Nehaj Fortress

Nehaj Fortress

I had absolutely no clue how it should be pronounced, but, thanks to Google, I learned that, in Serbo-Croatian, aj is said ay as in kayak. And the h is the ch/ck sound in loch. So, nay-ch-aye would be my best guess. If its wrong I apologize greatly.


Now that that is out of the way, I might as well tell you about it. Nehaj Fortress is located in Senj, Croatia ( 44.986°N 14.903°E). As those of you who read By Castle and River know, I have a strange sort of fondness for Croatia, and I was wanting to do a post on a castle from there. They have some really cool-looking castles, by the way.

So, I looked around and I found Nehaj.

A view from one of the windows. I love the cream buildings with the orange tile roofs.

Nehaj Fortress was built in 1558, under the command of Ivan Lenkovic, captain and general of the Croatian army, and Captain Herbert the 8th, to provide defense against the Ottoman-Turks.

The fortress is 18 meters (roughly 59 feet) tall and 23 meters (roughly 75 feet) wide. It is square; the corners point to the four corners of the world.


It is a museum now, open to the public.

It has a very good website, despite a few typos. It has lots of information, complete history, a neat photo gallery with pictures of the aria surrounding the fortress, and lots of other stuff:

http://www.senj.hr/English/History_Nehaj.htm

I like this place better, it is clearer and easier to read, but the sites say basically the same thing:

http://www.paskohaus.info/senj_en.html

This one is very good, it has different information and is easy to read:

http://www.croatia.hr/en-GB/Representative-offices/United-States-Canada/Press-Newsletter/Senj-%E2%80%93-the-town-of-Uskoks?Y2lcMTM1NA%3D%3D

And so, in doing a blog post, I find yet another place I want to visit.

Citadel and Fortress...

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Anyhow, Citadel may look a bit pitiful right now, so, think of it as a little bird, a hatching with no feathers, yet. Give it time, my Friend, give it time and it will grow.

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