Infobox military structure name Fortress of Louisbourg location Louisbourg, Cap Breton image Image Plan de Louisbourg vers 1751.jpg 290px caption Plan of the fortress of Louisbourg in 1751 type Fortress ... battles infobox Museum name Fortress of Louisbourg image Louisbourg20.jpg established location Louisbourg, Nova Scotia Louisbourg , Nova Scotia , Canada . type National Historic Site of Canada director ... ns louisbourg index e.asp The Fortress of Louisbourg in French language French , Forteresse de Louisbourg ... of an 18th century France French fortress at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia Louisbourg , Nova ... 1.7 Panorama of FortressLouisbourg. The Fortress of Louisbourg was the capital for the colony of le ... a restored building at FortressLouisbourg. Unlike most other cities in New France, Louisbourg did not rely ... lost here because of it. ref The Fortress of Louisbourg and its Cartographic Evidence in Bulletin ... main Siege of Louisbourg 1745 The fortress was attacked in two major sieges Siege of Louisbourg 1745 ... naval attacks before it ever reached the fortress. Louisbourg returned File Nunexhibitforetresslouisbourg.jpg ... Louisbourg Cross , which had hung in the fortress chapel. This cross was rediscovered in the Harvard ... Historic Site Image Carlb louisbourg 2000 01.jpg thumb Fortress at Louisbourg In 1961, the government ..., is Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site , operated by Parks Canada as part of the national ... Publishing ISBN 9780548622346 Fortier, John 1979 . Fortress of Louisbourg . Toronto Oxford ... of Louisbourg National Historic Site brochure. Wood, William. The Great Fortress A Chronicle ... librivox.org chronicles of canada volume 8 the great fortress a chronicle of louisbourg 1720 1760 audiobook ... index e.asp Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site Parks Canada http fortress.uccb.ns.ca ... against Louisbourg in 1745 http www.pedalandseaadventures.com fortress louisbourg.html An essay on Fortress ... topics Canadian history North America in topic Military history of NHSC DEFAULTSORT Fortress Of Louisbourg ... more details
Infobox lighthouse name Louisbourg Lighthouse image name Louisbourg Lighthouse Nova Scotia.jpg caption location Louisbourg, Nova Scotia latd 45 latm 54 lats 21.9 latNS N longd 59 longm 57 longs 24.4 longEW W coordinates type type landmark coordinates display title coordinates footnotes yearbuilt yearlit 1734, 1842 automated 1990 yeardeactivated 1758 foundation construction concrete shape octagonal marking White tower, red lantern height 16.8 m elevation 32 m lens currentlens intensity range characteristic Flashing White, once every 9 sec fogsignal admiralty H3344 NGA 9204 ARLHS CAN 756 Louisbourg Lighthouse is a historic Canadian lighthouse at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia , and is the site of the first lighthouse in Canada . The first light Construction began on the lighthouse in 1730 to assist navigation to FortressLouisbourg . It was completed in 1734. A fire in 1736 destroyed the lantern but the stone tower was unharmed and a new lantern was installed in 1738. ref http nslps.com lights lighthouse page 01.asp?ID 216&SP 2&M Early 20History Early History Louisbourg Lighthouse Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society web page ref Lighthouse Point played a decisive role in both siege s of FortressLouisbourg as, once captured, it provided a commanding gun battery location to bombard the fortress. This lighthouse was badly damaged in 1758 during the Siege of Louisbourg 1758 Final Siege of Louisbourg and abandoned by the British after they demolished the fortress. Stonework ruins from the first tower are still visibile at the site. The second lighthouse A square wooden lighthouse ... Georges Island Lighthouse in City of Halifax Halifax , Nova Scotia. The Louisbourg lighthouse ... Louisbourg Lighthouse , Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society Web Page http fortress.uccb.ns.ca LouisbourgLighthouseSociety Louisbourg Lighthouse Society http www.mar.dfo mpo.gc.ca e stmp1032 35.htm Louisbourg Lighthouse Stamp, Canada Post, 1984 Category Lighthouses in Nova Scotia Category National ... more details
Louisbourg Expedition may refer to Louisbourg Expedition 1746 , a French attempt to capture Louisbourg during the War of the Austrian Succession Louisbourg Expedition 1757 , a British attempt to capture Louisbourg during the Seven Years War See also Siege of Louisbourg disambiguation Disambig ... more details
The Louisbourg Grenadiers was a temporary unit of grenadiers formed by General James Wolfe in 1759 to serve with British Army forces in the Quebec campaign of the Seven Years War . Grenadiers from the Cheshire Regiment 22nd , 40th 2nd Somersetshire Regiment of Foot 40th , and 45th Regiment of Foot 45th regiment s were brought together by Wolfe at the Fortress of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia in preparation for action along the St. Lawrence River . ref http www.militaryheritage.com 40thregt.htm His Majesty s 40th Regiment of Foot , accessed May 10, 2007 ref The unit was involved in numerous battles during the months long prelude to the Battle of the Plains of Abraham , including the ill fated Battle of Beauport on July 31, 1759. After Quebec City s capture, the Grenadiers went on to be involved in the fall of Montreal the next year. ref Reid, Stuart, Quebec 1759 The Battle That Won Canada. Oxford Osprey Publishing, 2003. pp. 35 42 ref After the end of the Seven Years War, the unit was disbanded and its members returned to their original regiments. Notes reflist External links http www.militaryheritage.com 40thregt.htm His Majesty s 40th Regiment of Foot http www.militaryheritage.com 40th.htm The 40th Regiment of Foot in North America http www.cmhg.gc.ca cmh en image 210.asp?page id 250 Canadian Military Heritage The Louisbourg Grenadiers an example of uniforms worn by the Louisbourg Grenadiers Category Infantry regiments of the British Army Category Military units and formations established in 1759 Category Military units and formations of the French and Indian War UK mil unit stub ... more details
Siege of Louisbourg may refer to Siege of Louisbourg 1745 , the capture of the settlement by British forces during the War of the Austrian Succession Siege of Louisbourg 1758 , the capture of the settlement by British forces during the Seven Years War, after which it was permanently ceded to the British See also Louisbourg Expedition 1757 , a cancelled British plan to capture Louisbourg during the Seven Years War Disambig ... more details
Campaignbox French and Indian War Maritimes The Louisbourg Expedition 1757 was a failed British attempt to capture the France French fortress of Louisbourg on le Royale now known as Cape Breton Island during the Seven Years War known in the United States as the French and Indian War . A strong French naval concentration was formed at Louisbourg, as Dubois de La Motte led a defence with 9 ships of the line and 2 frigates, which were reinforced with the arrival of Joseph de Bauffremont from Saint Domingue with 5 ships of the line and a frigate, and 4 ships and 2 frigates from Toulon under Joseph Fran ois de Noble Du Revest . ref name Stoetzel This strong French naval deployment repulsed the attempts of John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun Lord Loudon in the Louisbourg Expedition, who had committed a squadron under Francis Holburne . ref name Stoetzel Encyclopedia of the French & Indian War in North America, 1754 1763 by Donald I. Stoetzel p.61 http books.google.com books?id b uLUVJtHKkC&pg PA61 ref On 24 September 1757, the British fleet was scattered by a gale, but the French could not pursue them due to a typhus epidemic. ref name Stoetzel Dubois de La Motte would return to Brest with his sick men on 30 October 1757. ref name Stoetzel The British succeeded in Siege of Louisbourg 1758 capturing Louisbourg the following year. The next battle in Nova Scotia the Battle of Bloody Creek 1757 , happened after the Louisbourg Expedition. Notes reflist coord missing Nova Scotia DEFAULTSORT Louisbourg 1757 Category Acadian history Category Battles involving France Category Battles involving Great Britain Category Battles of the French and Indian War Category Conflicts in Nova Scotia Category 1757 in France Category Conflicts in 1757 Category History of Nova Scotia ... more details
, known as King George s War in the British colonies. Although the Fortress of Louisbourg s construction ...For the 1758 capture of Louisbourg Siege of Louisbourg 1758 More footnotes article date April 2010 FixBunching begin Infobox military conflict conflict Siege of Louisbourg partof War of the Austrian Succession image File Louisbourg assiegee en 1745.jpg 300px caption The Capture of Louisburg, 1745 by Peter ... record the siege as occurring 30 April 16 June in the Old Style. ref place Louisbourg , le Royale ... King George s War FixBunching end The Siege of Louisbourg took place in 1745 when a New England colonial force aided by a British fleet captured Louisbourg , the capital of the French province of le ... surrendered in the face of an imminent assault. Louisbourg was an important bargaining chip in the peace ... eventually overruled, and Louisbourg was returned, over the objections of the victorious colonists ... England who were increasingly wary of the threat Louisbourg posed to their fishing fleets working the Grand ... fervour, stirred by false accounts of the size and scale of Louisbourg s fortifications and the general ... increased after a small French force sailed from Louisbourg in the summer of 1744 to the nearby British ... Louisbourg en 1745 gravure allemande couleur.jpg thumb left The Capture of Louisburg, 28 June 1745 The prisoners taken during the Canso raid were first brought to Louisbourg, where they were given freedom to move around. Some of the military men took careful note of the fortress design, layout and condition ... who did business at Louisbourg, proved useful in planning the attack. The French, military and civilian alike, were not in the best of condition at Louisbourg. Supplies were short in 1744, and the fishermen ..., p. 52 ref Battle File Vue du debarquement anglais pour l attaque de Louisbourg 1745.jpg thumb 300px The landing of troops from New England on the island of Cape Breton to attack Louisbourg. Drawing 1747 File Plan du siege de Louisbourg 1745.jpeg thumb 300px Map of the siege of Louisbourg, 1745. In 1745 ... more details
the following year. Background The British government realized that with the Fortress of Louisbourg ... of the fortress led to the loss of French territory across Atlantic Canada. From Louisbourg, British ... Succession King George s War Siege of Louisbourg 1745 the 1781 naval battle during the American Revolutionary War Naval battle of Louisbourg FixBunching begin Infobox military conflict conflict Siege of Louisbourg image File British burninng warship Prudent and capturing Bienfaisant. Siege of Louisbourg 1758. Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, M55.7.1.jpg 300px caption Siege of Louisbourg ... 8 June&ndash 26 July 1758 place Louisbourg, Nova Scotia Louisbourg , present day Nova Scotia , then the French ... end The Siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal battle of the Seven Years War known in the United ... on Quebec unmolested. After an Louisbourg Expedition 1757 expedition against Louisbourg ... resolved to try again with new commanders. Pitt assigned the duty of capturing the fortress to Major ... Edward Boscawen . The chief engineer was John Henry Bastide who had been present at the Siege of Louisbourg 1745 first siege of Louisbourg in 1745 and was chief engineer at Fort St Philip, Minorca, in 1756 ... a long siege. As they had in 1757, the French planned to defend Louisbourg by a large naval build up ... this the French abandoned their attempt to reinforce Louisbourg from the Mediterranean, meaning there would be few ships available to actively oppose the British off Louisbourg. Order of battle File Map of Louisbourg 1758.png thumb left Map of Louisbourg 1758 British forces assembled at City of Halifax ... invasion fleet came together. On 29 May the Royal Navy fleet departed from Halifax for Louisbourg ... anchored in Gabarus Bay, convert 3 mi km from Louisbourg. The French commander and governor of le Royale ... squadron at Louisbourg outnumbered five to one by the British fleet. Drucour ordered trenches ... battery, at Kennington Cove. Siege Image Louisbourg02.jpg thumb left The fortress today, as seen ... more details
s name was given by France French military forces who founded the Fortress of Louisbourg and its ... a partial reconstruction of the Fortress of Louisbourg . Today this National Historic Site of Canada ... in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow s Evangeline . See also Wikisource1911Enc Louisburg Fortress of Louisbourg ... at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage Basic info name Louisbourg at least ... label position left pushpin map caption Location of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia pushpin mapsize 250 Location ... area code Area code 902 902 website footnotes Louisbourg 2001 pop. 1,157 is a community in Nova Scotia ... . The French fortress was demolished after its final capture in 1758 and the site was abandoned by British ... from the abandoned site of the fortress. The village grew slowly with additional United Empire Loyalist ... Louisbourg Lighthouse in 1842 on the site of the original French lighthouse destroyed in 1758. A railway first reached Louisbourg in 1877, but it was poorly built and abandoned after a forest ... exports to Louisbourg Harbour s sea ice ice free waters as a winter coal port. The harbour was used ... . Incorporated in 1901, the Town of Louisbourg was disincorporated when all municipal units in Cape ... name to the original French spelling Louisbourg . Economy Louisbourg s economy is dominated by the seasonal ... every year. The fortress holds large scale Historical reenactment s every few years to mark important ... UCCB Societies Page ref Annually, the community hosts the Louisbourg Crab Fest. ref http www.louisbourgcrabfest.ca ... Resort Web Page ref Louisbourg is home to the Louisbourg Playhouse, a theatre company ... Pictures Disney film Squanto A Warrior s Tale . ref http www.louisbourgplayhouse.com Louisbourg Playhouse Web Page ref Climate Weather box location Louisbourg metric first yes single line yes Jan record ... usage Louisbourg spelt Louisberg was mentioned in Nathaniel Hawthorne s story Feathertop . The town ... Regional Municipality Category General Service Areas in Nova Scotia fr Louisbourg gd Louisbourg, Alba ... more details
wiktionary Fortress A fortress is a fortification, a defensive military construction. Fortress or The Fortress may also refer to TOC right Computing and games Fortress chess , an endgame drawing technique Fortress programming language , a Sun Microsystems language Fortress video game , a 2001 Game Boy Advance video game Fortress Square Enix , the codename for an undeveloped game by Square Enix The Fortress, a location in the video game List of worlds in Kya Dark Lineage The Fortress Kya Dark Lineage Film and television Fortress 1986 film Fortress 1986 film , directed by Arch Nicholson Fortress 1993 film Fortress 1993 film , directed by Stuart Gordon The Fortress Flashpoint The Fortress Flashpoint , an episode of Flashpoint The Fortress Joe 90 The Fortress Joe 90 , an episode of Joe 90 Literature Fortresses Mazinger Fortresses Mazinger , fictional vehicles in the Mazinger manga anime series The Fortress , a 1932 novel by Hugh Walpole The Fortress , a 1956 book by Raleigh Trevelyan Music Fortress Miniature Tigers album Fortress Miniature Tigers album Fortress Protest the Hero album Fortress Protest the Hero album Fortress Sister Hazel album Fortress Sister Hazel album Places The Fortress Alberta , a mountain in Canada The Fortress Antarctica , a geological formation See also Fort disambiguation B 17 Flying Fortress , an American aircraft Fortress Pass , a pass on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada Fortress Investment Group , an asset management firm Tank Knights Fortress , animation from BB Tanks disambig de Fortress fr Fortress ko it Fortress nl Fortress sv Fortress olika betydelser ... more details
A Mighty Fortress most often refers to A Mighty Fortress Is Our God , a 1529 or 1531 hymn by Martin Luther. It may also refer to A Mighty Fortress album A Mighty Fortress album , a 1986 album by Steve Green singer Steve Green A Mighty Fortress game A Mighty Fortress game , a 1977 game published by Simulations Publications A Mighty Fortress novel A Mighty Fortress novel , a 2010 science fiction novel by David Weber A Mighty Fortress Harold Covington novel A Mighty Fortress Harold Covington novel , a novel by Harold Covington Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 , a chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach A Mighty Fortress A New History of the German People , a 2004 history work by Steven Ozment George Beverly Shea The Mighty Fortress 1955 The Mighty Fortress , a 1955 newsreel film of Billy Graham s 1954 Crusade for Europe disambig ... more details
About the chess variant the chess manoeuvre Fortress chess Image Russisches festungsschach.PNG thumb 350px right Fortress Chess Fortress chess or Russian fortress chess is a four player chess variant played in Russia in 18th and 19th centuries. The board contains 192 squares including the fortresses at its corners. The fortresses contain 16 squares and various pieces are placed inside. See also Four handed chess Forchess jochess A 16 by 8 board is used, with on one end a 4 by 4 projection in the center, this is the fortress. The side of the fortress has a king, queen, advisers, pike men and musketeers. Sources http www.chessvariants.com historic.dir fortress.html http www.quadibloc.com chess ch0206.htm DEFAULTSORT Fortress Chess Category Chess variants de Russisches Festungsschach fr checs forteresse ... more details
quality date May 2009 Image daugavpils fortress 05.jpg thumb right Daugavpils Fortress Daugavpils Fortress , also known as Dinaburg Fortress , is a fortification fortress in Daugavpils , Latvia . It is the only early 19th century military fortification of its kind in Northern Europe that has been preserved without significant alterations. ref http www.dinaburgascietoksnis.lcb.lv istorija.htm Dinaburga cietoksnis website website created in 2004 by Latgale Central Library, Daugavpils State District Archive and Daugavpils Ethnographic and Arts Museum. Available in Russian and Latvian languages only. ref Planning of the fortress began in 1772 by decree of Tsar Alexander I of Russia , shortly after the First Partition of Poland when Latvia ceded to Russia and construction began during Napoleon I of France Napoleon s attack of the Russian Empire in 1810. Construction of the fortress, despite lengthy delays, serious floodings and slow construction work, was completed in 1878. History General facts and information ref http www.vni.lv media file prezentacijas Daugavpils.pps Valsts nekustamie pa umi ... presentation titled Daugavpils fortress a place where the courage of Napoleon and the Russian emperors is present today . Available in English language only. ref 10,000 workers built the fortress in two shifts. In 1812, the fortress was attacked by the French Army of 24,000 men. The fortress was still under construction and was defended by 3300 men and 200 cannons. The fortress was a significant ... Dinaburg and Daugavpils Fortress was the place of rest for many nobles including tsars Alexander ... 1920 and 1940 the fortress became home of the Latvian army. During World War II , the hostage camp Stalag 340 was set up in the fortress. 1948 1994 The Soviet army was dislocated in the fortress. clarify date December 2010 1998 The fortress came under the authority of the State Real Estate Agency of Latvia. 2004 The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia decided to sell the fortress ... more details
unreferenced date March 2010 Infobox Historic building image Ba fortress, view from the south east.jpg caption Ba Fortress name Ba Fortress location town Ba location country Serbia architect client engineer construction start date completion date 14th century date demolished 1711 cost structural system style Fortification , mixed size Ba Fortress is the Middle Ages medieval fortress in the Serbia , in Vojvodina . It is located near the town of Ba Serbia Ba . Built at the time of Hungary Hungarian King Charles I of Hungary Charles Robert I 1310 1342 . Then there are eight towers, various chambers of the county manager, hodinke, arrest the guards, kitchen, well, barn, etc.. Ba Fortress then became an important military, political, cultural and ecclesiastical seat. When your existing between the Battle of Moh cs Moh cs battle 1529, the city and fort were under the Ottoman Turks Turkish rule. From this period dates the descriptions of the fortress in Backa itineraries Evlia elebia. According to traveler description the city was surrounded by a wide circle of trenches filled with water. From the time of R k czi Rebellion 1703 1711 fortress was burned, destroyed and abandoned. In addition Ba fort remained the best preserved medieval fortress in Vojvodina . In Ba and today are the ruins of the former fortress whose base is in the form of an irregular pentagon. In the ruins there are four lateral and one central tower height of 18 metres, which was partially reconstructed. Gallery gallery Image Ba , view of the fortress and the town.jpg View of the fortress and Ba Image Ba fortress, view from the south.jpg View of the fortress from the south gallery See also List of fortresses ... bac.html Fortress selection Ba http www.dvorci.info dvorci bac infoc.htm Ba Fortress Commons category Ba Fortress Cultural Property of Great Importance coord 45.3931 N 19.2217 E source kolossus srwiki display title DEFAULTSORT Bac Fortress Category Forts in Serbia Category Ba Category Spatial ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2007 Image HK North Point Fortress Hill near Oil Street Stone Stairs.JPG thumb 250px Fortress Hill near Oil Street Stone Stairs Fortress Hill zh t is a hill and an neighbourhood area on the north shore of Hong Kong Island , Hong Kong . It is on the western end of the North Point area, and is to the east of Causeway Bay . The MTR Fortress Hill Station serves this area. There are a number of private residential estates, office buildings , hotels and service apartment serviced apartments in this area. See also List of areas of Hong Kong commons category Fortress Hill Coord 22.28858 114.19417 display title Category Fortress Hill Category Mountains, peaks and hills of Hong Kong Category Hong Kong Island HongKongIsland geo stub zh yue zh ... more details
Infobox VG title Fortress Forever image Image Fortress forever.jpg caption developer http www.fortress forever.com devteam Fortress Forever Development Team publisher distributor designer series engine Source engine version released 2007 09 13 ref name 9 13 Fortress Forever news 2007 09 13 . http www.fortress forever.com Official release date September 13th . Retrieved 2007 09 13. ref genre First person ... Keyboard , mouse computing mouse footnotes Fortress Forever is a Half Life 2 mod computer gaming mod that uses the game s Source Engine . The game is based on Team Fortress Classic , but has been created entirely from scratch by the Fortress Forever development team. The intended scope of Fortress Forever is to please older Team Fortress Classic fans, while at the same time creating a game enjoyable enough to players new to Team Fortress styled games. Fortress Forever was released on September ... game running off the Source Engine. As of February 26, 2010, Fortress Forever is on build 2.41. History According to a developer team member, Fortress Forever was in development Software project management ... tfc s 3rd party mod fortress forever announced TFC S 3rd Party MOD Fortress Forever Announced . Retrieved ... Fortress Forever A Team Fortress Mod for HL2 . Retrieved 2007 03 23. ref Notable mentions Expand section date February 2007 To prove notability of Fortress Forever and thus avoiding a deletion of this article ... in PC Gamer magazine. Reviews http www.halflife2.net 2007 09 20 fortress forever v1 review Halflife2.net ... 2008 03 12 See also Team Fortress Team Fortress Classic References nowiki See http en.wikipedia.org ..., and the template below. nowiki references External links http www.fortress forever.com Fortress Forever Homepage http www.fortress forever.com wiki index.php?title Main Page Fortress Forever wiki Source ... Category Multiplayer online games Category Windows games Category Lua scripted video games ru Fortress Forever uk Fortress Forever ... more details
Infobox Military Structure name Hamina Fortress partof location image File Walls of the fortress.jpg 300px caption Walls of the Hamina fortress map type Finland latitude 60.569 longitude 27.197 map size 220 map caption Hamina Fortress shown within modern day Finland type Fortress coordinates coord 60.569 ... 1791 End date 1792 , Start date 1803 builder materials height used 1721 1836, 1845 1855 as fortress ... and main fortress wall Hamina Fortress is located in Finland on the coast of the Gulf of Finland and it is an integral part of the Hamina city centre. Hamina fortress is a Star fort , representing ... Construction The location of the fortress used to be the marketplace of the Vehkalahti , which ... of the fortress began by Sweden Swedish general Axel von L wen after the Treaty of Nystadt in early ... the Hamina fortress the construction of another fortress also began in Lappeenranta Fortress Lappeenranta ..., ref name fort.fi historia ref name mtv3 of the fortress the garrison was responsible for defending ... the still unfinished fortress had to surrender to Russian troops and the area was annexed by Russia. General Alexander Suvorov continued the construction of the fortress. ref name fort.fi historia 19th centrury At the beginning of the 19th century Hamina fortress one the many fortresses that were ... van Suchtelen considered the fortress obsolescent and inadequate, so the north facing defences on the shore ... as result of the Finnish War , the fortress was abandoned in 1830s and the Tsar Nicholas I of Russia Nicholas I gave the fortress area to Hamina city. Simultaneously the position of the commander of the fortress was dissolved. ref name hamina.fi Citation url http www.hamina.fi ?pid 212&lang fin title Haminan kaupungin vaiheita date publisher City of Hamina accessdate 2007 11 15 ref Hamina fortress saw action again in the Crimean War . The fortress was reinforced and the position of the fortress commander was re established for the duration of the war. ref name hamina.fi Fortress today File ... more details
Warsaw Citadel the main part of Russian fortifications in Warsaw built in 19th century Warsaw Fortress the 19th century Russian fortress built in Warsaw and area Festung Warschau the German name for defended city of Warsaw during II w.w. disambig de Festung Warschau ... more details
File Shushi fort.jpeg right 300px Shusha fortress is a fortress in Shusha , Azerbaijan . It was built in 1751. Category Shusha Category Castles and fortresses in Azerbaijan Category 1751 architecture coord missing Azerbaijan Azerbaijan struct stub castle stub ... more details
Fortress Pass coord 70 28 03 N 70 49 50 W type pass region CA NU scale 1000000 display inline,title name Fortress Pass is a mountain pass in the central Baffin Mountains , Nunavut , Canada . It is named after Fortress Mountain Nunavut Fortress Mountain . ref http www.geonames.org maps google 70.468 70.831.html Pioneer Pass ref References reflist Arctic Cordillera Mountain passes of Nunavut Category Arctic Cordillera Category Mountain passes of Qikiqtaaluk Region Category Baffin Island QikiqtaalukNU geo stub ... more details
Fortress of Justinian lang sq Kalaja e Justinianit or simply known as Tirana Castle Albanian Kalaja e Tiran s is a castle in Tirana , Albania . Its history dates back before 1300 and is a remnant from the Byzantine era. ref cite web url http www.lonelyplanet.com albania tirana sights fortressfortress of justinian title Fortress of Justinian accessdate 2 November 2010 ref References Reflist translation ref sq Kalaja e Tiran s Castles in Albania Tirana coord missing Albania Category Castles in Albania Category Visitor attractions in Tirana mk sq Kalaja e Tiran s Albania castle stub ... more details
File Wanping Castle east gate 3522.jpg thumb The East Gate of the Wanping Fortress Wanping Fortress , also known as Wanping Castle zh c p W np ng Ch ng is a Ming Dynasty fortress, or walled city in Beijing . It was erected in 1638 1640, with the purpose of defending Beijing against Li Zicheng and the peasant uprising. It lies adjacent to the Lugou Bridge . The Wanping Fortress has two gates, the east gate named Ever Prosperous Gate , then renamed as Majestic Gate , and the west gate named as Favorably Govern Gate . In Chinese, the fortress is sometimes called Wanping City , and from the beginning, it functioned as a military fortress. From west to east, it measures 640 meters, and from south to the north 320 meters, make it a half square shaped. To the west of the fortress, there is the Yongding River, and the Lugou Bridge Marco Polo Bridge, . Gallery gallery File Kangxi Lugou rebuilding stele 3585.jpg The West Gate of the Wanping Fortress seen from a distance File Wanping Castle south wall 3514.jpg The fortress walls were damaged by Japanese shells during the Marco Polo Bridge Incident File Lugou bridge lions 3620.jpg The Wanping Fortress as seen from the Lugou Bridge File Wanping castle south wall 3634.jpg The walls of the fortress gallery References Commons Category Wanping Castle Wanping Fortress and Lugou Bridge Marco Polo Bridge . http www.touchbeijing.com ?p 1882 TouchBeijing.com China struct stub coord 39.85000001 N 116.22000001 E source ruwiki region CN 11 type landmark format dms display title Category Buildings and structures in Beijing Category Visitor attractions in Beijing Category 17th century establishments Category Forts in China no Wanpingfortet ru zh ... more details
Kazarma lang el , from lang it Casa di arma , the guard barracks , is the Republic of Venice Venetian era fortress of the city of Sitia in Crete , Greece . This fortress was built in the 13th Century. External links http www.explorecrete.com crete east EN Sitia fortress kazarma.html Extensive article from ExploreCrete.com coord missing Greece Category Lasithi Category Military history of the Republic of Venice Category Castles in Crete Greece castle stub ... more details
coord 43 37 24 N 22 40 38 E type landmark region BG display title File Belogradchik fortress 2009.jpg right thumb 300px The Belogradchik Fortress The Belogradchik Fortress lang bg , Belograd i ka krepost , also known as Kaleto , the fortress from Turkish language Turkish kale , is an ancient fortress close to the northwestern Bulgaria n town of Belogradchik and the town ... and a cultural monument of national importance. The fortress walls are over m to ft 2 thick in the foundation ... with each other through gates. The fortress has a total area of m2 to ft2 10210 wiki yes . The Belogradchik Fortress was reconstructed to later become a proclaimed cultural monument. It is managed by the local historical museum authority. The initial fortress was constructed during ... sides. Initially, the Belogradchik Fortress served for surveillance and not strictly defense. Bulgarian tsar of Vidin Ivan Stratsimir of Bulgaria Ivan Stratsimir extended the old fortress in the 14th ... Fortress became one of the most important strongholds in the region, second only to the tsar s capital fortress of Vidin, Baba Vida . During the Ottoman Empire Ottoman conquest of Bulgaria, the fortress was captured by the Ottomans in 1396. They were forced to further expand the stronghold ... to the fortress were made in the early 19th century. These changed were typical for the Ottoman castle .... Typically Europe an elements were added to the Belogradchik Fortress owing to the France French ... during the Serbo Bulgarian War in 1885. Gallery gallery perrow 5 Image Kaleto fortress galleryfull.jpg One of the fortress gates Image Belog 1.JPG Image Belog 2.JPG Image Belog 3.JPG Image Belogradchik Fortress.png Plan gallery External links commonscat Belogradchik Fortress http www.belogradchik.info ... the Belogradchik Rocks and the Fortress http www.belogradchik.biz belogradchik attractions kaleto.en.html Belogradchik Fortress Category Castles in Bulgaria Category Vidin Province bg ... more details
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