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Fortifications in Komárno - Komárom (Slovak)
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On tentative list 2007
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Fortifications In Komárno - Komárom (Slovak)
Fortifications in Komárno - Komárom (Slovak) (On tentative list)

Visit 14th+15th of sept.2024
I took the bus from the whs Hollokö to Budapest and from there the train to Komaram,the hungarian part of the twin city, which is separated by the Danube river.
It was rainy both when I arrived late in the afternoon and the following day... there were hardly any moments without drizzle. After I left my bag at my accommodation in the slovak part I visited the nearby Povnost Komarno, which is closed to the public. Only a few tours take place there and the one for the same day was canceled at short notice due to bad weather. I was still able to take some photos from the inside by simply following an incoming truck...but I only had a few moments before I was thrown out of the fortress grounds again. I went to the adjacent premises of a company, from where you could at least see parts of it. I also visited the bratislava bastions and two other bastions in the slovak part.Komarno's city centre is nothing special at all,and its most famous place,the europaplatz,is a kind of newly built disneyland market square,very kitschy and better suited to an american theme park than to a european city.
Despite my raining coat , I was soaking wet after my strenuous tour through Komarno. It should also be noted that the slovak Komarno made a pretty neglected and run-down impression, a dying city with a rapidly declining population.
The next morning I visited the …