A trip to Beocin: A healing escape to a Danube paradise

Photo: Ivan Strahinic

In northern Srem, on the slopes of Fruska Gora, on the right bank of the Danube, is the town of Beocin, known for cement production.

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It was named after the monastery of the same name, which was first mentioned in 1622.

History remembers that cement produced in Beocin was used to build the chain bridge between Buda and Pest in Hungary's capital. After the Second World War, the town became a symbol of industrial development, and the production of cement remained the key economic branch for which Beocin is still known in Serbia today.

The Danube in Beocin is a magnet that attracts swimmers, and every year more and more people spend the summer on the Island of Love opposite the city beach in Beocin.

Fruska Gora National Park, Dumbovac Waterfall, as well as the Brankovac picnic area, which offers a phenomenal view of the panorama of Novi Sad, are only some of the reasons why nature lovers often come to Beocin.

Although this town has great tourist potential, primarily thanks to the nature that surrounds it, what locals in Beocin hope for is the restoration of a building for which Beocin was once famous. It is the Spicer Castle, built in 1892.

The building that belonged to the Spicer family and was designed by Imre Steindl - the architect who also designed the Hungarian Parliament - was once a symbol of Beocin. Unfortunately, the grandiose structure in the secessionist style, which has the status of a cultural monument, has long since been neglected, which is why it's known as "the castle of ghosts."

Photo: Ivan Strahinic

(Ona.rs)