Dizdar's Tower

Local nameДиздарева кула
LocationOld Town, Belgrade, Serbia

The Despot Stefan Tower or Dizdar Tower is a structure in Belgrade, Serbia, built c. 1405, a couple of years after the city became the capital of Serbian Despotate under Despot Stefan Lazarević.

In May 1963, representatives of the city administration, Institute for the protection of the cultural monuments and members of the astronomical societies, agreed to adapt the Dizdar Tower into an observatory. Works began in May, instruments were to be installed by autumn, and the observatory was to become operational in October 1963.

Today, the tower is the seat of the Astronomical Society Ruđer Bošković and houses its Popular Observatory. The Observatory has two instruments: refractor Zeiss and reflector Tall 200 K, both of which are used mainly for observations at night.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despot_Stefan_Tower

Coordinates 44°49'30.096" N 20°27'2.58" E

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