Sremska Mitrovica

The town is the centre of the Srem region, with about 85,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the banks of the Sava river, near the Fruska Gora mountain. It was once the capital of the Roman Empire, called Sirmium. Ten Roman emperors were born here. The name Mitrovica means "City of Saint Demetrius" (Civitas Sancti Demetrii) and has origins in the Middle Ages. There are excavations with the remainings from the Roman times all around the town.

By plane

Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport is connected to Sremska Mitrovica by highway E70.

By car

Sremska Mitrovica is about 70 km from Belgrade by highway E70.

By bus

From Belgrade, Novi Sad, Vienna, Zagreb, etc.

By train

The Belgrade-Zagreb line goes through Sremska Mitrovica.

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• Imperial palace

  address: Pivarska 2
  Remains from the Roman period. From the year 393. Sirmium was one of four capitals of The Roman Empire

• Museum of Srem

  address: Vuka Karadzica 3; Trg Sv. Stefana 15
  Muzej na dve adrese

• Srpski domLibrary, theatre, gallery.

• Excavations from Roman timesRemains from Roman times, all over the town.

• Railway stationThe first building built in communist Yugoslavia after World War II

• Serbian orthodox church of St. Demetrius

  address: Trg Ćire Milekića 16

• River Sava beach

  address: Kej
  In summer time.

• Baroque square

  address: Trg Ćire Milekića

• Memorial parkBurial place for 7950 victims of the fascism in World War II. Important monument from the communist era

• Serbian Orthodox church of St. Stephen'Little church' on The River Sava is one of the oldest churches in Vojvodina. On this place was the Roman bath, and later, in the first century AD, the Christian basilica in Sirmium. Now, there are icons painted by Teodor Kracun with unique motives, for example Christ holding a shovel.

• Cathedral Basilica of St. DemetriusCatholic church, minor basilica. Built in 1810.

• Greek Catholic Church of Ascension

• Zasavica bogSpecial nature reserve, auto camping.

• Fruška GoraMountain, national park.

• Fruska gora monasteriesFruska gora is declared as a saint mountain because of 16 monasteries still active. Thanks to monks in Fruska gora monasteries Serbian culture survived the Otoman rule in Serbia.

• Memorial picture gallery Lazar Vozarevic

• St. Demetrius basilica remains

  address: Solarski trg
  Built between 426 and 441 AD. Located in the basement of a nowadays residential building.

The Srem region is famous for pork meat specialties - bacon, sausages and other products of pork meat. Fish is also a regional product (Srem is located between two large rivers - Sava and Danube).

The Srem region is known for good vine. Beer is also good and most people drink beer in restaurants. Schnaps ('rakija') made of plum, apricot, apple is a traditional drink in Serbia.