Barone Fortress - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Barone Fortress - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Barone Fortress (also known as Šubićevac Fortress; Croatian: Tvrđava Barone or Tvrđava Šubićevac) in Šibenik, Croatia, is an early modern fortress constructed in 1646 on Vidakuša hill above the city.Franjo Difnik, Povijest Kandijskog rata u Dalmaciji, Split, Književni krug, 1986, 98. Together with the remaining three city fortresses, it is a part of the Šibenik fortification system. It played a significant role in city's defense from the Ottomans during the Cretan War.Grga Novak, Šibenik u razdoblju mletačke vladavine 1412-1797, Šibenik: spomen zbornik o 900. obljetnici, Šibenik City Museum, 1976: 193-199. For a long time, it carried the name of its main defender, Baron Christoph von Degenfeld. At the start of the 20th century, along with the surrounding neighborhood, it was renamed Šubićevac, after the medieval patrician family Šubić.Zdravko Bogdan, Kako su Šibenčani gradili i obnovili Barone, Juraj 3/2014 (link na ISSUU), 53. Read more on Wikipedia
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