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The location of the Heptapyrgion in the old city of Thessaloniki.The Heptapyrgion (Medieval Greek: Ἑπταπύργιον, [heptaˈpyrgion]), modern Eptapyrgio (Greek: Επταπύργιο, [eptaˈpirʝio]), also popularly known by its Ottoman Turkish name Yedi Kule (Γεντί Κουλέ), is a Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortress situated on the north-eastern corner of the Acropolis of ...
Hollow Knight is a 2017 Metroidvania video game developed and published by Australian independent developer, Team Cherry. The player controls the Knight, an insectoid warrior exploring Hallownest, a fallen kingdom plagued by a supernatural disease.
The sequel to Hollow Knight, it is being developed for Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Silksong was originally conceived as downloadable content for Hollow Knight, but the scope of the project grew enough that Team Cherry announced it as a separate sequel in February 2019. [1] [2]
The exterior design of the main location in Anor Londo was inspired by the Milan Cathedral. Anor Londo was designed to feel like a reward after completing Sen's Fortress, but also presented no clear path to the player, forcing them to take a number of side paths, like walking up the flying buttresses. [6]
The Belogradchik Fortress (Bulgarian: Белоградчишка крепост, Belogradchishka krepost), also known as Kaleto (Калето, "the fortress" from Turkish kale), is an ancient fortress located on the north slopes of the Balkan Mountains(Old Mountain), close to the northwestern Bulgarian town of Belogradchik and is the town's primary cultural and historical tourist attraction ...
Tartus (Tortosa) and its fortress, Templars headquarters 1152–1188 and fortress held until 1291, including the Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa [1] [3] Areimeh Castle, from the early 1150s to 1187 with interruption 1171–1177; Arwad island (Ruad), occupied in 1300–1302 [4] In the Principality of Antioch, now in Turkey:
The Rio Castle (Greek: κάστρο του Ρίου), historically known as the Castle of the Morea (Italian: Castello de Morea) in opposition to its counterpart, the Castle of Rumelia at Antirrio, is located at the north tip of the Rio peninsula in Achaea, Greece, at the entrance of the Corinthian Gulf.
For example, the medieval archaeologist, Joachim Zeune, this form of entrance, was an evolutionary "spin off" and could be interpreted more as a symbol of medieval secular power. Various types of elevated entrance are also found on watchtowers (e.g. in Luginsland) and tower houses, French donjons, English keeps or Spanish torre del homenaje. In ...