Fun facts about Belgrade
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Chipped stone tools found in Zemun indicate that the area around Belgrade was inhabited by nomadic foragers in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic eras.
Belgrade
Serbia
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula.
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The first record of the name Belograd appeared on 16 April 878 in a Papal missive to Bulgarian ruler Boris I.
Belgrade
Serbia
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula.
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Belgrade became the second largest Ottoman town in Europe at over 100,000 people, surpassed only by Constantinople.
Belgrade
Serbia
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula.
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The first-ever projection of motion pictures in the Balkans and Central Europe was held in Belgrade in June 1896.
Belgrade
Serbia
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula.
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Belgrade was bombed by the Allies on 16 April 1944, killing at least 1,100 people.
Belgrade
Serbia
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula.
From the “History” section
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: ZlatanJovanovic · CC BY 3.0