- castles. Medieval-style
fortifications were
largely made
obsolete by the
arrival of
cannons in the 14th century.
Fortifications in the age of
black powder...
- In
fortification architecture, a
rampart is a
length of
embankment or wall
forming part of the
defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort,
settlement or...
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distance inland. At the same time, the
fortifications of
Portsmouth and
Gosport became part of the
wider fortifications of the Solent. Old Portsmouth, on the...
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between medieval and
early modern fortification can be seen in the
fortifications of
Rhodes in
Greece and the
fortifications of
Famagusta in Cyprus. Just as...
- The
fortifications of the town of
Rhodes are
shaped like a
defensive crescent around the
medieval town and
consist mostly of a
fortification composed of...
- The
fortifications of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安城墙), also
known as Xi'an City Wall, in Xi'an,
represent one of the oldest,
largest and best
preserved Chinese city...
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sometimes called a
fortification spectrum (i.e. teichopsia, from Gr**** τεῖχος, town wall),
because of its
resemblance to the
fortifications of a
castle or...
- The
fortifications of
Kotor (Italian: Cattaro) are an
integrated historical fortification system that
protected the
medieval town of
Kotor containing...
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defensive fortifications. Elvas, in
Portugal is
considered by some to be the best
surviving example of the
Dutch school of
fortifications. When the newly-effective...
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launching projectiles at the
fortifications or defenders, it was also
quite common to
attempt to
undermine the
fortifications,
causing them to collapse....
