Modlin Fortress
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Modlin Fortress is one of the largest 19th-century fortresses in Poland. It is located in the town of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki in district Modlin on the Narew river, approximately 50 kilometers north of Warsaw. It was originally constructed by the French from 1806 to 1812.
One of the bridgeheads on the other side of the Narew
Barracks within the Modlin Fortress.
Russian artillery captured at Novo Georgievsk 1915
Defensive work in Fort XV, one of the forts constructed in 1912–1915 and a site of heavy fighting during World War I
Zakroczym
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Zakroczym is a small town in the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It is located at around 52°26′16″N 20°36′43″E. The Vistula River flows through the town. Zakroczym has a long and rich history: in the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, it was the capital of an administrative unit (ziemia), part of Mazovian Voivodeship. Also, Zakroczym was a royal town of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. The town lies at the intersection of two main roads - national road 62, and national road 7.
Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross