Serbia facts

In Guča, Serbia. The sound of the trumpet traditionally accompanies every major event in Serbia's rural life: births, baptisms, weddings, harvesting, reaping, and also funerals. The Guča trumpet festival is the largest trumpet festival in the country, with about 600,000 visitors every year, both from Serbia and abroad.

Belgrade is the capital city of Serbia as it is the seat of the country's government. Belgrade is also the largest city in the country, occupying an area of 138.98 square miles and having a population of over 1.166 million inhabitants. Belgrade is the economic hub of Serbia, with most local companies found in the city. Belgrade is also the cultural heart of the country and hosts many important cultural events

Serbian. Nikola Tesla was born on 10 July 1856 to Serbian parents in the village of Smiljan, Austrian Empire (modern-day Croatia). He studied at Austrian Polytechnic in Graz (he didn't finish it even though he was getting the highest possible grades), later moved to Prague, Budapest and France. Eventually he relocated to New York City aged 28.

Belgrade. The name “Belgrade” translates to "white city". The city was given city rights by Romans in 2nd century, and was settled by Slavs in the 520s.

Danube and Sawa. The capital city of Serbia is located at the mouth of the River Sava into the Danube. For centuries, these rivers have been important trade routes, contributing to the rapid development of Belgrade.

Devil's Town, Serbia. Đavolja varoš (Devil's Town) is a peculiar rock formation, located in south Serbia on the Radan Mountain. It features 202 exotic formations described as earth pyramids. These formations were created by strong erosion of the soil that was scene of intense volcanic activity millions of years ago. Most of the towers have "caps" or "heads" of andesite, which protect them from further erosion.

Novi Sad. Vojvodina, officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province of Serbia, located in the northern part of the country, in the Pannonian Plain. Novi Sad is the largest city and administrative center of Vojvodina and the second-largest city in Serbia.

Liberland, officially the Free Republic of Liberland, is a micronation claiming an uninhabited parcel of disputed land on the western bank of the Danube, between Croatia and Serbia. It was first proclaimed on 13 April 2015 by Czech right-libertarian politician and activist Vít Jedlička

Serbia. Petrovaradin Fortress, nicknamed "Gibraltar on/of the Danube" is a fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is located on the right bank of the Danube river. The cornerstone of the present-day southern part of the fortress was laid on 18 October 1692 by Charles Eugène de Croÿ.