Saturday, September 19, 2015

Belgrade, Fortress Kalemegdan, Despot Stefan Tower

The Dizdar Tower or Despot Stefan Tower is a structure in Belgrade, Serbia, built in. 1405, a couple of years after the city became the capital of Serbian Despotate under Despot Stefan Lazarević.


Title: Kalemegdan, Despot Stefan Tower
Created By:  Bojan Milovanovic
Date: 25. September 2006.
Location: Belgrade
Today, the tower is the seat of the Astronomical Society Ruđer Bošković and houses its Popular Observatory. The Observatory has two instruments: refractor Zeiss (110/2200mm) and reflector Tall 200 K (200/2200mm), bot of which are used mainly for observations at night. Four panoramic telescopes are also mounted on the tower, which can be used to observe the panorama of Belgrade.

Description by Wikipedia

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