One of the oldest cities of Europe, with continuous human settlement for 7000 years. In the old times, numerous tribes and ethnic groups passed through this area, lingering on for a shorter or longer period of time, continually destroying, renewing and rebuilding the settlement. The soil upon which the present-day Belgrade is built hides a treasury of archaeological remains that bear witness to the history of the area. The last to come and stay were tribes of Slavs who, in the 7^th Century, built a new city with the Slavic name Beograd on the remains of the Celtic Singidunum and Roman Alba Graeca. Belgrade first became the capital of the Serbian state in 1404. During the four centuries that followed it passed through stormy events and had changing rulers, official faith, appearances and ways of life. Belgrade again became the capital city of the Serbian state in 1841 and it continues as such today.

 During the past two centuries, Belgrade changed from a Middle Eastern provincial town to a European metropolis. The national, cultural and religious diversity and historic past, its position at the confluence of the rivers Sava and Danube, as well as the Kalemegdan fortress overlooking it, give Belgrade a specific charm and attractiveness. Belgrade is situated at the natural boundary of the Pannonian Plain with Šumadija, an area that belongs to the Balkan region. To the north from the rivers Sava and Danube, Belgrade spreads into the spacious plain, while to the south it climbs numerous hillsides and mountain slopes.