- Vukovar Town Museum
- The Baroque Town Centre
- Stage-Coach Post Office Building
- The Magistrates’ Building
- The Central Kirchbaum-Švarc Pharmacy
- Grand Hotel
- The Old Water Tower
- The Eltz Castle
- Vučedol
- Monuments to Victims of the War
- The Franciscan Monastery and the Church of St. Philip and Jacob
- Hrvatski Dom (The Town Theatre)
- The Srijem County Palace
- The House of Lavoslav Ružička
- The Church of St. Nicholas
- The Chapel of St. Rocco
- The Chapel of the Lady of the Oak (Priljevo)
- The Chapel of St. John Nepomuk
- The High School
- The Bećarski Cross
- Ovčara
- The Chapel of St. Paraskeva (Petka) at Dobra Voda
- War Victims Memorial Cemetery
- Water Tower
Vučedol
The archaeological site of Vučedol is located along the banks of the Danube, some 5 kilometres downstream from Vukovar, and is one of the most significant sites of the Eneolithic period. What makes it so significant is the fact that the valuable excavations gave a clear profile of the entire period. Consequently, this Eneolithic culture was named after its place of origin – the Vučedol culture.
Once discovered, Vučedol remained a focus for archaeologists, and became a crucial site in all attempts at understanding the complex processes of changing social and economic relations during the transformation from the Copper to the Bronze Age. At its peak, the Vučedol culture spread across a large area of some 700 kilometres, within the borders of 10 modern European countries: the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania.
Largely due to its favourable geo-strategic position, Vučedol was the site of a constant influx of new inhabitants. Among the oldest layers of the site, there are traces of an older Neolithic culture named the Starčevac culture. However, uninterrupted life at Vučedol can be traced only to the Eneolithic period, where over 700 years we can observe the intertwining of three cultures: the Baden, Kostolac and Vučedol cultures. The peak of the Vučedol site is connected with the appearance of the Vučedol culture, which lasted from 3,000 to 2,200 BC.
Life at Vučedol took place in three settlements that formed a semi-circle around Gradac, a settlement whose isolated position and appearance suggest it had the function of an acropolis. The settlement was inhabited by land-tillers, cattle-raisers, hunters and copper moulders.
This highly material culture, with its special emphasis on the production of ceramics of great technical quality and aesthetic value, clearly points to a highly developed civilisation. It was characterised by great imagination and a creative force which initiated a new direction in the course of human history. Vučedol ceramics attract attention with their perfect harmony of shape and ornament. The most famous ceramic vessel is the Vučedol Dove, the richly encrusted ritual bird-shaped vessel that was excavated at Gradac in 1938.
The Vučedol culture also produced the Vučedol Orion, which is considered to be the oldest European calendar. The vessel containing the calendar was discovered in Vinkovci underneath the Hotel Slavonija. The vessel is divided into four fields symbolising the four seasons, and the systematic repetition of ornaments suggests the change of the months. The discovery of this oldest European calendar is clear proof of a highly developed civilisation and culture existing in this area more than 5,000 years ago.
