Astronomical Bastion

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The so-called Astronomical Bastion was part of the Königsberg fortification system. It was built between 1855-1860. The name was inherited from the adjacent observatory built by F. Bessil in the 1813. After the construction of the railway station in the 1910, the part of the bastion was destroyed.

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Address
prospekt Gvardeyskiy 10, Kaliningrad, Russia

Established
1855-1860

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