Bač, Serbia

Bač is a town and municipality in South Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The Bačka region was named after the town of Bač. The current name of the town was first recorded in 1094. Bač is one of the oldest towns in Vojvodina. The archeological research showed that an ancient Roman settlement existed in this area. Bač was first mentioned in 535 AD, in a letter written by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian. In 873 AD , this town was mentioned as Avar fortress, inhabited by Avars and Slavs. 

The focal point of valorisation and outstanding significance is The Bač Fortress. This fortress is classified as a ''water town'', with a defence system adapted to marshy land. It consists of a fortified castle and suburb, located on the river Mostonga meander. A plane where the fortress is located is a significant archaeological site. Under the foundations of visible walls there had been a settlement from Neolithic period- six millenniums ago and that existed also through the Bronze age and Iron age. There are also Celtic traces and traces of life in the Classical period during III and IV centuries. The first building phase goes back to the period between 1338-1342 and the Hungarian King Charles Robert of Anjou. From the mid 15th century, intensive building activities start, adapting to new warfare techniques and reinforcing the southern boundary againts the Turkish invasions. In 1529 the Turks conquered the fortress. The Turks were using the fortress until the year of liberation, 1686. In 1704, during the Rakoczy rising, the fortress was blasted, never to be restored again. However, Bač fortress still remains the best preserved medieval fortress in Vojvodina. The ruins of the fortress in it's present state, consist of a base in the form of an irregular pentagon, four lateral, and one central tower 18 meters high, which is partially reconstructed.