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Przemyśl fortress (Polish: Twierdza Przemyśl) is a series of fortifications around Przemyśl, Poland.
The siege of Przemyśl was the longest siege in Europe during the First World War. The siege was a crushing defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Army by the Russian Army. Przemyśl was a fortress-town and stronghold on the River San in what is now southeastern Poland.
The Przemyśl fortress fulfilled its mission very effectively, helping to stop a 300,000-strong Russian army advancing upon the Carpathian Passes and Kraków, the Lesser Poland regional capital. The first siege was lifted by a temporary Austro-Hungarian advance.
Przemyśl began as an ancient fortress on the old route leading south through the Carpathians. It was the object of dispute in the 10th century between Poland and Ruthenia. Occupied at the end of the 11th century by Ruthenian princes, it came into Polish hands in 1340.
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Przemysl Fortress. 43 reviews. #3 of 46 things to do in Przemysl. Write a review. What people are saying. By AchimS. “ Austro-Hungarian Fortification belt! Jun 2019. Very impressing belt of fortifications around the city of Przemysl (45 km diameter).
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Przemyśl was the Habsburg Empire’s main defensive bulwark in the east. The fortification of the city had begun in the 1870s, and by 1914 it was protected by a ring of 35 forts, some 30 miles in circumference. With 46,000 residents—Poles, Jews, and Ukrainians—Przemyśl was the third largest conurbation in Galicia, after Cracow and Lemberg.
The Przemyśl Fortress is one of the largest buildings of defense architecture in Europe. It is located at the junction of the Sandomierz Basin and the Carpathians.
