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Fort Ino
It was built in 1909-1916 to protect against a possible attack by the German Empire fleet.
Fort Nikolaevsky was designed taking into account the most modern achievements of Russian engineering thought. A significant difference in the project of Fort Ino was the presence of large-caliber artillery (in fact, it was built for this purpose). Moreover, 305 mm caliber guns were used in coastal fortifications for the first time.
The fort had two coastal batteries with four 152 mm Canet guns (on the flanks), a battery with eight 254 mm guns and a battery with eight 279 mm howitzers, which fired 15-18 km. Around the guns there was an entire underground town, covered with a two-meter layer of concrete, designed to withstand large-caliber shells from naval artillery. There were shell magazines, barracks, a railway for delivering shells to the guns, command and observation posts. The positions were covered by a 3-meter concrete parapet. The fort was surrounded by a rifle rampart with concrete strongpoints and was adapted for all-round defense.
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Rangefinder (target designation) post of Fort Ino, placed on the former village Vitikala. Built in 1916.
Korela Fortress
Round Gate Tower
The surviving low (8 meters) round gate tower (Lars Torstensson or Pugachevskaya Tower) was located opposite the bridge connecting the Old Fortress with Spassky Island. The tower has two tiers, with fire ovens that were later laid. The walls of the tower are very thick (4 meters on the lower tier), which indicates that by the time of construction, fire fortification was already quite developed. Such towers were built in the Swedish Kingdom by Saxon masters from the early 1540s.