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Nicholas Gate (Daugavpils Fortress)

Nicholas Gate (Daugavpils Fortress)

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Nicholas Gate (Daugavpils Fortress)

Name: Nicholas Gate (Daugavpils Fortress)
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Location: Latgale, Latvia

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Edvard

August 29, 2018

The Daugavpils Fortress is the only early 19th century military fortification of its kind in Northern Europe that has been preserved without major alterations.

The Nicholas gate is one of the four gates of the Dinaburg fortress, located in the city of Daugavpils (Latvia).

Edvard

September 10, 2018

The Dinaburg fortress had four
gates that were named in honour
of Emperor Alexander I and his
brothers – grand dukes.
The Nicholas gate is exposed to the
bridgehead; it welcomed travellers
arriving at the fortress from Europe.
The gate was built from 1824 to
1827 in Neo-Gothic style. The
Nicholas gate (the gate is named
after the future Emperor Nicholas
I) is different from other gates of
the fortress in the way that it has
lateral chambers on both sides of
the central passageway – in tsarist
days they were used as guard and
prisoner rooms.
In the 1920s the old wood bridge
leading from the 1st coast lunette
to the gate over the moat was
taken down. During the Soviet
times the gate was bricked up
from the moat side and used to
store vegetables. Gate restoration
took place from October 2012 to
December 2013. Using anastylosis
(installation of fallen genuine
elements), the attic of the external
façade of the gate and the roof
structure were reconstructed; gate
wings of the internal façade that
have been miraculously preserved
as well as internal premises were
reconstructed; the foundation and
underground gallery removing
rain and ground waters from the
fortress into the moat were fixed. On
façades cast-iron ornaments were
renewed: representation of the coat
of arms of the Imperial Russia in
the stylistics of the Alexander I era,
double-sided halberds (battle-axes)
and the gate name in the original
writing. Gate rooms are now fitted
with modern lighting enabling
to use them as exhibition halls.
Historical foundations are currently
used to bear the reconstructed 55m
long and 8 m wide wood bridge
that can now be used to get into the
fortress from Daugavas Street.
The restoration of the 1st coast
lunette with corps de garde
(guardroom) and barrier gate
covering the way to the Nicholas
gate bridge was finished in October
2014.
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Heinz K

April 6, 2025

The fortress as a whole is very worth seeing, even if it would deserve better use to prevent it from being left to decay.

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