Croatia · 17th century
Fortica Fortress in Otočac ranks #6,291 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #61 of the 79 mapped in Croatia. Founded c. 1700, it is older than 21% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 710 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Rijeka, 81 km away. See how Croatia compares in the castle statistics.
Fortica Fortress (Croatian: Tvrđava Fortica) is a ruined early modern fortified structure in the town of Otočac, Lika-Senj County, Croatia. Built on the top of a flat hill at the northern end of the town, it overlooks a large part of Otočac and Gacka River valley. Once a military-defensive stronghold on the line of defense against Ottoman Turks, it turned later slowly, by the end of the Ottoman wars during the 19th century, being uncared-for, into a ruin. Recently, the fortress has been partially restored.
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