Cietoksnis, Military fortification in Daugavpils, Latvia
The fortress spans over 150 hectares and includes a rampart with bastions, ravelins, counterguards, protective structures, lunettes, and a surrounding moat.
The construction of this northern European fortress started in 1810 as a defense against Napoleon's invasion and continued until 1878 under Russian imperial supervision.
The Arsenal building within the fortress complex now houses the Mark Rothko Art Center, displaying contemporary art exhibitions in the restored military structure.
Visitors can access the fortress complex by bus from downtown Daugavpils, located approximately two kilometers east of the fortification site.
The fortress maintains 85 percent of its original early 19th-century construction, making it the last preserved bastion-type fortress of this period in Northern Europe.
Location: Daugavpils
GPS coordinates: 55.88667,26.49482
Latest update: March 24, 2025 23:53
Daugavpils Fortress
55 m
Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre
355 m
Engineering Arsenal
291 m
Nicholas Gate
349 m
Слава русского оружия
21 m
Commandant's House
100 m
Daugavpils railway bridge
856 m
Alexander Gate
353 m
Пороховой погреб
448 m
Artillery arsenal (Daugavpils fortress)
358 m
Michael Gate
455 m
Pump house
313 m
Saint Jude Thaddeus church in Daugavpils
350 m
Daugavpils fortress monument
26 m
Ēka Nr.117
320 m
Ēka Nr. 2 Dzīvojamā ēka
259 m
Ēka Nr. 11 Dzīvojamā ēka
240 m
Ēka Nr. 16 Dzīvojamā ēka
264 m
Ēka Nr. 5 Dzīvojamā ēka
194 m
Ēka Nr. 45 Kareivju kazarmas
174 m
Stairs of Commandant House
100 m
Powder warehouse in Daugavpils Fortress
458 m
Daugavpils cietokšņa apbūve
68 m
Ēka Nr. 18 Oficieru nams
138 m
Ēka Nr. 14 Apgabala inženieru pārvalde
102 m
Ēka Nr. 7 Oficieru nams
113 m
Nikolaja vārti
354 m
Ēka Nr. 22 Oficieru nams
66 mReviews
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