The forts' artillery pieces—all top-notch Krupp cannons—were quickly dismantled and transformed into mobile artillery.
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The best-known fort is number 13, at Jilava—a military prison from 1907, a feared destination for political prisoners and place of execution during the Communist era, and now still a penitentiary.
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