26.11.1915 and 15.1.1918 two feldpost cards from fortress of st.Nicolas(Sv.Nikola) in front of Šibenik to Fiume(Rijeka) in Croatia. Sender and recipient have same Croatian surname Franković(Frankovich) but text is in Italian. Two different fortress purple cancels read K.u.K Kommando des Seeforts S.Nicolo, also 2 different Šibenik cancels are present. Fortress was build in 1540.-1547 to guard sea approach to Šibenik. Last army to actively used the fort until 1918 was Austro-Hungarian. When completed fortress housed 32 guns but has never seen active fighting. Below are some photos of the fort from the summer of 2023 and 2024.
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| 2024. view of the roof of the fortress |
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| 2024. gun emplacement |
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| 2023 back view |
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| 2024 view from fortres over channel of Sv.Ante to Jadrija lighthouse on the other side of the channel |
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| 2023 side view |
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| 2023 back view |
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| 2023 land view of fortress and land approach to it by crossing shallow sea. |
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| 2024 inside of fortress |
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