Šabac Fortress

Šabačka tvrđava; Zaslon Шабачка тврђава; Заслон Böğürdelen
Šabac Serbia
Remains of the fortress
Site information
Type	Strategic fortification
Open to the public	Yes
Condition	Remains
Location
Coordinates	44°45′51″N19°42′13″E / 44.7642°N 19.7036°E / 44.7642; 19.7036
Site history
Built	1471
Built by	Isa-Beg Ishaković
Materials	Stone

Šabac fortress (Serbian : Шабачка тврђава, romanized: Šabačka tvrđava; Turkish : Böğürdelen Kalesi), is a fortress next to modern day Šabac, on the right riverbank of Sava.

History

Originally the location where the fortress was built was a trading square of the settlement known as Zaslon, where the merchants from Ragusa would trade their goods.

The fortress was built in 1471 by Isa-Beg Ishaković, ^[1] but soon afterwards, in 1476, it was captured by the Hungarian army with the help of the Serbian despot Vuk Grgurević and Vlad The Impaler, ^[2] who kept the Šabac fortress under his control for more than four decades. In 1521, on his campaign on the way to Belgrade, Suleiman the Magnificent captured Šabac. ^[3] As soon as he got hold of it, he had the earth palisade fortifications replaced with bulwark constructions with towers. In the period from 1717 until 1739, during temporary Austrian occupation, the fortress underwent significant adaptations and its surface was extended with additional construction of outer fortifications.

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References

1. Panić-Surep, Milorad (1965). Yugoslavia: Cultural Monuments of Serbia. Turistička štampa. p. 79.
2. Rudić, Srđan; Aslantaş, Selim (2017). State and Society in the Balkans Before and After Establishment of Ottoman Rule. Istorijski institut. p. 146. ISBN   9788677431259.
3. Tucker, Spencer C. (2019). Middle East Conflicts from Ancient Egypt to the 21st Century: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection [4 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 927. ISBN   9781440853531.