This article describes 23 gates of

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Roman gates

Remains of southeastern gate of the

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were found when adapting the building of the Belgrade Library, with one of its towers now being in the library depot and the other across the street in the small park with

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's bust. The gate was located exactly at the end of

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and entrance of

Kalemegdan The Kalemegdan Park ( sr, / ), or simply Kalemegdan ( sr-Cyrl, Калемегдан) is the largest park and the most important historical monument in Belgrade. It is located on a cliff, at the junction of the River Sava and the Danube. Kal ...

park, at . Thus this entrance stayed at the same place for nearly 2,000 years.

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Fortress gates

Upper city gates

These are gates in the walls of the Upper City of the

Belgrade Fortress The Belgrade Fortress ( sr-Cyrl, Београдска тврђава, Beogradska tvrđava), consists of the old citadel (Upper and Lower Town) and Kalemegdan Park (Large and Little Kalemegdan) on the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, in a ...

. Gates that are connected to each other are not exactly aligned. This was done to prevent use of

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s on the inner gate, if the outer gate would be breached.

Lower city gates

Outer city gates

When Austrians occupied northern Serbia, including Belgrade, in the early 18the century, apart from rebuilding and renovating the Fortress, they dug a moat outside of the Fortress, as the first line of defense. It became known as the "Laudan trench" (Serbian ''Laudanov šanac'' or simply ''Šanac''). It was up to 6 meters wide, 2 meters deep and on the outer side had reinforcements in the form of earth embankments or walls. In order to get to and out of the city, a system of many gates and bridges was built through and on the trench. They all had a permanent military crew and were always locked at night. These outer city gates were demolished from 1862 to 1866, together with the outer city wall they were in.

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s mark their former locations now.

Modern gates

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