Nebojša Tower: 13,000 visitors to Date

The Nebojša Tower, the only well-preserved medieval building within the Belgrade Fortress, is a monument of symbolic importance to both Serbs and Greeks. It had been used by the dwellers of Belgrade as a rampart against Ottoman invasions. In the late 18th century, it was transformed by the Ottomans into a prison, where Rigas Feraios (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigas_Feraios) was executed in 1798, thus becoming one of the first martyrs in the Greek War of Independence.

Due to its history, the European Centre for Byzantine and Post Byzantine Monuments (EKBMM), in cooperation with the City of Belgrade, restored the tower and turned it into a museum, dedicated to the liberation struggles of the Serbs and to Rigas Feraios. This Hellenic-Serbian cooperation was launched in 2007, and works concluded in 2010. Since its inauguration in April 2011, the tower has become one of Belgrade’s most appealing attractions, visited so far by 13,000 people.