| Smederevo’s trademark is its massive fortress. Spreading across 11 acres of land, the fortress was erected as the new Serbian capital at the confluence of the Jezava and Danube Rivers during the time of Đurađ Branković. The Residence, a fortified court known as the Small Town, was completed just two years after it was begun in 1428. The terrain also stipulated the triangular shape of the city, which was built to resemble Constantinople. The brother of the Despotess Irina led the construction of the fortress. The Main City was completed in 1439. It fell under Turkish rule in 1459, the same year that marked end of the medieval Serbian state and the beginning of several centuries of Turkish occupation in Serbia. |