Part 15 - Belgrade, Serbia
Having left Bulgaria and then Romania behind, we now had Serbia on both sides of the river. When the boat arrived in Belgrade, Serbia, we had a bus tour into town.
First, we visited the Cathedral of Saint Sava, the largest Orthodox church in the world.
The Cathedral of Saint Sava.
The dome.
Inside the cathedral.
Next we went to the Josip Broz Tito mausoleum, a.k.a. House of Flowers.
Tito's grave.
Group portrait of world leaders who attended Tito's funeral.
One of Tito's uniforms.
We saw the Belgrade Fortress, also known as Kalemegdan Fortress.
The fortress.
Entrance to the fortress.
Statue of the Victor, commemorating the Kingdom of Serbia's war victories over the Ottoman Empire (First Balkan War) and Austria-Hungary (World War I).