Baba Vida

Baba Vida is a medieval castle in Vidin in northwestern Bulgaria and the town's primary landmark. It consists of two concentric curtain walls and about nine towers of which three are preserved to their full medieval height, including the original battlements, and is the only entirely preserved medieval castle in the country. Baba Vida is 39 metres (128 ft) above sea level.

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Baba Vida fortress
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  Siege of Vidin ⓘ
  1798 siege

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  Battle of Cetate ⓘ
  1853 battle

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  Siege of Calafat ⓘ
  1854 battle of the Crimean War

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  Siege of Vidin ⓘ
  1878 siege

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  Siege of Vidin ⓘ
  1885 siege

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  Siege of Vidin ⓘ
  1913 siege

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  Baba Vida ⓘ
  medieval fortress in Bulgaria

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  Vidin Fortress ⓘ
  

1798-04-01T00:00:00Z

1798-10-01T00:00:00Z

1798 Siege of Vidin

1853-12-31T00:00:00Z

1854-01-06T00:00:00Z

1853 — 1854 Battle of Cetate

1854-02-01T00:00:00Z

1854-05-01T00:00:00Z

1854 Siege of Calafat

1878-01-21T00:00:00Z

1878-02-24T00:00:00Z

1878 Siege of Vidin

1885-11-12T00:00:00Z

1885-11-16T00:00:00Z

1885 Siege of Vidin

1913-07-12T00:00:00Z

1913-07-18T00:00:00Z

1913 Siege of Vidin

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1735 Vidin Fortress

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Frameless

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BASA-1735K-1-345-21-Baba Vida, Vidin, Bulgaria, 1929

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Baba Vida2

0461Aa. Dunayskaya metrostation

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1798	Siege of Vidin	Ottoman Empire, siege, Osman Pazvantoğlu	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1853	Battle of Cetate	Ottoman Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1854	Siege of Calafat	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1878	Siege of Vidin	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1885	Siege of Vidin	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1913	Siege of Vidin	siege	Wikidata
link	page		Cultural Inventory page@		Wikidata
site	fort		Baba Vida	fortress, museum	Wikidata
site	fort	1735	Vidin Fortress	fortress	Wikidata
commons	image		20230423.Festung Baba Wida.-038		Commons
commons	image		BASA-1735K-1-345-21-Baba Vida, Vidin, Bulgaria, 1929		Commons
commons	image		20230423.Festung Baba Wida.-069		Commons
commons	image		20230423.Festung Baba Wida.-068		Commons
commons	image		20230423.Festung Baba Wida.-012		Commons
commons	image		20230423.Festung Baba Wida.-062		Commons
commons	image		20230423.Festung Baba Wida.-049		Commons
commons	image		20230423.Festung Baba Wida.-021		Commons
commons	image		Baba Vida2		Commons
commons	image		0461Aa. Dunayskaya metrostation		Commons