By Museums of Serbia
Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Serbia
Nenadović Tower (2011-12-16) by Milan VeselinovicMuseums of Serbia
It was built in the spring of 1813, before the end of the First Serbian Uprising, with the purpose of reinforcing surveillance over Valjevo and for military supplies storing. The Tower is a three storey stone building about seventeen meters high, with a square base about ten meters long and with the walls which are one meter thick.
Nenadović Tower (2013-04-10) by Milan VeselinovicMuseums of Serbia
Its ground floor with the vaulted stone ceiling was used as storage and is not connected with the other floors; it is entered through a door. The outer stone stairs lead to the door on the first floor, where there is a window; the indoor stairs connect this floor with the others.
Nenadović Tower (2013-04-10) by Milan VeselinovicMuseums of Serbia
The second floor, with a fireplace, was used by men for resting, whereas the third floor, which has windows, the biggest of which is looking out over the center of Valjevo, and loop-holes, was used as the highest point of surveillance, but also for the defense of the immediate surroundings.
The ground floor is separated from the first floor with a stone ceiling; the other floors are separated with wooden constructions. Like the ground floor ceiling, the ceiling of the top floor is also vaulted but it is not made of stone, it is made of bricks. The chief initiators for the construction of the building were Jakov Nenadović and his son Jevrem.
Nenadović Tower (2013-04-10) by Milan VeselinovicMuseums of Serbia
The stone from the pulled down Vitković Tower, which was located at the confluence of the rivers Gradac and Kolubara, was used as building material. At the end of 1813, the insurgents found a lot of tortured Serbs inside the Tower. Serbian Duke Sima Nenadović, revolted by the actions of the Turks, ordered the Tower to be burnt, but it was renovated in 1836 by Prince Miloš Obrenović.
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Today the Nenadović Tower is fully reconstructed and protected, with the appropriate museum exhibition which has been open for the visitors since March 20 2012.
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia
The National Museum of Valjevo
The narration was provided by: Dragana Lazarević Ilić, Vladimir Krivošejev and Marina Ćirović.
