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The Bastion of St. Hedwig in Nysa is a well-preserved example of 18th-century defensive architecture. The facility was built in the mid-17th century and rebuilt in the next century. It consists of earth embankments and brick-and-stone two-story casemates, partially covered by an external embankment surrounding a pentagonal courtyard. During the siege of the Nysa Fortress by the French army – in 1807 – a laboratory was set up on the premises of the bastion, where ammunition for the combatants was prepared. In the mid-19th century, the casemates served as barracks for sapper troops, and from the 1870s, French prisoners captured during the Franco-Prussian War were held there. During World War I, among others, Charles de Gaulle, later the president of France, was imprisoned in them. Currently, the facility houses a tourist information center and a restaurant. A tourist route leads through the historic corridors of the bastion, which constitutes a part of a longer trail leading through the former fortifications of the magnificent Nysa fortress. Inside, you can watch a multimedia spectacle, in which the narrator is the ghost of the Bastion, i.e., a former French prisoner, Jean Pieffe Servelle. Thanks to the projections, you can learn about the history of the fortress. In summer, concerts and outdoor exhibitions take place in the bastion's courtyard. Practical information: The facility can be seen from the outside. Parking spaces on Wyspiańskiego Street.