Petrovaradin

Petrovaradin , in Serb Cyrillic Петроварадин, is a city and a municipality of Serbia located in the autonomous province of Voïvodine. They belong to the municipality of Novi Sad in the district of Bačka Southerner. In 2002, the city counted 13.973 inhabitants and the municipality of which it is center 31.227.

History

The presence of populations in the area is attested since the age of the stone. The area was occupied by the Celtes in IVe century before J.C and was conquered by the Romains in Ier century before our era. On the slopes of the Fruška Gora, they established a fortress of the name of Cursum which was attached to the province of Pannonia. At the 5th century, Cusum was ransacked by the Huns.

At the end of the 5th century, the city was rebuilt by the Byzantine ; they called it Cursum or Petrikon (undoubtedly according to Saint Pierre.

The city was then conquered by the Ostrogoths, the Gépides, the Avars, the Francs, the Bulgares, then again by the Byzantine .

At the 12th century, the city was conquered by the Hungarian which integrated it into their kingdom, then by the Othoman in 1526 and by the Habsbourgs in 1687.

The August 5th 1716, Petrovaradin was the site of important a battles in which the prince Eugene of Savoy overcame the Othomans. The Prince itself was later overcome with Belgrade, before the Turks are not obliged to sign peace with the Traité of Passarowitz.

During the Austrian period, Petrovaradin was attached to the Military Frontière. In 1848 - 1849, at the time of the Serb insurrection against Habsbourgs, the city belonged to the Serb Voïvodine. But in 1849, it reinstated the Border. After the removal of this province, in 1881, the city was attached to the Croatia-Slavonia, an autonomous kingdom within the Austria-Hungary.

After the dislocation of the Empire Austro-Hungarian in 1918, the city belonged to the Royaume of Serb, the Croats and the Sloveniens, who, in 1929, became the Royaume of Yugoslavia.

During the Second world war, Petrovaradin was occupied by the powers of the Axis and was attached at the State independent of Croatia. After the war, it was attached to the province of Voïvodine, autonomous region within the socialist Federal republic of Yugoslavia.

Localities of the municipality of Petrovaradin

See too

External bonds

Given weather for Petrovaradin
Presentation of Petrovaradin
the fortress of Petrovaradin

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