Gardoš Tower

Gardoš Tower or Millennium Tower, and also known as Kula Sibinjanin Janka is a memorial tower located in Belgrade, Serbia.

This Tower is a visual and historical symbol of Zemun. It was built and officially opened on August 20, 1896. to celebrate a thousand years of Hungarian settlement in the Pannonian plain. As part of Old Town core of Zemun, and also located in the middle of the Zemun fortress, Tower is protected both as Spatial Cultural-Historical Unit of Great Importance, and as a Protected Monument of Culture. 

It was part of the massive contruction effort which included buildings in Budapest as well as four millennium towers on four directions of  the world. The Tower was built on the ruins of the medieval fortress on Gardoš hill Taurunum, which barely survived today. According to the legend in this tower died famous Hungarian hero from the battles against the Turkish soldiers, Janoš Hunyadi, known as Sibinjanin Janko as well and after him the tower got its name. The Tower was built as a combination of various styles, mostly influenced by the Roman elements. Only angular towers and parts of the deffending wall are still left there. 

There is a magnificent and certainly unforgettable view of Zemun and Danube from the Tower. The Gardoš Tower is by itself an essential and dominant element of the Zemun silhouettes and the best view you can take from the Danube and the Belgrade fortress.