Showing posts with label Croatia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Croatia. Show all posts

Sunday 21 July 2013

Fortress st.Nikola,Šibenik,Croatia

St. Nicholas Fortress is a fortress situated in the town of Šibenik, one of the oldest native Croatian towns in central Dalmatia, Croatia. Only St. Nicholas Fortress is at sea, at the entrance of Šibenik port, and the other three are on land. St. Nicholas Fortress was built on the left side at the entrance of the St. Anthony channel, on the island called Ljuljevac, in front of the Šibenik port. The fortress is one of the most respected and best preserved examples of defense architecture in Dalmatia. The fortress is made of brick because this material was considered to be most resistant to cannon balls, while the foundations are made of stone. Though defense capabilities of the fortress have never been tested in military operations, the structure still proved effective in protecting the city from sea-bound enemy attacks. During the centuries of use, the structure served to various armies and has undergone a number of renovations, few of them made essential because of the development of arms. It was completely abandoned by the military in 1979 and has been in renovation ever since.
Type                                     Fortress Castlesymbol.png
Built in                                  1540.-1547.
Built by                                 Hyeronimus di San Michaela
Construction materials           Limestone
Current condition                  Preserved
Current owner                      Šibenik, Croatia

Controlled by                       Republic of Venice




























Sunday 15 July 2012

Plitvice Lakes National Park Croatia

Plitvic Lake is among the 20 most beautiful lakes in the world to 17th place. The park covers an area of 33,000 hectares and includes 16 lakes in succession, connected by waterfalls.Plitvice is the oldest national park in Southeast Europa.All'interno the park there are also many caves of which only a small part is agibile.I lakes are formed by two rivers: the White River and the Black River, which flow in the river Korana. The waters of these rivers are rich in calcareous salts (mostly calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate), from the dissolution of carbonate rocks forming the geological structure of sito.Questi salts are precipitated by vegetation, forming layers of travertine , a sedimentary rock recently. Over time, these deposits forming real natural dams that act as barriers to water, growing by about a centimeter per year. At one point the water pressure breaks these natural levees, opening new paths in the ground. This mechanism, in fact common to all the calcareous water, in Plitvice has assumed a particular importance. The beauty of the National Park Plitvice, Croatia, is increased in the second round of the New Seven Wonders of Nature.