Perovaradin
Fortress was built by Austrians in eighteen
century. The Fortress lies on a hill beside
Danube, overlooking the city of Novi Sad.
On the opposite side of the river is the
centre of Vojvodina region in present
day Serbia and Montenegro. The fortress
was built according to plans originating
from Sebastian Vauban, and it is a cery
secure place indeed. Meant to sustain
a siege using 18th Century modes of attack,
it has sixteen kilometres of underground
galleries on four levels and is encrusted
with rifle embrasures for shooting at
attackers. The above ground fortress is
constructed mainly of reinforced masonry,
which while secure against a poorly funded
attack, any force armed with cannon would
make short work of the walls and it is
assumed that the fortress soon became
obsolete. The underground portions (bunkers)
are very secure, even to this day.
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