3rd battery of Liepaja fortress (Liepāja)
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ruins, fortification, interesting place, historic landmark
The bunker structures are one of the most visually expressive coastal defense lines in Latvia. The majority of the fortifications have been destroyed. Situated at 220km from the capital city of Vilnius, the battery No.3, the surrounding maintenance structures and the port were built between 1890 and 1906. It became one of the biggest fortification projects for Tsarists Russia at this time.
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Coordinates: 56°34'1"N 21°0'14"E
- Former Coastal Battery 270 km
- Karlsborg fortress 445 km
- Kuuskajaskari fort island 510 km
- Outer moat 512 km
- Landskrona Citadel 512 km
- Perimeter moat 512 km
- Gråen fortifications in Landskrona 513 km
- Fredriksten festning 636 km
- Høytorp Fortress 659 km
- Trøgstad Fortress 662 km
- Karosta 1.9 km
- Forest 2.2 km
- Tosmare 3.1 km
- Lake Tosmare 3.6 km
- Šķēde 5.7 km
- Forest 7.2 km
- Medze civil parish 11 km
- Grobiņa civil parish 12 km
- Vērgale parish 20 km
- Saka civil parish 36 km
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