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Wizje fortyfikacji Modlina i Warszawy w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym

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Stępień A., Grzeszczuk B.

Ochrona Zabytków

1991

issue 2

101-104

The Polish state, reborn in 1918, took over the legacy of almost 150 years of bondage. The testimony of the activity pursued by the • partitioners included the former Austrian, Prussian and Russian fortifictions. Among the latter an important place was held by the Modlin and Warsaw forts. In contrast to the "bitter relics of the past", which proved to be easy to destroy, such as the Russian Orthodox church in the Saski Square or the obelisque of Aleksander I in the Alexander Citadel, the liquidation of the fortifications presented a complex task. On the one hand, the issue involved the needs of the newly emerging Polish army, which constituted a rational premise for the retention of the forts. On the other hand, a considerable role was played by emotions and the memory of the forts’ guns turned against the Poles. The undertakings conducted in both fortifications in the inter-war period show that they retained their utilitarian nature. Even the classification of the guns, carried out by the army, which recognised their historical value, did not prevent hurried, careless repairs or serious adaptations that did not take into account the original substance of the monuments. This attitude was favoured also by a brief historical perspective, since work on some of the objects was performed already upon the eve of World War I.

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Wizje fortyfikacji Modlina i Warszawy w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym