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{{Short description|Large fortress in Poland}} {{more footnotes|date=January 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox military installation |name=Modlin Fortress |location=[[Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki]], Poland |image=[[File:Ujście Narwi do Wisły (cropped).JPG|300px|One of the bridgeheads on the other side of the Narew]] |caption=One of the bridgeheads on the other side of the [[Narew]] |built=1806–1812 |used=1812–present |type=[[Bastion]] [[citadel]] |controlledby=France, Imperial Russia, Poland |garrison= |commanders= |battles=[[November Uprising]], [[Battle of Modlin]] }} '''Modlin Fortress''' ({{langx|pl|Twierdza Modlin}}) is one of the largest 19th-century [[fortress]]es in [[Poland]]. It is located in the town of [[Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki]] in district [[Modlin (village)|Modlin]] on the [[Narew]] river, approximately 50 kilometers north of [[Warsaw]]. It was originally constructed by the [[France|French]] from 1806 to 1812.
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