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Berlin Fortress

Festung Berlin

former fortifications of Berlin

  • TypeFortresses
  • WhereBerlin, Germany
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Photo: Johann Bernhard Schulz · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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About Berlin Fortress

The Berlin Fortress (German "Festung Berlin") was the fortification of the historic city of Berlin. Construction started in 1650. The ramparts, walls, moats and glacis of the 17th-century bastion fort ran around the historic city limits. The demolition of its ramparts began in 1740.

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