ABOUT NIŠ
Niš Fortress
Some of the buildings and monuments enclosed by the Fortress walls have been reconstructed over the past several years:
- Turkish bath (Hamam), dating from the 15th century, adapted for an elegant restaurant with a terrace;
- Niches 1-6 and 7-12, a string of arch-vaulted chambers stretching to the north and south of the Belgrade gate, should be adapted into attractive locations and turned to various cultural and tourist uses;
- Forge building would be adapted into a spacious restaurant, fitted into the natural surroundings, on the plateau in the middle of the park in the eastern part of the Fortress.
- Powder magazine buildings 1-4, dating from 1720-1733, lined along the north and north-east part of the rampart wall, at about 250 m from one another. These chambers should be adapted for various tourist uses (restaurants, patisseries, piza-places, clubs etc.);
- Storehouse building should be adapted to house the Experimental Theatre, where various cultural and sports events can take place.
Plans for the reconstruction of Niš Fortress include raising several new objects, for example:
- A relief map of the Fortress on a tablet near the entrance;
- New Clock Tower, on the site of the old one, torn down after 1878;
- University Open-air Theatre in the north-west bastion, next to the Powder magazine 2, as well as sports grounds for students and youth, along the whole length of the preserved part of the today dry moat.
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