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Visible and invisible aspects of building the fortified palace of Smederevo and its historical significance

Ćurčić Slobodan (Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA)

The remains of the fifteenth-century fortification of Smederevo, the last capital of the Serbian Medieval state, are among the most impressive remnants of Late Medieval architecture in the Balkans. Despite the attention given to the complex in scholarship, many of its visible and invisible aspects still remain unresolved and deserve further investigation.

Keywords: fortified palace, Smederevo, Constantinople, tower, military strategist, architect, Georgios Palaiologos Kantakouzenos