Fort Monostor

Fort Monostor (Hungarian: Monostori Erőd) (also referred to as Fort Sandberg) is a fort is situated close to the city of Komárom, Hungary. It was built between 1850 and 1871 like part of the fortification system of Komárom.^[1] After World War II the Soviets built the biggest ammunition storage in the Fortress of Monostor. Thousands of wagons of ammunition were forwarded from the strictly guarded objects.^[2] One of a series of forts in the area, Monostor is open to the public as a museum.^[3] It also hosts Europe Gate, a sculpture made of light-transmitting concrete.^[4]

References

^ Bizubova, Maria et al. The Slovak-Austrian-Hungarian Danubeland, p.278 (2nd ed. 2001) (ISBN 978-0865165281)
^ (19 June 2007). Búcsú a szovjetektől: csak a rom maradt Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, Stop.hu (in Hungarian), Retrieved November 24, 2010
^ (8 March 2007). Komárom- One City In Two Countries, funzine.hu, Retrieved November 24, 2010
^ https://www.slideshare.net/abidalimahar52/original-litracon Accessed July 12th, 2018

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47°45′04″N 18°05′44.5″E / 47.75111°N 18.095694°E / 47.75111; 18.095694

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[built1-1] Bizubova, Maria et al. The Slovak-Austrian-Hungarian Danubeland, p.278 (2nd ed. 2001) (ISBN 978-0865165281)

[stop1-2] (19 June 2007). Búcsú a szovjetektől: csak a rom maradt Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, Stop.hu (in Hungarian), Retrieved November 24, 2010

[museum-3] (8 March 2007). Komárom- One City In Two Countries, funzine.hu, Retrieved November 24, 2010

[4] ttps://www.slideshare.net/abidalimahar52/original-litracon Accessed July 12th, 2018

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