A fortress was first built on this site by the Romans. Its ruins were used to build a new fortress in 1289, which was also destroyed. В in the middle of the 15th century, a new fortress was built on the foundations of the old structures, which was fortified 100 years later by the corsair Dragut. In 1560, the Spaniards laid siege to the fortifications for three months to no avail. The skulls of dead from the skulls of slain Spaniards inside the fortress, an imposing pyramid, the Tower of Skulls. It was destroyed in 1848 and a memorial sign was erected in its place.
In the inner courtyard of the fortress is the kubba of Ghazi Mustafa, where there is a small exhibition of ceramic wares.
