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Babylon Fortress in Old Cairo. Baggush Box; Bar Lev Line; Beijing city fortifications; British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War. British hardened field defences of World War II; Castle of Bouka, Preveza, Greece; Brimstone Hill Fortress, Saint Thomas Middle Island, Saint Kitts and Nevis; Cairo Citadel, Egypt; Castle Islands ...
Bermuda had around 90 coastal defense forts and batteries [1] scattered all over the island chain. Early colonial defense works constructed before the 19th century were primarily small coastal batteries built of stone having anywhere from two to ten guns.
The Fortifications of Vauban is a UNESCO World Heritage Site made up of 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the borders of France.They were designed by renowned military architect Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633–1707) during the reign of King Louis XIV.
A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, ...
Al Masmak Palace (Arabic: قصر المصمك, romanized: Qaṣr al-Maṣmak), also called the Masmak Fortress or Masmak Fort, is a historic clay and mudbrick fort in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in close proximity to the al-Hukm Palace in the Qasr al-Hukm District.
Inland fortress to protect the city El Kef: arguably between 533 and 565 [20] no data available Sitifis: Inland fortress to protect the city Sétif: between 539 and 544 [21] 1,69 ha Suas: Inland fortress in Africa Proconsularis Chaouach: no data available no data available. Sufetula: Inland fortress in the far southwest of the Byzacena: Sbeitla ...
The Citadel of Qaitbay (or the Fort of Qaitbay; Arabic: قلعة قايتباي) is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, in Alexandria, Egypt. It was built from 1477 to 1479 AD (882–884 AH ) by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay . [ 2 ]
This is a list of fortifications in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including fortresses and castles, arranged alphabetically.. Bosnian archaeologist and historian of the Middle Ages, Pavao Anđelić, posited that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a home of great number of forts, fortresses, castles, including a number of walled city-fortresses, in various degrees of preservation, and built in different ...