by Ley Reynolds
The Military Museum is located inside the walls of the historic Belgrade Fortress, situated at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers. The Belgrade Fortress is located within a popular park known as the Kalemegdan Park, near the center of the city. It was founded by the Decree of Prince Milan Obrenovic IV on August 22nd 1878 on preposition of Minister of Army, colonel Sava Grujic. It was yet another manifestation of celebrating Serbia`s Independence. First permanent display was opened in 1904 according to 100th Anniversary of First Serbian Uprising and as a part of King Petar`s Coronation Ceremonies.
The text of para 1 is from public domain Wikipedia page and also the Museum's webpage at http://www.muzej.mod.gov.rs - (Alternatively I located a webpage at https://www.balkanhistory.org/belgrade-military-museum.html of another person's visit including images of the hand weapons inside - Steve (Editor).
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Ley Reynolds visited the Museum in 2010 and this is the 1st of 2 parts with his photos of the visit.
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