Experience military history

Major battles, bivouacs and soldiers' lives

Colourful uniforms, historical weapons, cavalry, artillery, swords and lances, bows and arrows - almost every era has seen military conflicts over fortified buildings, which still have many fans today.

Entire sieges and battles are artfully or martially re-enacted by thousands of protagonists. Be it the defence of the The ideal fortress town of Palmanova (IT) against Habsburg invaders, the "Battle of the Fortress city of Stralsund" (DE) during the annual "Wallensteintage" or the siege of the Alpine fortress Bard (IT) by Napoleon.

The Königstein Fortress (Saxony, DE) is besieged by the Swedes and cannon thunder rumbles from the mountain fortress across the Elbe. In the fortified ideal city of Daugavpils (LV) Napoleon (1814) faces the Russians, who The ideal fortress town of Terezín (CZ) is the scene of the largest 18th century re-enactment in Europe every year.

In the Boyen Fortress in Gizycko (PL) impressively staged battles of the First World War take place and the Eger Castle (HU) defies the storm of the Turks every year (1552).