St. Nicholas Fortress

St. Nicholas' Fortress is a citadel located in the town of Sibenik, one of the oldest native Croatian towns on the japanese shores of the Adriatic, in vital Dalmatia, Croatia. St. Nicholas' Fortress changed into constructed at the left aspect at the doorway to St. Anthony Channel, at the island referred to as Ljuljevac. The island is positioned at the doorway to the sibenik channel throughout the Jadrija seaside lighthouse. St. Nicholas' Fortress got its call from the Benedictine Monastery of St. Nicholas, which became at the start at the island, but because of the development of the fortress, it had to be demolished.

At the request of domestic Croat population of sibenik, the Venetian captain Alojzije de Canal decided to build a castle at the island of Ljuljevac on 30 April 1525. The citadel end up designed and built thru the well-known Venetian architect and builder Hyeronimus di San Michaela. It turn out to be constructed via inside the sixteenth century to save you Turkish boats from reaching the port. St. Nicholas' Fortress modified into armed with 32 cannons. However, its imposing appearance and length had been a bigger hazard to the enemy than cannons ever were.