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Łomża Fortress (forts at Piątnica)
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Łomża Fortress (forts at Piątnica)

Ломжинская крепость (форты в Пёнтнице)
PolandЛомжа и Пёнтница1887–1909Military sites
Fortifications protecting the Narew crossing at the governorate town of Łomża, built by Russia from 1887 to 1909; the Kingdom of Poland was then part of the Russian Empire. The five forts were originally earth redoubts: two on the left bank near Łomża and three on the right bank around Piątnica; the chief builder was General Aleksei Shoshin. The three forts at Piątnica were later rebuilt with concrete; work stopped in 1909. The Piątnica fort complex with its fortress roads and the earthen Fort 4 in Łomża are on the register of monuments.
Укрепления для защиты переправы через Нарев у губернского города Ломжи, строившиеся Россией с 1887 по 1909 год; Царство Польское тогда входило в состав Российской империи. Пять фортов первоначально были земляными редутами: два на левом берегу у Ломжи и три на правом берегу вокруг Пёнтницы; главным строителем был генерал Алексей Шошин. Три форта в Пёнтнице затем перестроены с применением бетона; работы прекращены в 1909 году. Комплекс фортов в Пёнтнице с крепостными дорогами и земляной форт 4 в Ломже внесены в реестр памятников.

Property abroad

EraRussian Empire
FunctionFort, settlement
Present ownerPoland (private and public owners)
Acquisitionbuilt, 1887
StatusSold, transferred or lost
As of2026-08
After 1918 the fortifications passed to Poland; according to the National Heritage Institute's register of monuments as of 13 August 2026 the Piątnica fort complex (no. 325 of 30 October 1968) and Fort 4 in Łomża (no. A-24 of 30 July 2001) are protected.

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