Turnu Fortress

The medieval fortress of Turnu is located in the southern part of Turnu Măgurele at a distance of 3 km from the city and 1 km from the confluence of the Olt and Danube rivers in today's Romania. The fortress is documented during the reign of Mircea the Elder (1394) and was built on the Danube line for the defense of Wallachia against the Turkish peril. At the end of the reign of Mircea the Elder, under unclear circumstances, it came under Ottoman occupation to return to the possession of Wallachia only in 1829 when it was burned and demolished.

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Battle of the Utus ⓘ
447 battle
Battle of Nicopolis ⓘ
Ottoman victory and raising of the siege of the fortress of Nicopolis in September 1396
Battle of Nikopol ⓘ
1877 battle of the Russo-Turkish War
Turnu Fortress ⓘ
fortress in Turnu Măgurele, Romania
Nikopol Fortress ⓘ

0477-01-01T00:00:00Z

477 Battle of the Utus

1396-09-25T00:00:00Z

1396 Battle of Nicopolis

1877-07-16T00:00:00Z

1877 Battle of Nikopol

1100-01-01T00:00:00Z

1100 Nikopol Fortress

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	477	Battle of the Utus	Byzantine Empire, battle, Hunnic Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1396	Battle of Nicopolis	Ottoman Empire, battle, Principality of Wallachia, Moravian Serbia	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1877	Battle of Nikopol	Ottoman Empire, battle	Wikidata
link	page		Monument istoric page^@		Wikidata
site	fort		Turnu Fortress	fortress, building	Wikidata
site	fort	1100	Nikopol Fortress	fortress, museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Turnu cetatea01		Commons
commons	image		Turnu cetatea01		Commons
commons	image		Ruinele cetății Turris (4)		Commons
commons	image		Ruinele cetății Turris (3)		Commons
commons	image		Ruinele cetății Turris (1)		Commons
commons	image		Ruinele cetății Turris		Commons
commons	image		Ruinele cetății Turris (5)		Commons
commons	image		Ruinele cetății Turris (2)		Commons
commons	image		Restaurare cetatea Turnu (39)		Commons
commons	image		Reconstituire cetatea Turnu		Commons

Turnu Fortress

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