Petrovaradin Fortress

Petrovaradin Fortress
Petrovaradin Fortress, on the Danube river, overlooking Novi Sad
General information
Architectural style	Austrian fortification
Town or city	Petrovaradin
Country	Serbia
Construction started	1692
Completed	1780
Client	Charles Eugène de Croÿ
Website
www.petrovaradinfortress.com

Coordinates: 45°15′08″N 19°51′44″E / 45.252160°N 19.862165°E / 45.252160; 19.862165

Petrovaradin Fortress (Serbian: Петроварадинска тврђава, Petrovaradinska tvrđava, pronounced [pɛtrɔv̞arǎdiːnskaː tv̞ř̩dʑav̞a], Hungarian: Péterváradi vár) is a fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is located on the right bank of the Danube river. The cornerstone of the present-day southern part of the fortress was laid on 18 October 1692 by Charles Eugène de Croÿ. Petrovaradin Fortress has many underground tunnels as well as 16 km of uncollapsed underground countermine system.

In 1991 Petrovaradin Fortress was added to Spatial Cultural-Historical Units of Great Importance list, and it is protected by the Republic of Serbia.

Recent archeological discoveries have offered a new perspective not only on the history of Petrovaradin, but on the entire region. At the Upper Fortress, the remains of an earlier Paleolithic settlement dating from 19,000 to 15,000 BC has been discovered. With this new development it has been established that there has been a continuous settlement at this site from the Paleolithic age to the present. During the excavations carried out in 2005, archeologists also discovered another significant find. Examining remains from the early Bronze age (c. 3000 BC), ramparts were discovered which testify that already at that time a fortified settlement existed at the Petrovaradin site.