Berlin Fortress

Berlin Fortress
Festung Berlin
Near Berlin in Germany
Site history
Built1650
In use1650-1740
FateDemolished

The Berlin Fortress (German "Festung Berlin") was the fortification of the historic city of Berlin. Construction started in 1650. The ramparts, walls, moats and glacis of the 17th-century bastion fort ran around the historic city limits. The demolition of its ramparts began in 1740.

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