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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The fortifications of Karosta have in fact never been used for the purpose for which they were built, that is, for defending of the area during military conflict. Tuvējie forti is a coastal defence battery for fighting against ships intruding from the sea. In 1908, when the entire fortress had to be dismantled upon orders of the Russian tsar, the battery was partly demolished with explosives. Seawater has since advanced the structure's decay.
Within the land fortifications, there still exist underground galleries (casemates) that were built to connect all of the units. |
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