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Star Fort in Komárno, Slovakia Nové Zámky – only to be seen as a hexagonally shaped city centre Komárno – mostly preserved city fortification complex contains Komárno fortress (New and Old) and fortifications of the city as Palatine's line and Vah's line and also three forts in the area of neighbouring city Komárom (Igmand, Csillag ...
The central Fortress of Komárno at the confluence of Danube and Váh rivers: [1] Old Fortress strengthened after the Mongol Invasion in 1242. New Fortress built from 1658. Entrance of Fort Monostor City fortifications (with 16 large bastions and interconnecting walls): Palatinus Line; Váh Line; Váh bridge-head on the left bank of Váh (and ...
A bastion fort or trace italienne (a phrase derived from non-standard French, meaning 'Italian outline') is a fortification in a style developed during the early modern period in response to the ascendancy of gunpowder weapons such as cannon, which rendered earlier medieval approaches to fortification obsolete.
During the period of Turkish expansion in the 16th century, the city of Komárno fell into the border area of the Habsburg and Ottoman empires. The construction of the so-called "old" fortress began in 1546 on the foundations of a medieval castle according to plans by the Italian master builder Pietro Ferrabosco and the Alsatian Daniel Specklin.
Komárno and Komárom were one city during the Austria-Hungary era, that's why there are additionally three fortresses on the Hungary bank of the Danube river, Star (Hungarian: Csillag), Igmand and Monostor. Europe place – The Europe Place in Komárno belongs to modern monuments in the Danube Region. It is an unusual collection of buildings ...
At the time when Gabriel Bethlen was conquering the fortress in Komárno, local Walloon and French soldiers escaped. After the Ottoman Army conquered nearby Érsekújvár in 1663, the Kingdom of Hungary, then part of the Habsburg monarchy, decided to modernize the fort. In 1664, it was rebuilt in as a Baroque-style star fort with four ...
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