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Historical landmark

The Roman well

Roman well, Beograd

Deep eighteenth-century fortress cistern with twin spiral staircases and a trail of dark legends.

This guide to the Roman Well in Belgrade's fortress follows Alfred Hitchcock, who came to Belgrade in 1964 and was brought to this shaft behind an ironbound door. It touches the Austrian engineers who actually built it, the nineteenth-century Belgraders who gave it a borrowed name, and the dark tales of prisoners and wartime divers that gathered around it. Best heard standing right by the door.

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