Torun Fortress and Fortifications Museum
Muzeum Fortyfikacji Pancernej Twierdzy Toruń
Twierdza Toruń
Address: Poznańska 191, 87-100 Toruń
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Toruń Fortress
Toruń Fortress (Festung Thorn), built from 1872–1894 by the Kingdom of Prussia and located in Thorn (Toruń, now Poland), is one of the largest fortresses in Central and Eastern Europe. The fortress complex – a chain of forts surrounding the city, as well as numerous smaller fortifications supplementing it – was intended to defend the eastern border of Prussia (with the Russian Empire). Despite much planning and investment, the fortress did not play a significant role in the First World War nor in any later...
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