Kholm Gate (Brest) | place with historical importance, listed building / architectural heritage

Belarus / Brest / Brest
 gate, place with historical importance, listed building / architectural heritage
The Kholm Gate was one of the 4 gates leading into the Citadel of the Russian Brest Fortress. It was designed in a classic style in the early 19th century. It faces the southern branch of the Mukhavets River. The gate was originally decorated with fanciful little turrets and a medallion.

They are still there - the little turrets and the medallion – but they were disfigured forever during the opening hours of the war in June 1941. All the red bricks in the Kholm Gate are scarred by bullets and shells and blackened by smoke. Today this gate is the symbol of the Brest Fortress.
The place is located in Расположение 84-го стрелкового полка
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kholm_Gate
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Coordinates:   52°4'52"N   23°39'23"E
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