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3. Mikhail Gate – Daugavpils Fortress Warehouses loop from Daugavpils

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Edvard

September 10, 2018

Today history in the fortress

territory is witnessed by historical

large-calibre cannons. In these

days nine old cannons can be

found here: five of them are from

cast-iron, while four – made from

steel. They were manufactured in

the second half of the 19th century

in an ordnance plant in Perm and

in Obukhov steel casting plant

(Russia).

All cannons are made with

threading in a gun tube, which

increased the range of a missile

and improved accuracy and close

pattern of shooting.

Two of the cannons are placed

at the main entrance of the

Commandant’s house facing the

fortress garden. In the very middle

of the garden three cannons enrich

the fountain.

The steel mortar gun (bore diameter

205 mm, model of 1872) of the

fortress is placed on the “Wallgang”

(a protected place on the upper part

of a rampart) of the main rampart

curtain between the Nicholas gate

and the 7th bastion – in the way

how cannons were placed when

the fortress switched to defence

emergency. One more steel cannon

with the bore diameter of 107 mm

(model of 1887) on the original

Venglovski gun-mount is placed

at the intersection of the streets

Imperatora and Konstantīna.

Two steel artillery tubes were

installed at Hekeļa Street 3, yet now

they are moved to a warehouse

belonging to the building proprietor.

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Daugavpils Fortress Cannons

1. Mikhail Gate – Commandant's House loop from Daugavpils

2. Mikhail Gate – Daugavpils Fortress Cannons loop from Daugavpils

3. Mikhail Gate – Daugavpils Fortress Warehouses loop from Daugavpils

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