GALLERY PAVILJON

The Pavillion of the Nis fortress – is situated at the very entrance of the Nis fortress. It represents former Turkish arsenal, more precisely the warehouse of firearms built in 1857. The object itself is rectangular and quite massive. It was build of trimmed and untilled stone, covered by a tiled, hipped roof. Large rebuilding labour along with the adaptation of the arsenal were being performed during 1970 and 1971 according to the project of experts of  the Institute for protection of cultural monuments. It covers a surface area of 240,70 square metres. It has monolithic sides with no windows and it has four pairs of supporting pillars and is being lit up by ceiling lights. The Gallery of Contemporary Fine Arts has been using these premisses since its founding.