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Yesterday’s photo was of Twierdza Srebrna Góra – Srebrna Góra (Silver Mountain) fortress. South West Poland
During the Third Silesian war (1756 – 1763) Austria captured the Prussian fortress of Klodzko, located 15km south of Srebrna Góra. While Prussia regained the Klodzko fortress in the peace treaty that ended the war, Frederick II, the King of Prussia had already ordered the construction of a new fortress in Srebrna Góra.
Construction took place from 1764 – 1777. The fort could shelter a garrison of 4000 soldiers, supplied to survive a year-long siege. It was defended by 264 artillery pieces.
The fortress was never captured by the enemy while besieged. In June 1807 it successfully resisted a siege by Napoleonic forces. This was the only time the fortress was the site of an active battle. By 1860 it was declared obsolete and the garrison reduced in size; it was abandoned as an active military stronghold in 1867.
It is currently undergoing extensive renovation. It’s a huge fortress & my photo does not give a sense of the scale of it, So I am also attaching an aerial photo pulled off the web.
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