The keep
Red brick.
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Bač Fortress is a medieval fortress in the town of Bač in Vojvodina, northern Serbia, about 51 km west of Novi Sad in a straight line. It is the best-preserved medieval fort in Vojvodina. King Charles Robert founded the fortress in the early 14th century, and chronicles record an earlier fort at Bač in 873. Under the Árpád dynasty, Bač was a church seat and a royal town where nobles and rulers met, linked to the Danube by the Mostonga river. Bač fortress is mentioned in written sources from the 12th century, and annual royal visits became a custom from then on. A square red-brick keep with a pointed roof rises over green meadows, surrounded by the ruins of brick and stone walls and broken towers with empty arches and windows; the keep is lit in the evening. Visitors wander among the walls in the meadow, climb the restored keep when open and visit the visitor centre. The visit pairs well with the Franciscan monastery in town.
Red brick.
Ruins and arches.
Around the fort.
Bač, Vojvodina, Serbia
When it is open.
The Franciscan monastery.