Four Lions Fountain
On the square.
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A small historic town on the Danube at the foot of Fruška Gora, about 12 kilometres from Novi Sad. It was the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Habsburg Monarchy and, in 1848, the political and cultural capital of the Serbs of Vojvodina. Between November 1698 and January 1699 it hosted the congress that ended the war between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League and produced the Treaty of Karlowitz; it was the first time a round table was used in international politics, and the Chapel of Peace now stands on the site. At the centre is an elegant square ringed by 18th- and 19th-century buildings, among them the Patriarchate palace and the town hall, the famous Four Lions Fountain, and the building of the oldest Serbian grammar school, founded in 1791. Walking the town is free. It makes a good half-day trip from Novi Sad, with vineyards on the hills around and a high viewpoint looking over the town and the Danube. Spring and autumn are the best times.
On the square.
Treaty site.
Above the town.
On the Danube, about 12 km from Novi Sad
The 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz, its historic square and Four Lions Fountain, and the oldest Serbian grammar school.