In the 1880s, a new generation of fortresses was built. Fortress Kom was among the first built in Krivošije. Two parts can be seen on the plan of the fortress: a three-level barracks with a sloping roof and an artillery platform. Army dormitories, bathrooms, kitchen and warehouses were situated on the ground floor. For the safety of the crew, the combat part with the artillery was moved to a separate, semicircular platform.
Did you know that at that time, every fortress, including Kom, had its own infrastructure? Regular water supply from cisterns, electricity through the generator and sewage system.

All fortresses in the Boka defense system were optically connected. At least two to three of the closest could be seen from one. This was, among other things, important for the direct exchange of information.


Today, few people know about the optical telegraph. Before the introduction of wired systems – telegraph and telephone, information were transmitted through it. On fortress Kom, there was a device (as in picture) which functioned like a traffic light. The task of the optical telegraph operator was to send and receive coded messages between the command of the military camp in Crkvice and the main command in Tivat. Two-way communication routes are shown on an old Austro-Hungarian map:

Military letters and short messages were once sent by pigeons. The main pigeon post office for Boka was in Tivat.