Kaunas Fortress

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cultural heritage site fortress complex military fortification

Kaunas Fortress is a 19th–20th century Russian Empire military fortification complex in Kaunas, Lithuania, built to defend the western borders and now partly preserved as a historical and cultural monument.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kaunas Fortress 1st Fort	1
Kaunas Fortress 2nd Fort	1
Kaunas Fortress 3rd Fort	1
Kaunas Fortress 4th Fort	1
Kaunas Fortress 5th Fort	1
Kaunas Fortress 6th Fort	1
Kaunas Fortress 7th Fort	1
Kaunas Fortress 8th Fort	1
Kaunas Fortress 9th Fort	1
Kaunas city fortifications	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural heritage site ⓘ fortress complex ⓘ military fortification ⓘ
architecturalStyle	polygonal fortification ⓘ
constructionPeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
controlledBy	Russian Empire ⓘ
country	Lithuania ⓘ
currentUse	memorial site ⓘ museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
endDate	1915 ⓘ
hasPart	Kaunas Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kaunas Fortress 1st Fort Kaunas Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kaunas Fortress 2nd Fort Kaunas Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kaunas Fortress 3rd Fort Kaunas Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kaunas Fortress 4th Fort Kaunas Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kaunas Fortress 5th Fort Kaunas Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kaunas Fortress 6th Fort Kaunas Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kaunas Fortress 7th Fort Kaunas Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kaunas Fortress 8th Fort Kaunas Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kaunas Fortress 9th Fort Kaunas Fortress ammunition depots NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaunas Fortress artillery batteries NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaunas Fortress barracks NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaunas Fortress caponiers NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaunas Fortress central fortifications ⓘ Kaunas Fortress defensive ditches ⓘ Kaunas Fortress observation posts ⓘ Kaunas Fortress underground passages ⓘ Kaunas Fortress warehouses NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	cultural monument ⓘ
heritageStatus	cultural monument ⓘ historical monument ⓘ
inception	1882 ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Lithuania ⓘ Kaunas NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaunas County NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
locatedNear	Neris River ⓘ
locatedOn	Nemunas River ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operator	Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
partlyPreserved	yes ⓘ
partOf	Kaunas Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kaunas city fortifications
significantEvent	Siege of Kaunas (1915) ⓘ World War I ⓘ
startDate	1882 ⓘ
usedFor	defense of western borders of Russian Empire ⓘ military defense ⓘ protection of Kaunas ⓘ