Curent state: Advanced state of degradation
Built in: 1884
Country: Romania
City: Bucharest
Street: at the entrance to the Jilava Prison
Type: Fort type 2
Planning specialist: Lt General H.A. Brialmont
Contributor:
RO:
Fortul cu traseu pentagonal cu frontul de gât semibastionat
dispunea în centrul fortificației de un reduit în forma unui as de pică înconjurat de un șanț.
Construit în 1884-1895 după planurile avizate de generalul-locotenent H.A. Brialmont.
Armament prevăzut: 2 cupole cu obuziere de 210 mm, 2 cupole cu câte 2 tunuri de 150 mm, 6 turele cu eclipsă cu tunuri T.R. de 57 mm si 17 tunuri T.R. de 57 mm instalate pe „afete de ambrazură”, pentru flancare.
EN:
The pentagonal fortification was centered around a spade-shaped redoubt surrounded by a ditch and had the gorge wall reinforced by half-bastions.
It was built after 1884 according to the plans approved by Lt General H.A. Brialmont. Mounted armament: 2 cupolas with 210 mm howitzers, 2 cupolas with two 150 mm guns each, 6 eclipse turrets for 57 mm rapid-fire guns, and 17 flanking 57 mm RF guns mounted on carriages in embrasures.
