History of Belgrade

The main tourist attraction in Serbia is certainly the Serbian capital Belgrade. As the capital and largest city of Serbia, Belgrade is rich in cultural and historical monuments. Nightlife in Belgrade is renowned in the former Yugoslavia.

It is a city of very tumultuous history, is one of the oldest in Europe. Its history lasts full 7,000 years. The area around the major rivers, the Sava and the Danube has been inhabited since the Paleolithic period. From the Old Stone Age, encourage the remains of human bones and skulls of Neanderthals, found in a quarry near Leštane, in a cave in Čukarica and near Bajloni market.

Remains of the late Stone Age culture have been found in Vinca, Čukarica - Žarkovo and in Upper Town, above the Sava and Danube rivers. This indicates that the area of ​​Belgrade has been continually inhabited and that the intensity of the settling has been getting stronger. Many of today's settlements in Belgrade surroundings lie on cultural layers of earlier prehistoric settlements.

Vinca near Belgrade is one of the most important settlements and cultural sites of the prehistoric period. Archaeological excavations at Rospi, Upper Town, Karaburma, Zemun and Vinča confirm the assumption that the area of ​​Belgrade was intensively inhabited and that its population engaged in plow agriculture and other supporting economic activities. At these sites were discovered necropolis of the Bronze and the Iron Age as well as the evidence of different cultural influences.