Semendria, a fortress of Servia, stands on the right bank of the Danube, 26 miles SE. of Belgrade. Here the Turks defeated the Hungarians in 1411. The place was taken by storm by Prince Eugene in 1717. Pop. 6578.
Semendria
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 309
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