Peterwardein. This was the largest Austrian fortress, called "Gibraltar on the Danube". On the foundations of Roman times, this fortress was build up starting 1692 over 100 years.

The fortress hill is completely tunneled. Officers and soldiers knew only the plan of their own section.	The gates can be viewed and gunned from other parts of the fortress.
Also the Peterwardein township below the fortress has lost all their military aspects.	The clock tower, insignia of the Austrian administration. It is the symbol of Novi Sad today. The specialty: to be more readable from far away, the large pointer shows the hour and the small one the minutes. In former times, all inhabitants in range of vision of the clock had to pay a clock tax ...

 

Today the fortress is a place for walkers, tourists and art studies

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Upd. on 31. juil. 2007