Belgrade, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Hungarian President Janos Ader is currently on a working visit to Serbia to commemorate, along with his counterpart Aleksandar Vucic, the anniversary of the battle for Belgrade against the Ottoman Empire in 1456.

The statue, 2.3 meters high and cast in bronze, is framed by a kind of metal tube dome with a cross on top and a bell hanging from it, symbols representing the victims in defense of Europe and the call to unity for victory, said Ader.

Vucic, for his part, stressed that 'this noble Hungarian, of Vlachian origin, born in Romania and raised in Serbia, is accepted by all these peoples as his own and all have their debt to the best medieval warrior in this region.'

The ceremony was attended by the First Vice President of the Serbian Government and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic; the head of Labor, Employment and Social Affairs and Veterans, Zoran Djordjevic, and authorities of the province of Vojvodina and the city of Zemun.

Also present were dignitaries of the Catholic and Orthodox churches, representatives of the diplomatic corps and a multitude of local citizens.

After this solemn act, Ader and Vucic moved to the ancient fortress of Kalemegdan, located in a Belgrade elevation right where the waters of the Danube and Sava rivers meet, to lay a wreath on the monument that pays homage to the epic battle of the siege of Belgrade in 1456.

Having suffered serious losses, especially from their chiefs, and wounded the Sultan, the Ottomans withdrew and returned to Constantinople (now Istanbul).

Sibjnianin (or Hunyadi), settled down in Zemun after the success of his operations, although not for long, because an epidemic that hit his armies infected him and he died there 22 days later, but it is considered that the victory decided the destinies of Christianity and is celebrated today throughout the world.

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Both unveiled on the banks of the Danube River, a monument to the memory of Janko Sibjnianin (for the Hungarian part Janos Hunyadi), hero and leader of the troops that defended the Serbian capital, then called Nándorfehérvár, from the iron siege of the Ottoman forces.

The statue, 2.3 meters high and cast in bronze, is framed by a kind of metal tube dome with a cross on top and a bell hanging from it, symbols representing the victims in defense of Europe and the call to unity for victory, said Ader.

Vucic, for his part, stressed that 'this noble Hungarian, of Vlachian origin, born in Romania and raised in Serbia, is accepted by all these peoples as his own and all have their debt to the best medieval warrior in this region.'

The ceremony was attended by the First Vice President of the Serbian Government and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic; the head of Labor, Employment and Social Affairs and Veterans, Zoran Djordjevic, and authorities of the province of Vojvodina and the city of Zemun.

Also present were dignitaries of the Catholic and Orthodox churches, representatives of the diplomatic corps and a multitude of local citizens.

After this solemn act, Ader and Vucic moved to the ancient fortress of Kalemegdan, located in a Belgrade elevation right where the waters of the Danube and Sava rivers meet, to lay a wreath on the monument that pays homage to the epic battle of the siege of Belgrade in 1456.

Having suffered serious losses, especially from their chiefs, and wounded the Sultan, the Ottomans withdrew and returned to Constantinople (now Istanbul).

Sibjnianin (or Hunyadi), settled down in Zemun after the success of his operations, although not for long, because an epidemic that hit his armies infected him and he died there 22 days later, but it is considered that the victory decided the destinies of Christianity and is celebrated today throughout the world.

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