Sokol Fortress

Sokol (lit. 'Falcon') is the name of a medieval fortress located in the village of Dunave in Konavle, Croatia, underneath the eastern slopes of Sniježnica, near the border with Sutorina in Montenegro. It's also referred to as Sokol grad or Sokol kula.

Arthur J. Evans is known to have done excavations on the site, but never published complete results. Archaeologists have been conducting surveys of the site since the 1970s, and it is known that the site was inhabited in the Eneolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, most notably by the Cetina culture. The site was also inhabited during Roman times, growing in importance as part of a Byzantine limes.

It is not known exactly when the medieval Fort Sokol was built, the first historical records about it date to a mention in 1373 and also a mention in the 1391 donation of Konavle by the Sanković family to the Republic of Ragusa. It was garrisoned by Dubrovnik and commanded by a member of the gentry until it was abandoned in 1672.

Texte adapté de « Sokol (Konavle) » de la Wikipédia en anglais, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sokol Fortress occupe la 3 122e place sur 5 793 au classement de renommée de cet atlas et le 30e rang des 47 que l’atlas recense en Croatie. Fondé en 1400, il est plus ancien que 56 % des monuments datés de l’atlas — l’un des 346 monuments de l’atlas fondés au XIVe siècle. Voyez comment la Croatie se compare dans les statistiques des châteaux.

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