Kraków Fortress 52a, also called "Łapianka" (Jugowice), was a part of the

Kraków Fortress Kraków fortress ( Polish: ''Twierdza Kraków'', German: ''Festung Krakau'') refers in the narrow sense to the 19th century Austro-Hungarian fortifications, and in the larger sense - to the interconnected fortifications in Kraków, Poland, includi ...

between 1896 and 1902 (according to other sources 1897–1898). The fortress was built to enforce defense of the south flank of the fortress, ruling over the part of the road connecting

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and

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. The fortress has four towers equipped with 8 cm M94 artillery guns. It's one of the 14 similar forts, built during the same time in Kraków, which used to enforce outer defense ring of the city. Near the fort there was an

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used for the long range defense, no longer in use.

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