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Medjidi Tabia fortress

Coordinates: 44°06′08″N 27°15′24″E / 44.10222°N 27.25667°E / 44.10222; 27.25667
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Medjidi Tabia
Меджиди табия
Silistra, Bulgaria
The information board of the fortress in English
Medjidi Tabia is located in Bulgaria
Medjidi Tabia
Medjidi Tabia
Coordinates44°06′08″N 27°15′24″E / 44.10222°N 27.25667°E / 44.10222; 27.25667
Site information
Conditionreconstructed

The Medjidi Tabia Fortress (Bulgarian: Меджиди табия) is a fortress from the 1840s and early 1850s.

The fortress was built in the period 1841-1853 according to the plans of the German military engineer Helmut von Moltke who visited Silistra in 1837. In 1847 it was visited by Sultan Abdulmejid I, whose name is called — Majidi Tabia.

In 1854, during the Crimean War, the fortress withstood a month-long Russian siege — Siege of Silistria.

The fortress now serves as a museum.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Stancheva, Magdalina (1982). Archaeological Sites in Modern Bulgarian Towns. Sofia Press.
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