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For dams or in foundation construction, cylindrical metal structures are used. In a military context, earth- or sand-filled gabions are used to protect sappers, infantry, and artillerymen from enemy fire. Leonardo da Vinci designed a type of gabion called a Corbeille Leonard ("Leonard[o] basket") for the foundations of the San Marco Castle in ...
Castle of San Marcos (also Castillo de Alfonso X El Sabio) is a medieval castle located in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain. The castle was erected as a fortified church by King Alfonso X of Castile. It was built on the site of a mosque of which the wall of the qibla survives.
The Castillo de San Marcos (Spanish for “St. Mark’s Castle”) is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States; it is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in St. Augustine, Florida.
Castle of San Marcos: medieval castle in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain This page was last edited on 29 May 2013, at 18:50 (UTC). Text is available ...
One of the semi-circular bastions at Deal Castle, a Device Fort on the south coast of England. ... Castillo de San Marcos (completed 1695), Florida. Four-bastion ...
Maccaferri gabion; This page was last edited on 28 November 2019, at 07:43 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4 ...
Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera Castle of Aznalmara Castle of Santa Catalina (Cádiz) Castle of Sancti Petri Castle of San Marcos Castle of Santiago Castle of Doña Blanca. Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera; Caliphate Alcazaba of Tarifa; Castle of Aznalmara; Castle of Berroquejo; Castle del Espíritu Santo; Castle of Gigonza; Castle of Melgarejo
A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.