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Further evolution of the project - a developed version of the lunette with extensive stands of infantry on the besieging indoor way and two brick redoubts.
... the middle of the curtain wall between Bastions VI and VII. At the time of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 a caponier was built here – a small building from which it was possible to fire in the direction of the road located along to outer line of the moat, the so-called covered way. In front of the road a modern structure called a ravelin* was made; it was a triangular earthen structure protecting the curtain wall between bastions. The ravelin protruded far away from the walls and into the moat. It assumed the form of the so-called lunette*. It had powerful embankment in front but in the rear, i.e. on the side of the fortress, it was open. In 1825 Russians intended to place inside the lunette a large reduit*, a triangular structure covered with thick earthwork with firing posts but they never did. Time passed and the structure was not there in spite of the fact that it was included in the beautiful and perfectly drawn plan of Colonel Berezowski dating from 1847. It was only in 1854 that frantic works started in the face of a potential military conflict with Austria and an imminent Polish national uprising. The Crimean War was going on and the Habsburg Monarchy could stand on the side of Turkey, England and France. The remodelled lunette became the most modern facility in the fortress. Its external earthworks were provided with powerful earthen traverses*, which efficiently defended artillery positions. Earthen redoubt*, in spite of being deprived of masonry casemates, was an elevated infantry position and possibly, that of howitzers. In the second half of the 19th century, after the fortress was demolished, Cossack military barracks were built at the site of the levelled redoubt. Russians were also planning to build another masonry redoubt performing the function of a caponier* at the site of a Polish structure standing on the expanded part of the covered way to defend the rear area of the lunette and provide a possibility for protecting the covered road with enfilading fire. They even prepared a slightly elevated area where there is a vantage point but they never actually built the redoubt. However, Captain Engineer Jan Paweł Lelewel “portrayed” the planned building in one of his excellent watercolours. It was just a prophetic vision; the only thing that was actually built at the site was a wooden blockhouse* whose size did not exceed toady’s news-stands. Obviously, Russians put off expansion of external structures of the fortress. In the memorable 1854 they made quickly a small, triangular redoubt I in front of the huge lunette described above. No trace of it has been preserved - houses have been built at the site.

  • YOU ARE HERE - the localization of the position according to the plan of the fortress of 1874.

  • The building plan - post-completion of the curtain between the bastions VI and VII.

  • The lunette in front of the north-east front of the fortress , between the bastions VI and VII on the plan of 1817 , innovative defense element from the times of Duchy of Warsaw..

  • Further evolution of the project - a developed version of the lunette with extensive stands of infantry on the besieging indoor way and two brick redoubts.. One inside the other one on the background – on the square of arms, on the plan of 1825. None of these buildings survived until the implementation of the intended form.

    One inside the other one on the background – on the square of arms, on the plan of 1825. None of these buildings survived until the implementation of the intended form.

  • redoubt, which represents the central element, i.e. . Bastion of the lunette - on watercolor painting by Jan Paweł Lelewel. The painting shows a perfect vision of the never realized work. That would be a very modern facility with casemates for flanking fire (firing sideways)

    Bastion of the lunette - on watercolor painting by Jan Paweł Lelewel. The painting shows a perfect vision of the never realized work. That would be a very modern facility with casemates for flanking fire (firing sideways)

  • From ambitious plans for equipping the fortress in a powerful brick redoubt there only left to build several small blockhouses , like this one, of 1849.

  • The expansion plan of the fortress of Zamość of 1854. . It shows intervention works, taken in the face of the outbreak of the Crimean War and the expected conflict with the Austrian Empire. The objects planned for construction or modernization are marked with a darker figure. A visible redoubt inside the lune

    It shows intervention works, taken in the face of the outbreak of the Crimean War and the expected conflict with the Austrian Empire. The objects planned for construction or modernization are marked with a darker figure. A visible redoubt inside the lune

  • . Implementation Plan of modernization of the lunette of 1854. Its redoubt-bergfried was built hastily, not as a powerful work of masonry, but only as the natural object and surrounded by a pa. Despite this the lunette VI-VII was then one of the most modern works of the fortress. One pays attention to the position of artillery on the shaft of the lunette, equipped with short, lateral embankments, called cross members or stringers. They protected

    Despite this the lunette VI-VII was then one of the most modern works of the fortress. One pays attention to the position of artillery on the shaft of the lunette, equipped with short, lateral embankments, called cross members or stringers. They protected

  • The plan of the new redoubt, marked on the plan wit number 1 or the letter R on the pre Bastion VI. This was another of the external works, built in 1854 in the face of crisis..

  • View of the northern foreland of the fortress after the liquidation of part of the fortifications and the establishment of City Park. The interwar period..