Gate of Charles VI

The gate was built at the very beginning of the Austrian rule, between 1718 and 1720, during the works on the reconstruction of this rampart. It represented a new, monumental entrance to the Lower Town. The facades of the gate are modeled in the baroque style and are also the only originally preserved achievement of baroque architecture in the areas south of the Sava and Danube. The outer facade of the gate was conceived as a triumphal entrance to the imperial city, which was illustrated by the monogram of Emperor Charles VI above the entrance, and there was an inscription that read: “Charles VI, Roman Emperor, Augustus, supporter of the true faith against Christian enemies, erected this door, a magnificent work, after the conquest of the glorious city of Belgrade”.