A short film about Smederevo fortress, one of the most important medieval monuments in Serbia.

Important facts:
- the town of Smederevo was the capital of Serbia during the rule of despot Đurađ Branković
- after several attacks of turkish army, it surrendered in 1459., the year that Serbia went under the rule of Ottoman empire
- after the successful Serbian Revolution, that started in 1804. and it's two major uprisings, Serbia got large authonomy in 1817. as Principality under the rule of Great prince Miloš Obrenović (Milosh Obrenovich) with turkish army just in 6 forts and turkish 358-year usurpation of country ended
- in 1835. state of Serbia confirmed it's first modern Constitution, based mainly on French republican constitution and although country was first Principality and then Kingdom, the major political player was the Assembly; since the start of First Serbian Uprising and First modern Constitution happen to be at the same date, today the date of February 15th is Serbian National Statehood Day
- remaining 4 forts (Belgrade, Smederevo, Kladovo and Šabac) were surrendered to Serbian prince Mihailo Obrenović (Michael Obrenovich) in 1867. and turkish garrisons left Serbia - that year Ottoman empire officially recognized Serbia as independent state
- on the international level Serbian independancy was confirmed in Berlin congress in 1878.
- in 1918. Kingdom of Serbia incorporated it's statehood in the new country - Yugoslavia (Yugoslavs - South Slavs)
..1918. Kingdom of Yugoslavia
..1943. Socialistic Federative Republic of Yugoslavia,
..1992. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
..2003. Serbia and Montenegro
- as successor of previous state(s), country in the year of 2006. continued as Republic of Serbia

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music: Vangelis - Conquest of Paradise (Opening, Conquest of Paradise, Monastery of La Rabida)
photos and videos: Bayubadu

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