Kruševac Fortress

Kruševac Fortress City of Prince Lazar
Kruševac Fortress Keep
General information
Architectural style	Fortification, mixed
Town or city	Kruševac
Country	Serbia
Completed	1381

Kruševac Fortress or City of Prince Lazar (Serbian: Крушевачки град, Kruševački grad) was a medieval fortified town in Kruševac, Serbia, former capital of Prince Lazar. Within the city there is the court church Lazarica. Today, all that remains of the town are small ruins.

Fort in Kruševac was first mentioned in 1381, so it was probably built by Prince Lazar or he significantly expanded and strengthened an earlier fortress that was there. It is then located princes capital, from which he ruled his country as attested signature and record in a charter issued in 1387 which states In the famous city of my dominion Kruševac (у славноме граду господства ми Крушевцу)

Lazar's son and successor Stefan managed Despotate from Kruševac until 1405, when the capital was moved to Belgrade, which in 1403 began to renew and fortified. However Kruševac didn't lost its importance, because the despot in it met with Sultan Mehmed I in 1413.

Struggle over control of the city have ceased during the entire first half of 15th century, and it was given to the Turks briefly in 1413, and in 1427 (Despot Stefan gave it before the end of his life). In 1437 Hungarians occupied the fort. After signing Agreement on the restoration of Despotate Đurađ Branković Smederevac regain Fortress in 1444, but Turks definitely win it in 1454, when fort was renamed Aladža Hisar, Turkish for Colorful City, because of the diversity of materials from which the fortress was built.