Petrovaradin ( sr-cyr, Петроварадин, ) is a historic town in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, now a part of the city of
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...
. As of 2011, the urban area has 14,810 inhabitants.
[ Lying on the right bank of the ]Danube
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, across from the main part of Novi Sad, it is built around the Petrovaradin Fortress
Petrovaradin Fortress ( sr, Петроварадинска тврђава, Petrovaradinska tvrđava, ; hu, Péterváradi vár), nicknamed "Gibraltar on/of the Danube", is a fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of Novi Sad ...
, historical anchor of the modern city.
Name
Petrovaradin was founded by the Celts, but its original name is unknown. During Roman
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
administration it was known as ''Cusum''. After the Romans conquered the region from the Celtic tribe of Scordisci
The Scordisci ( el, Σκορδίσκοι) were a Celtic Iron Age cultural group centered in the territory of present-day Serbia, at the confluence of the Savus (Sava), Dravus (Drava), Margus (Morava) and Danube rivers. They were historically n ...
, they built the Cusum fortress where present Petrovaradin Fortress
Petrovaradin Fortress ( sr, Петроварадинска тврђава, Petrovaradinska tvrđava, ; hu, Péterváradi vár), nicknamed "Gibraltar on/of the Danube", is a fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of Novi Sad ...
now stands. In addition, the town received its name from the Byzantines, who called it ''Petrikon or Petrikov (Πετρικον)'' and who presumably named it after Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
.
In documents from 1237, the town was first mentioned under the name ''Peturwarod'' (''Pétervárad''), which was named after Hungarian lord Peter, son of Töre
Peter, son of Töre ( hu, Töre fia Péter; executed in 1213) was a Hungarian lord, who served as judge royal in 1198, during the reign of King Emeric.
Peter led a group of Hungarian magnates, who assassinated Queen Gertrude on 28 September 121 ...
. Petrovaradin was known under the name ''Pétervárad'' during Hungarian administration, ''Varadin'' or ''Petervaradin'' during Ottoman administration, and ''Peterwardein'' during Habsburg
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administration.
Today, the municipality is known in Serbian as ''Петроварадин'', in Hungarian as ''Pétervárad'', and in German
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** Germania (historical use)
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as ''Peterwardein''.
Geography
Petrovaradin is located in the Syrmia
Syrmia ( sh, Srem/Срем or sh, Srijem/Сријем, label=none) is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the exce ...
region, on the Danube
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river and Fruška Gora
Fruška gora ( sr-Cyrl, Фрушка гора; hu, Tarcal-hegység) is a mountain in Syrmia, administratively part of Serbia with a part of its western side extending into eastern Croatia. The area under Serbian administration forms the countr ...
, a horst mountain with elevation of 78–220 m (municipality up to 451 m). The northern part of Fruška Gora consists of massive landslide
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zones, but they are not active, except in Ribnjak neighborhood (between Sremska Kamenica
Sremska Kamenica (Serbian Cyrillic: ''Сремска Каменица'', ) is a town and urban neighborhood of Novi Sad, in Serbia.
Name
In Serbian, the town is known as ''Sremska Kamenica'' (Сремска Каменица), in Croatian a ...
and Petrovaradin fortress
Petrovaradin Fortress ( sr, Петроварадинска тврђава, Petrovaradinska tvrđava, ; hu, Péterváradi vár), nicknamed "Gibraltar on/of the Danube", is a fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of Novi Sad ...
).
History
Human settlement in the territory of present-day Petrovaradin has been traced as far back as the Stone Age
The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years, and ended between 4,000 BC and 2,000 BC, with t ...
(about 4500 BC). This region was conquered by Celts
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(in the 4th century BC) and Romans
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* Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
(in the 1st century BC).
The Celts founded the first fortress at this location. It was part of the tribal state of the Scordisci
The Scordisci ( el, Σκορδίσκοι) were a Celtic Iron Age cultural group centered in the territory of present-day Serbia, at the confluence of the Savus (Sava), Dravus (Drava), Margus (Morava) and Danube rivers. They were historically n ...
, which had its capital in Singidunum
Singidunum ( sr, Сингидунум/''Singidunum'') was an ancient city which later evolved into modern Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The name is of Celts, Celtic origin, going back to the time when Celtic tribe Scordisci settled the area in ...
(present-day Belgrade
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). During the Roman administration, a larger fortress was built (in the 1st century) with the name ''Cusum'' and was included into Roman Pannonia
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. Subsequently, the fortress was included into the Pannonia Inferior
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and the Pannonia Secunda
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. In the 5th century, Cusum was devastated by the invasion of the Huns
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.
The town was then conquered by Ostrogoths
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, Gepids
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, and Lombards
The Lombards () or Langobards ( la, Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774.
The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 and ...
. By the end of the 5th century, Byzantines had reconstructed the town and called it by the names ''Cusum'' and ''Petrikon'' or ''Petrikov''. It was part of the Byzantine province of Pannonia
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. Subsequently, it passed into the hands of Avars, Franks
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, Bulgarians
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Etymology
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and Byzantines again. During Bulgarian administration, the town was known as ''Petrik'' and was part of the domain of duke Sermon
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, while during subsequent Byzantine administration, it was part of the Theme of Sirmium
The Theme of Sirmium ( el, θέμα Σιρμίου) was a Byzantine administrative unit ( theme), which existed in present-day Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 11th century. Its capital was Sirmium (today Sremska Mitrovica).
Backg ...
.
Later, the town became part of the Kingdom of Hungary
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.
Between 1522 and 1526, Petrovaradin was a base for the early Ŝajkaš regiments, but in 1526, the Ottoman Empire
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took Petrovaradin after a two-week battle waged against combined forces of Croats, Serbs and Hungarians.
In the war of 1683-1699 with the Habsburg monarchy
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, the Ottomans abandoned Petrovaradin. In 1690, they returned for just two years. After that, Petrovaradin remained under Habsburg
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control as a part of the Slavonian Military Frontier
The Slavonian Military Frontier ( hr, Slavonska vojna krajina or ; german: Slawonische Militärgrenze; sr, Славонска војна крајина; hu, Szlavón határőrvidék) was a district of the Military Frontier, a territory in the ...
.
In 1695, a military force of Serbs—600 infantry and 200 cavalry—under Captain Pane Božić were brought to Petrovaradin to serve. One thousand Serbs worked on the construction of the Citadel and fortifications under the guidance of military engineer
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Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
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.
During Hungarian administration, the town was firstly part of the Bolgyán County and then part of the Syrmia County, while during Ottoman administration, it was firstly part of the vassal duchy of Syrmia
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ruled by Serb
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The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
duke Radoslav Čelnik
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(1527–1530), and then part of the Sanjak of Syrmia
Sanjak of Syrmia ( tr, Sirem sancağı, sr, Sremski sandžak/Сремски санџак, hr, Srijemski sandžak) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1541. It was located in the Syrmia region and was part o ...
.
During the Ottoman administration, Petrovaradin had 200 houses and three mosques. There was also a Christian
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quarter with 35 houses populated with Croats
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.
Petrovaradin was the site of a notable battle on August 5, 1716 in which the Habsburg monarchy led by the Prince Eugene of Savoy
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defeated the forces of the Ottomans led by the Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha
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Early l ...
. Habsburg forces led by Prince Eugene later defeated the Ottomans at Belgrade
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before the Ottomans sued for peace at Požarevac
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.
During the Habsburg administration, Petrovaradin was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier
The Military Frontier (german: Militärgrenze, sh-Latn, Vojna krajina/Vojna granica, Војна крајина/Војна граница; hu, Katonai határőrvidék; ro, Graniță militară) was a borderland of the Habsburg monarchy and l ...
(Slavonian general command - Petrovaradin regiment). In 1848–49, the town was part of Serbian Vojvodina
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, but in 1849, it was returned under the administration of the Military Frontier. With the abolishment of the Military Frontier in 1881, the town was included into the Syrmia County of Croatia-Slavonia
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, which was the autonomous kingdom within Austria-Hungary
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.
In 1918, the town firstly became part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
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, then part of the Kingdom of Serbia
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and finally part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
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(later known as Yugoslavia
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). Between 1918 and 1922, the town was part of the Syrmia County, between 1922 and 1929 part of the Syrmia Oblast, and between 1929 and 1941 part of the Danube Banovina, a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...
. From 1918 to 1936, Yugoslav Royal Air Force
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was based in Petrovaradin. During World War II (1941–1944), the town was occupied by the Axis Powers and it was attached to the Independent State of Croatia
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. Since the end of the war in this part of Yugoslavia in 1944, the town was part of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
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, which from 1945 was part of the new socialist Serbia
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within socialist Yugoslavia
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.
Settlements and neighborhoods
Neighborhoods and parts of Petrovaradin are: Petrovaradin Fortress
Petrovaradin Fortress ( sr, Петроварадинска тврђава, Petrovaradinska tvrđava, ; hu, Péterváradi vár), nicknamed "Gibraltar on/of the Danube", is a fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of Novi Sad ...
, Podgrađe Tvrđave (which is a fortified part of Petrovaradin and part of Petrovaradin Fortress
Petrovaradin Fortress ( sr, Петроварадинска тврђава, Petrovaradinska tvrđava, ; hu, Péterváradi vár), nicknamed "Gibraltar on/of the Danube", is a fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of Novi Sad ...
complex), Stari Majur Stari ( sla, Stari, "Old One") could have multiple meanings:
* Stari, a List of rural localities in Vologda Oblast#Babushkinsky District, rural locality in Babushkinsky District of Vologda Oblast of Russia.
* Stari, a nickname of Đuro Pucar.
* Sta ...
(which is part of Petrovaradin where offices of Petrovaradin local community are located), Novi Majur
Novi may refer to the following :
Places and jurisdictions
Balkans
* Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Novi Sad, a city in Serbia
* the former Catholic Diocese of Novi, with see at Herceg-Novi (Castelnuovo), in Montenegro; now a Latin tit ...
, Bukovački Plato (Bukovački Put), Sadovi, Široka Dolina, Širine
Širine ( hu, Braidaföld) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Petlovac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 58 people.
History
Širine has existed as part of the s ...
, Vezirac, Trandžament, Ribnjak, Mišeluk
Mišeluk ( sr, Мишелук) is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad in Serbia.
Geography
Mišeluk is located in Syrmian part of Novi Sad, between Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica. Administratively, Mišeluk is regarded as part of Petrovaradi ...
, Alibegovac, Radna Zona Istok, Marija Snežna (Radna Zona Istok), and Petrovaradinska Ada (Ribarska Ada).
Between 2002 and 2019, Petrovaradin had a status of separate municipality within the city of Novi Sad, but its administrative bodies were never established and the status was mostly formal. Apart from the town, the municipality covered the area on the right Danube bank: town of Sremska Kamenica
Sremska Kamenica (Serbian Cyrillic: ''Сремска Каменица'', ) is a town and urban neighborhood of Novi Sad, in Serbia.
Name
In Serbian, the town is known as ''Sremska Kamenica'' (Сремска Каменица), in Croatian a ...
; and villages of Stari Ledinci, Novi Ledinci and Bukovac, with some 34,000 residents in total. The municipality status was terminated by a City Assembly decision in 2019.[
]
Demographics
In 1961 Petrovaradin had 8,408 inhabitants; in 1971 10,477; in 1981 10,338; in 1991 11,285; and in 2002 13,973. By city's registry estimation, from mid-2005, Petrovaradin town had 15,266 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
;Municipality
According to the 2011 census
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, the total population of the territory of present-day Petrovaradin municipality was 33,865, of whom 27,328 (80.69%) were ethnic Serbs
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The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
. All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.
;Town
During the Ottoman administration, Petrovaradin was mostly populated by Muslims, while some Serbs lived there as well in the Christian quarter. According to Habsburg census from 1720, inhabitants of Petrovaradin mostly had German and Serbo-Croatian names and surnames. During the subsequent period of the Habsburg administration and in one part of the 20th century, the largest ethnic group in the Petrovaradin town were ethnic Croats
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. According to the 1910 census the town had 5,527 residents, of which 3,266 spoke Croatian (59.09%), 894 German (16.18%), 730 Serbian (13.21%), 521 Hungarian (9.43%) and 159 Slovak (2.88%). Since 1971 census, largest ethnic group in Petrovaradin are Serbs. Today, there are a couple of neighborhoods with sizable number of Croats in Petrovaradin, like Stari Majur Stari ( sla, Stari, "Old One") could have multiple meanings:
* Stari, a List of rural localities in Vologda Oblast#Babushkinsky District, rural locality in Babushkinsky District of Vologda Oblast of Russia.
* Stari, a nickname of Đuro Pucar.
* Sta ...
and Podgrađe Tvrđave.
Economy
The following table gives a preview of total number of employed people per their core activity (as of 2017):
Politics
Between 1980 and 1989, Petrovaradin was a municipality within the city of Novi Sad. From 1989 to 2002, Novi Sad's municipalities were abolished and territory of the former Petrovaradin municipality was part of ''Novi Sad municipality'', which included the whole territory of the present-day City of Novi Sad. The city municipalities of Novi Sad were formally re-established in 2002, with Petrovaradin as the second one, since it was a requirement to obtain a city status at the time. In 2007, after the update of the law of local government, the requirement for multiple municipalities for city status was lifted (and 20 additional cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
were proclaimed).[Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government](_blank)
, Parliament of Serbia However, the renewed 2008 city statute also foresaw formation of two separate municipalities, but they have never been established, and the whole city was run solely by the city administration. Petrovaradin only has a local community office. In March 2019, a new city statute was adopted, abolishing any separate municipalities.
Culture
File:Atmosphere_at_Petrovaradin_fortress,_Exit_2011.jpg, Petrovaradin Fortress at night
File:Ljubav_na_Perovaradinu.jpg, Petrovaradin
File:%C5%BDelezni%C4%8Dka_stanica_Petrovaradin_-_prednja_strana.JPG, Petrovaradin railway station
File:Ribnjak_NS.JPG, Ribnjak
File:Tekije_snezna_marija.JPG, The Our Lady of Snow ecumenic church, mostly Catholic, most important Marian shrine in Serbia
File:Molinarijev_park,_Petrovaradin_(3).JPG, Molinari park
File:Petrovaradin_orthodox_church.jpg, Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Paul in Petrovaradin
File:City museum in Petrovaradin.jpg, City museum in Petrovaradin
File:Martin Garrix, Dance Arena, 2015.jpg, Petrovaradin fortress during EXIT festival
Notable people
* Anton Hasenhut (1766–1841), Austrian comic actor
* Josip Jelačić
Count Josip Jelačić von Bužim (16 October 180120 May 1859; also spelled ''Jellachich'', ''Jellačić'' or ''Jellasics''; hr, Josip grof Jelačić Bužimski; hu, Jelasics József) was a Croatian lieutenant field marshal in the Imperial-Roy ...
(1801–1859), Croatian ban
Ban of Croatia ( hr, Hrvatski ban) was the title of local rulers or office holders and after 1102, viceroys of Croatia. From the earliest periods of the Croatian state, some provinces were ruled by bans as a ruler's representative (viceroy) an ...
and army general, born in Petrovaradin.
* Kosta Nađ
Konstantin "Kosta" Nađ ( hu, Nagy Kosztá; 13 May 1911 – 19 November 1986) was a Yugoslav Partisan Army general that fought during World War II.
Biography
Born on 13 May 1911 in Petrovaradin, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, he fought as a volu ...
, (1911–1986), general in the Yugoslav National Liberation Army
See also
* List of places in Serbia
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* List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia.
List of largest cities and towns in Vojvodina
List of urban settlements in Vojvodina
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Notes and references
;Notes
* Petrovaradin, Enciklopedija Novog Sada, knjiga 20, Novi Sad, 2002
* Radenko Gajić, Petrovaradinska tvrđava - Gibraltar na Dunavu, Sremski Karlovci, 1993
* mr Agneš Ozer, Petrovaradinska tvrđava - vodič kroz vreme i prostor, Novi Sad, 2002
* mr Agneš Ozer, Petrovaradin Fortress - A Guide through time and space, Novi Sad, 2002
* Veljko Milković, Petrovaradin kroz legendu i stvarnost, Novi Sad, 2001
* Veljko Milković, Petrovaradin i Srem - misterija prošlosti, Novi Sad, 2003
* Veljko Milković, Petrovaradinska tvrđava - podzemlje i nadzemlje, Novi Sad, 2005
* Military Heritage did a feature about the Muslim Turks versus Christian Nobility 1716 battle and crusade at Peterwardein, and the success of Prince Eugene of Savoy (Ludwig Heinrich Dyck, Military Heritage, August 2005, Volume 7, No. 1, pp 48 to 53, and p. 78), ISSN 1524-8666.
* Henderson, Nicholas. ''Prince Eugene of Savoy''. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1964
* Mckay, Derek. ''Prince Eugene of Savoy''. London: Thames and Hudson. 1977
* Nicolle, David and Hook, Christa. ''The Janissaries''. Botley: Osprey Publishing. 2000
* Setton, Kenneth M. ''Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the Seventeenth Century''. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. 1991
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External links
Petrovaradin Fortress 360Virtual Tour
Novi Sad Interactive Map
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