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{{infobox military structure
|name = Soroca Fort
|native_name = Cetatea Soroca
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|location = [[Soroca]]
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|condition = Renovation in process
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|garrison = From 200 to 250 men
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During the [[Great Turkish War]], [[John Sobieski]]'s forces successfully defended the fortress against the Ottomans. It was of vital military importance during the [[Pruth Campaign]] of [[Peter the Great]] in 1711. The stronghold was sacked by the Russians in the [[Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)]]. The Soroca fortress is an important attraction in [[Soroca]], having preserved cultures and kept the old Soroca in the present day.
==Architecture==
The current building displays the most elaborated characteristics of late [[Medieval stronghold|medieval fortifications]]. This observation conveys the idea that the fort was built maybe by expert from [[Western Europe]] or [[Transylvanian]] people whom traveled in Western Europe and brought architectural ideas back in [[Moldova]] :
*The walls are not built straight but in a curved shape to resist better to projectile, so are the 4 others towers.
*We can notice also round towers which allowed the defensors to shoot from better angles and thus protect the base of the walls.
The entire building has a diameter of 30 meters, 4 meters for the towers. Each tower has 4 level, the first two lower ones were used for artillery. The walls are 3 meters thick and we can find signs of a previous ditch. The main entrance tower had 3 doors, amongst them a portcullis which were closed during battles, thus the space saved at the upper level allowed garrison to pray in a small chapel<ref>{{cite book|language= ro|last= BULAT|first= Nicolae |title= Județa Soroca, file de istorie|location= Chisinau|publisher= Editura ARC|year= 2000|isbn = 9975-61-139-7|pages= 22-23}}</ref>.
Despite all these strong features the fort was obsolete since the end of the XIVth century because of the more widespead use of [[gunpowder]].<ref>{{cite book|language= ro|last= BULAT|first= Nicolae |title= Județa Soroca, file de istorie|location= Chisinau|publisher= Editura ARC|year= 2000|isbn = 9975-61-139-7|pages= 20-21}}</ref>
==See also==
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