We all love surprise cards and I like them even a bit more when they are from missing UNESCO sites. Agata surprised me with this beautiful view of Sibenik with St. Nikola Fortress, one of the 2 croatian places classified by UNESCO as part of the Venitian Works of Defense.
Hvala Agata.
The unusual island fortress of St Nikola in Sibenik is part of the Venetian Defensive System that Unesco has recently inscribed on its list of World Heritage Sites. Like Zadar's Walls, the Republic of Venice built St Nikola's fortress in the 16th century to protect the town from attacks by Ottoman Turks.
With its unique triangular shape and sturdy construction, it became the strongest fort on the Croatian coast.
Sibenik was important to La Serenissima for its agricultural products and nearby salt pans. The fortress was erected to protect Sibenik's vital port and thus was situated at the entrance to the narrow milelong channel of St Anthony (Sv Ante) which connected Sibenik to the open sea. Like other forts in the Venetian Defensive System, St Nikola was a bastioned fort in the alla moderna style. The celebrated Venetian architect, Michele Sanmicheli, designed it and his nephew, Giangirolamo Sanmicheli, built it between 1540 and 1547. - in: https://www.croatiatraveller.com/central%20dalmatia/St-Nikola.html
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