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Fort 4a Poznań 1
Fort IVa
Śluza Katedralna Poznań RB1
Cathedral Lock

Poznań Fortress (in Polish: Twierdza Poznań, in German: Festung Posen) was a set of fortifications in the city of Poznań in western Poland, built under Prussian rule in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was one of largest systems of its kind in Europe.

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  • Fort 3 Poznań

    Fort III, one of the outer ring of forts built in the late 19th century

  • Johann von Brese-Winiary

    Johann von Brese, architect of the fortifications

  • Cytadela Rawelin1

    Ravelin I of Fort Winiary

  • Muzeum Cytadela Poznań

    Spezial-Kriegs-Laboratorium at Fort Winiary, now a military museum

  • Bastion colomb poznań

    Blockhouse of Bastion Colomb on ul. Powstańców Wielkopolskich

  • Śluza Katedralna Poznań RB2

    Remains of Dom Schleuse

  • Archanioł Michał z Bramy Dębińskiej RB1

    Figure of Archangel Michael by Ludwig Stürmer, 1855, from the former Eichwald Thor (moved in 1908 to a school building on today's ul. Słowackiego)

  • Brama Berlińska Poznań

    Berlin Gate - 1890

  • Fort 4a Poznań słupek graniczny

    Boundary stone of Fort IVa

  • Fort I Poznań RB1

    Fort I in Starołęka

  • Fort 2 Poznań

    Fort II in Żegrze (Rataje)

  • Fort 3 Poznań

    Fort III on the site of the zoo in Nowe Miasto

  • Fort 6 Poznań

    Fort VI in Jeżyce

  • Fort VII Poznań RB3

    Fort VII in Ogrody

  • Fort 1a Poznań

    Fort Ia (barracks)

  • Fort 2a Poznań

    Fort IIa

  • FortVa

    Fort Va

  • Fort 6a Poznań 4

    Fort VIa

  • Fort 9a Poznań

    Fort IXa

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Fortaleza de Poznan (Polonia) para niños

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