serbian: “Jakšićeva kula”
- Serbian: “Јакшићева кула”
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