Ram Fortress, Medieval fortress in Veliko Gradište, Serbia

Ram Fortress stands on a rock above the right bank of the Danube in the village of Ram, Veliko Gradište municipality. Its crenellated stone walls follow the hill crest, with a taller square tower on the left and a lower stretch ending at a narrower tower. Within the walls, the circular remains of a sacred building are still visible.

Sultan Bayezid II commissioned this military fortress in 1483 to defend Ottoman territories against Hungarian attacks along the Danube frontier.It became a key stronghold in the region's defense system.

The name Ram probably derives from Hram (temple), shortened as the H fell silent, or from the Turkish Ihram. A legend says Sultan Bayezid II fell asleep on his ihram carpet on the hill, woke refreshed and ordered the fortress built there. A stone tablet below the walls records Gaius Licinius Rufinus of Legio VII Claudia dedicating it to Jupiter.

The fortress stands on a rock above the Danube in the village of Ram, about 15 km from Veliko Gradište and 25 km from Požarevac. The Danube cycling route passes through Ram, and tens of thousands of cyclists stop here each year. The terrain was landscaped and secured for visitors in 2013, and the fortress was fully reconstructed in 2019.

A windowless tower inside the fortress was long called the "Mysterious Tower"; archaeologists now link it to a stone tablet dedicated by Gaius Licinius Rufinus, standard-bearer of Legio VII Claudia, to Jupiter.