Impressions to the European Fortress Summer 2018

30 European Fortress Summer 2018 www.fortress-summer.eu The fortress Daugavpils in Latvia, formerly also Dune Castle, Dvinsk or Dinaburg, was built at the beginning of the 19th century as a reaction of Tsarist Russia to the threat of Napoleon. With an area of 150 hectares, it once belonged to the largest fortresses in the style of a fortified ideal city. Fortified ideal city Daugavpils (LV) Photo: Artyom Makhlin Today, the fortifications are the landmark of the city of Daugavpils and in itself an impressive cultural monument. In the Arsenal building, the Mark Rothko Art Center is a highlight for lovers of abstract expressionism, in Eastern Europe the only place with original works by the famous painter.