Day 6, Panoramic Belgrade, Serbia

On June 08, we started our day 6 on Viking Cruise PASSAGE TO EASTERN EUROPE.

Besides Hungary, both of us had never been to the other four countries.

After Croatia, we now were going to visit Serbia.

Church of Saint Sava, Serbian Orthodox Church and one of the largest Churches in the world!
More about it later...

From the Viking Lif we got onto a bus for a ride towards Kalemegdan Fortress.
Here you see the early 15th Century Nebojša Tower (Nebojša meaning Fearless in Serbian).

To the left of the River Sava you see Great War Island

Click on this link for informative history via my Pinterest to video: Belgrade, Serbia - 15th Century Kula Nobojša / Nobojša Tower

Entering Kalemegdan Fortress and you also see the ClockTower

Kalemegdan

The Inner Stambol Gate, named after Istanbul and built in 1750.
It was the main gate of Kalemegdan Fortress and within the second city wall with the Clock Tower visible again.

A better view  of the Clock Tower and its centuries old walls.
Yes, the weather was perfect!

Serbia has survived about 20 wars... Belgrade is therefore called Europe's most resilient city.
Ravaged and rebuilt 20 times in its history, many of the city's finest buildings have been gloriously restored.

Overlooking the confluence of the River Danube and Sava.
To the left, closer to the Sava River you still can see the Nebojša Tower from the photos above so you see what distance we walked and climbed.

View from Kalemegdan Fortress over the River Danube to New Belgrade

The towering statue from the 1928 Victor with a falcon in his left hand and a sword in his right hand... but naked.

After walking through Kalemegdan Park we reach Belgrade's city center.

Old Belgrade is a beautiful city but traffic with its trams etc. can be quite hectic as there is only one street level.

So we found us a nice spot on a terrace for a cappuccino and a tea for me, with some linden honey!
Pieter is wearing his t-shirt: I DO MORE BY 7 AM THAN MOST OF YOU ALL DAY

Saint Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade click for more info about this Serbian Orthodox Cathedral.

The confluence of Sava and Danube rivers good visible here.

From above it looks more like a city...

By bus we pass over the Sava River and you see another view of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral or St. Michael's Cathedral.

Sava River

Such a lovely day and this is almost the end of the bridge passing the Sava River.

This beautiful building is the House of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia just click link.

Church of Saint Sava... Serbian Orthodox Church with its 82 m tower and the gold plated cross alone is 12 m from that total height.

With its 49 bells... Patriarch Pavle consecrates bells for Belgrade's St Sava Cathedral in November 2001 and were ringing for Christmas 2002.

National Library of Serbia with a statue of Nikola Tesla
Only a week later we would be riding in a Tesla electric car... click link above for more.

Karadordev Park and National Library

Too bad, the Church of Saint Sava was closed, due to still ongoing completion.
President Putin did lay some mosaic tiles early this year.
So instead we walked around the building and entered the Crypt where they also have massive wall and ceiling frescoes!

The Russians donated 5,000,000 Euro for the Church's completion...

By the end of 2020 it should be done...

Viking Lif from Vukovar, Croatia to Belgrade, Serbia (when I did not have any signal, later Google Earth connects the dots - hence over land and straight...
We left Vukovar by 23:00, close to midnight on June 7.

Relive 'Touring Belgrade and Walking Sections'

Our Bus Tour through Belgrade with walking the sections where photos were taken.

Our Morning City Walk in Belgrade, Serbia

Belgrade, Kalemegdan where we walked...

Belgrade Kalemegdan satellite view from our walk...

Belgrade Kalemegdan walk in different heights, looking at the bottom gray area! Thanks for your visit and comment, stay tuned for the next segment... Serbia: Parishioners pack world's largest Orthodox Church for Easter - Would LOVE to be there during such Mass!
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