1716–1918Vezirac
Map of Petrovaradin under siege
A map titled Peter-Wardein lays out the star-shaped fortress and an outer fortified camp, with lines of tents, ranked infantry and dotted siege lines converging on the position from the surrounding fields and river.
About this place
The hill above Petrovaradin on the Fruska Gora side of the Danube, and the ground on which the Battle of Petrovaradin was fought on 5 August 1716. The Ottoman army under the Grand Vizier Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha camped here to besiege the fortress, and the hill carries his title: Vezirac is the Vizier's place. Prince Eugene of Savoy crossed from the fortress and broke the Ottoman line in a single morning. The Grand Vizier was mortally wounded in the fighting and died soon after, and the defeat ended the Ottoman advance on the middle Danube. The Peace Monument stands on the hill today.
On the card
Péterváradi csata alaprajza, 1716.08.05
- Date
- 1716–1918
- Coordinates
- 45.21071, 19.89849
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 1695 × 1395 px
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