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Bastion II was built before 1605 in accordance with Bernardo Morando’s design and then supplemented with flank
The Szczebrzeska Gate after the reconstruction , the view from the inside of the city on the watercolor by Jan Paweł Lelewel
casemates and posterns* by Andrea dell’Aqua (1618-23). On a long section of a straight curtain wall between Bastions I and III, the bastion assumed a flattened form, called “piatta forma”*. Pursuant to plans dating from 1777 and the end of the 18th century and stored in Kriegsarchiv in Vienna, there was a Renaissance garden in the central part of bastion platform. When the fortress was being modernised at the time of the Duchy of Warsaw, a bastion-shaped lunette* was built in the foreground. Mallet-Malletski continued modernization works in the 1820s. By a weir built earlier, a bridge appeared which joined the area to the covered way leading to the Rotunda. When the fortress was liquidated in 1867, the bastion was partly demolished but flank casemates, some posterns and small fragments of the walls have been preserved. They were measured by J. Zachwatowicz in the 1930s.
Curtain wall I-II was made as an earthen fortification before 1591 and reinforced with a masonry wall on the outside soon afterwards. Before 1704, it was modernized by Jan Michał Link (the plan made at that time represents three firing ranges in the breastwork, near the orillon of Bastion II). On the plan dating from 1777, the location of Furta Wodna was marked; it may have been built at that time although architectural research has shown that it was built in 1813-20. In 1824 a haxo casemate* was added at the level of the covered way with two firing ranges. In 1826-27 a ravelin and an earthen embankment was built as well as a lock in the moat. In the 1840s trees were planted between the curtain wall and the berm. When the fortress was liquidated in 1866, the curtain wall was destroyed and the foreground of the ravelin levelled. The plan dating from 1868 shows that Furta Wodna was not destroyed then but fell into ruin to be rebuilt in 1980-84

  • The transformation of Bastion II. Bastion in 17th century, it looked similar to an old-Italian bastion of the type “piatta forma” and it had very extended ears (orylons).

  • Bastion II after reconstructions by Jan Michał Link, in the state from 17th and 18th century. Pay attention to the doubled, opened neck battery (not hidden in casemates but standing under the sky, behind bricked front breastworks)

    Pay attention to the doubled, opened neck battery (not hidden in casemates but standing under the sky, behind bricked front breastworks)

  • A peculiar form of Bastion II on the watercolor by Jan Paweł Lelewel. It shows a real or target form of Bastion after the reconstructions that are compatible with the plans from the first half of 19th century. Bastion has casemates but they are withdrawn

    It shows a real or target form of Bastion after the reconstructions that are compatible with the plans from the first half of 19th century. Bastion has casemates but they are withdrawn

  • The final form of Bastion II on the plan of 1847. The neck of Bastion is completely filled with casemates, Bastion has no orylons..

  • The state of Bastion after the final reconstruction with the walls of neck casemates that are in complete harmony with old orylons. It confirms measurements that were done by Jan Zachwatowicz in 1930s

    It confirms measurements that were done by Jan Zachwatowicz in 1930s

  • The Szczebrzeska Gate after the reconstruction , the view from the inside of the city on the watercolor by Jan Paweł Lelewel.

  • The Szczebrzeska Gate after the reconstruction, the view from the outside on the watercolor by Jan Paweł Lelewel. Pay attention to the classical style and “an imperial digit” big letter “A” from the name of the Tsar Alexander II over the gates

    Pay attention to the classical style and “an imperial digit” big letter “A” from the name of the Tsar Alexander II over the gates