Croatia · 16th century
St. Nicholas Fortress (Croatian: Tvrđava sv. Nikole) is a fortress located at the entrance to St. Anthony Channel, near the town of Šibenik in central Dalmatia, Croatia.
It was included in UNESCO's World Heritage Site list as part of "Venetian Works of Defence between 16th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da mar" in 2017.
After reconstruction work that lasted for two years, the fortress was open to visitors in July 2019.
Text adapted from “St. Nicholas Fortress” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Nicholas Fortress ranks #1,042 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #7 of the 79 mapped in Croatia. Founded 1540, it is older than 40% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,890 times in the last 60 days, more than 83% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Split, 53 km away. It is one of the 32 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Dalmatia. It is stop 5 of 21 on the Dalmatian fortress coast, Zadar to Dubrovnik. See how Croatia compares in the castle statistics.
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