One of the oldest cities in Europe and possibly the world, the City of Belgrade is the capital of Serbia and has a population over 1,700,000. It is located on the outfall of the Sava river to the Danube river in northern-central part of the country, and is gaining prominence as a “world city” after its release from the Warsaw Pact at the end of the Cold War. The history of city of the City of Belgrade starts sometime around 300 BCE, when the Roman settlers named it Singidunum. As the Roman Empire fell, giving way to the Byzantine Empire the area became unstable and the city was invaded by a succession of conquerors. These included the Huns, the Sarmatians, the Ostrogoths and the Avars. In 630 CE it was invaded by the Serbian people, who renamed the city “Beligrad” in 878 CE (meaning “white city”).

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During this time the city was passed from Byzantine rule to Bulgarian rule, before gaining independence and joining the medieval Serbian Kingdom. The city changed hands again in 1521 when it was captured by the Ottoman Turks. It would remain under their rule until the 1700s, when Belgrade was captured again, this time by the Austrians. The battles would rage back and forth for over one hundred years until the Serbs rose up against the Ottoman Turks in 1817. They would not gain self-government (in one form or another) until 1915, when they were invaded by the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany. Serbia was then folded into the country known as Yugoslavia, but it retained its own unique identity and purpose.

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