Daugavpils Fortress is located in the heart of Daugavpils, the second largest city in Latvia, only 2 km from the historical city centre, and it is the last bastion-type fortress to be built in the world. The zigzag outline of the fortifications consists of eight bastions, six ravelins, six counter guards and other defensive structures, such as lunettes, redoubts and a moat. There is a bridgehead on the left side of the Daugava. Each part of the fortress was constructed in the 19th century using the experience of the best architectural schools of Tsarist Russia and Europe to make it a fortified ideal city. The inside of the fortress was designed as a traditional military town with parade grounds in the middle and blocks of administrative and dwelling buildings laid out around it. The fortress has 10 wide streets, 80 buildings, squares and courts. All facades exemplify the Empire style, with the exception of the Gothic Nicholas Gate and the Water Lifting House. Daugavpils Fortress is a town planning monument of national significance with 35 cultural monuments within its territory. The fortress is experiencing dynamic development and has become the largest cultural and tourism centre in Latgale. An important part of Daugavpils Fortress is the Mark Rothko Art Centre (Mihaila iela 3), which is a multifunctional contemporary art complex and culture and education centre. It is the only place in Eastern Europe where you can see the original works of Mark Rothko, the world-renowned Daugavpils-born founder of abstract expressionism, an exhibition devoted to him, words of the prominent Latvian potter Peteris Martinson and the changing exhibitions of well-known Latvian and foreign artists. Daugavpils Fortress Culture and Information Centre is located in the former Water Lifting Building, at Nikolaja iela 5. 

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