Bulgaria · 19th century
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.
Text adapted from “Medjidi Tabia fortress” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Medzhidi Tabiya ranks #3,684 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #13 of the 26 mapped in Bulgaria. Founded 1841, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 717 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,080 times in the last 60 days, more than 52% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Bucharest, 99 km away. See how Bulgaria compares in the castle statistics.
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