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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