Fort Srebrna Góra

Fort Srebrna Góra (Polish: Twierdza Srebrna Góra, German: Festung Silberberg, lit. "Silver Mountain Fort") is a former military fort, now preserved as a monument and museum, located in the village of Srebrna Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was constructed between 1765 and 1777, when the area was part of the Kingdom of Prussia.

The fort is one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), designated on May 1, 2004. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland. It is recognized as a rare example of a surviving European 18th-century mountain stronghold.

The fort has been nicknamed the "Gibraltar of Prussia" or "Gibraltar of Silesia," referring to its solid bedrock foundation.

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Fort Srebrna Góra ranks #1,269 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #35 of the 366 mapped in Poland. Founded 1765, it is older than 16% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 525 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 6,192 times in the last 60 days, more than 87% of the atlas. 14 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Świdnica, 32 km away. It is one of the 70 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Lower Silesia. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

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