It is situated in the suburb of modern-day city of Sisak, Sisak-Moslavina County, central Croatia.

The master builder (director muratorum) was Petar /Pietro/ de Mediolanus from Milan and the overall construction costs were estimated at more than 3,300 florins (forints).

After slackening of Ottoman pressure on Croatian lands in the 17th century, the fortress changed its owners for a couple of times, being sometimes damaged, but immediately repaired.

The last major damage occurred during the Second World War, as the fortification was hit by shells and the northwest tower was partially destroyed.

Present-day fortress houses some collections of the Sisak Town Museum (established in 1951), which include holdings of archaeology, ethnology, cultural history and numismatics.