Smolensk fortress wall

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city wall cultural heritage monument fortification

The Smolensk fortress wall is a massive 16th–17th century defensive fortification encircling the Russian city of Smolensk, renowned as one of the largest and strongest stone city walls of its time.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Smolensk Kremlin walls	1
Smolensk fortress wall canonical	1
Smolensk fortress wall towers	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city wall ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ fortification ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Smolensk kremlin wall NERFINISHED ⓘ
architect	Fyodor Kon NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtDuring	reign of Boris Godunov ⓘ
constructionEnd	1602 ⓘ
constructionStart	1595 ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
currentCondition	partially preserved ⓘ
currentUse	historical monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
era	Muscovite Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature	battlements ⓘ gates ⓘ loopholes for firearms ⓘ towers ⓘ
hasSection	Dneprovskie Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ Donetskaya Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Bastion (Tsarskaya Bashnya) NERFINISHED ⓘ Zadneprovskaya Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ
height	up to about 13–19 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus	cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 17th century ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ
length	about 6.5 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Smolensk NERFINISHED ⓘ Smolensk Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Russia ⓘ
locatedOn	Dnieper River NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	local heritage protection authorities of Smolensk Oblast ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ stone ⓘ
notableEvent	Napoleonic invasion of Russia (1812) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Smolensk (1609–1611) NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II battles around Smolensk ⓘ
numberOfTowersOriginal	about 38 ⓘ
owner	Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	historic center of Smolensk ⓘ
purpose	defense of Smolensk ⓘ protection of western borders of Russian state ⓘ
significance	key stronghold on the western approaches to Moscow ⓘ one of the largest stone city walls in Europe of its time ⓘ
strategicRole	defense line on route between Moscow and Western Europe ⓘ
style	Russian military architecture of the late 16th century ⓘ
surrounds	historic city of Smolensk ⓘ
thickness	up to about 5–6 metres ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smolensk → hasFortification → Smolensk fortress wall ⓘ

Smolensk → hasLandmark → Smolensk fortress wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smolensk fortress wall towers

Siege of Smolensk (1609–1611) → defensiveStructure → Smolensk fortress wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Smolensk Kremlin walls