Vršac is one of the most beautiful towns in Vojvodina region, situated 85 km north-east of Belgrade, on the edge of the Pannonian plain, at the foot of the Vršac mountains, only 14 km away from the Romanian border. The town lies on the international road Belgrade-Timisoara and one can arrive from the capital in an hour by car. Vatin, the most frequent road border crossing with Romania, is only a ten-minute drive away.

This tower is a remnant of the former military-strategic fortress, most probably built in the mid-XIV century. Vršac itself has 40,000 inhabitants, and with other inhabited places, the Municipality of Vršac has 60,000 inhabitants. The town is a multiethnic community where members of 16 nationalities live.

Genuine treasure of cultural inheritance of these regions is found in the Town Museum (300,000 exhibits), which celebrated 120 years of existence in 2002, and the Town Library (founded in 1887, library holdings of 200,000 books). Theatre life in Vršac has been in existence for over two centuries (the first theatre performance was staged as far back as 1773), while the National Theatre Sterija was opened in 1945.