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Lower Silesia

Srebrna Góra Fortress

Massive walls occupy a mountain ridge. These 18th-century fortifications show how military architecture adapted to demanding terrain.

Heritage Mountains

Buildings of Srebrna Góra Fortress — Credit: Jacek Halicki · CC BY 3.0 · Source file

Why visit?

For the scale of the masonry and a mountain view framed by an old fortress.

Did you know…

Fort Donżon, surrounded by bastions, forms the heart of the complex.

Public photographs

Buildings of Srebrna Góra Fortress — Srebrna Góra FortressCredit: Jacek Halicki · CC BY 3.0 · Source file

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