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Nicholas Gate (Daugavpils Fortress)

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    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).

      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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        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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