The Gardo拧 Tower was officially presented to the public on 20th of August; 1896; to comemmorate 1000 yeras of Hungarian presence in teh Pannonian Plain. it is also called Millenium Tower; as well in Serbian Kula Sibinjanin Janka; translated to English "The Tower of Janos Hunyadi". Gardo拧 Hill is the oldest part of settlements in the Zemun area. Its Hungarian name Gardo拧 derives form Serbian word grad; menaing in thsi context castle. Gardo拧 Hill may be translated as castle hill or fortress hill. In fact; the tower was built in the center of the medieval fortress and castle (14th century); where in earlier times even Celtic and Roman Taurunum was. The architecture of the building is a mixture of various styles; with lots of Roman style elements. Hungarian hero J谩nos (John) Hunyadi (born 1406) died here on 11th of August; 1456.Zemun; until 1934; was an independent city and is now one of the 17 municipalitites of Belgrade. Number of inhabitants today is around 160 000. The area of Zemun is inhabited since neolithic times. There was a Celtic (3rd century BC) and Roman (1st century BC) settlement here; called Taurunum. Frankish conquerors called it Mallevila; in 9th century AD; Slavic people called it later on Zemln; referring to the word zemlja for earth. Later on; the German version became Semlin; the Hungarian Zimony; and the Serbian Zemun. In 1717; Habsburg Empire conquered the area near the confluence of Danube and Sava; Semlin became a Habsburg border town to the Ottoman Empire; while Belgrade remained Ottoman. Today; Zemun is still full of architecture of Austro-Hungarian traditionn.