Open Your Eyes And Look

In this post you may see interesting forts of the Brest fortress.

A fort in Bernada village, in the south of Brest


The wall of the refuge

The fort was erected in 1912-15


A lookout in the ledge

After the Great Patriotic War here was made a city dump, all exits and entrances were buried

Inside the asylum there were buried highly toxic ammoniac fertilizers.

An auxiliary wall of the caponier

The buried inner wall of the caponier



Military casemates

Entrance

Thick walls of the fort

Footprint of the fort destruction in 1915



Ammunition storage rooms



A niche for a kerosene lamp

Double-tee ceilings

The central gallery of the asylum

A gallery was used for artillery and ammunition storage and protection of military personnel.

Lookout point

A well of the lookout


Another buried exit

A photo of the fort taken from a dirigible during construction in 1914.

Scheme of the construction