Fort Monostor
Fort Monostor (Hungarian: Monostori Erőd) (also referred to as Fort Sandberg) is a fort is situated close to the city of Komárom, Hungary. It was built between 1850 and 1871 like part of the fortification system of Komárom.[1] After World War II the Soviets built the biggest ammunition storage in the Fortress of Monostor. Thousands of wagons of ammunition were forwarded from the strictly guarded objects.[2] One of a series of forts in the area, Monostor is open to the public as a museum.[3] It also hosts Europe Gate, a sculpture made of light-transmitting concrete.[4]
Fort Monostor
See also
References
- Bizubova, Maria et al. The Slovak-Austrian-Hungarian Danubeland, p.278 (2nd ed. 2001) (ISBN 978-0865165281)
- (19 June 2007). Búcsú a szovjetektől: csak a rom maradt Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, Stop.hu (in Hungarian), Retrieved November 24, 2010
- (8 March 2007). Komárom- One City In Two Countries, funzine.hu, Retrieved November 24, 2010
- https://www.slideshare.net/abidalimahar52/original-litracon Accessed July 12th, 2018
External links
- Fort Monostor Non-profit Organization (english version)
- NEC ARTE NEC MARTE Non-profit organization (English version) See there Fortress Komárno in whole.
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