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Today, we will visit the barracks and several objects that are part of the Modlin Fortress in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki. The first fortifications near Modlin were already built in 1655 by the Swedish army, which existed until 1660. Then in 1806 Napoleon decided to build a fortification. An earth and wooden fortress with five bastions was built at that time. By 1812, the main core of the fortress was created, consisting of the main fortification and three protruding crowns. They were brick and earth fortifications built according to modern French thought. During the Kingdom of Poland, few troops of the Polish and Russian armies were stationed in the fortress. After the defeat of the uprising, the name Modlin was renamed Novogieorgiewsk, which survived until 1915. In 1832, construction began of a barracks complex having a length of 2250 meters that could accommodate 20 thousand soldiers. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the fortification was strengthened by erecting the outer wall and erecting the first chain of forts. In the years 1912-14 another 10 forts line was added. It is only after the war that the building is taken over by the Polish Army. In the interwar period, the barracks housed the Cadet school, the Armored Officer Cadet School, the Sapper Training Center and many other prestigious units of the Polish Army. After the Second World War, the area was taken over by the Polish army. Since then, the Officers' School of Armored Weapons, radio engineering battalion and archives of the Ministry of Defense and the Air Force were located here. An airport is built in the 1950s. Higher School of Pilots and 38 air school regiment are established. Currently, most of the complex belongs to private owners. Some of them have been made available to tourists. Including the largest of them - the Koszarowiec, in which the Modlin Garrison is stationed.
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