It was built above the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers, and was one of two fortresses surrounding Stara Varoš.

[1] For a long time, Depedöğen (Turkish; Serbian: Депедоген, romanized: Depedogen) was used as an ammunition warehouse.

It was severely damaged in 1878, when a lightning strike triggered an explosion which destroyed a large part of the fortress's interior and exterior.

[2] It is believed that the fortress stems from the 12th century and that it is the birthplace of Stefan Nemanja, the founding father of the Nemanjić dynasty.

[3] The name Nemanjin Grad for this site is believed to have originated with King Nikola of Montenegro, who popularized this name upon freeing Podgorica from the Ottoman Empire in 1879.