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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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Location: Latgale, Latvia

Nicholas Gate (Daugavpils Fortress)

1. Mikhail Gate – Daugavpils Fortress Cannons loop from Daugavpils

2. Mikhail Gate – Commandant's House loop from Daugavpils

3. Mikhail Gate – Daugavpils Fortress Warehouses loop from Daugavpils

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