Fortress Warsaw - Fort "Legionów"
Fort "Legionów" was built in the period 1851-1853 as component of the Warsaw fortress. An AA-gun battery was positioned on the tower of this fort during the battle of Warsaw in 1939. The fort was scene of fierce fighting during the Warsaw uprising in 1944.
The fort today:
It is currently owned by an organisation.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons
Nearby
Museum
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews - Warszawa
- Jewish Historical Institute Museum - Warszawa
- The Museum of the Prison Pawiak - Warszawa
Point of interest
Monument
- Memorial Assassination 1943 - Warszawa
- Memorial Ignacy Paderewski - Warszawa
- Battalion "Gozdawa" Memorial - Warszawa
Cemetery
- Crypt St. John's Archcathedral - Warszawa
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Warszawa
- Crypt Holy Cross Church - Warszawa
Fortification
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