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The signal flag display was once the main means of communication from the Citadel, not only were flags used to send coded messages, they also announced the arrival and departure of commercial ships in Halifax Harbour.
"The Citadel of Aleppo (Arabic: قلعة حلب) is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo, northern Syria. It is considered to be one of the oldest and largest castles in the world. Usage of the Citadel hill dates back at least to the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. Subsequently occupied by many civilizations including the Greeks, Byzantines, Ayyubids and Mamluks, the majority of the construction as it stands today is thought to originate from the Ayyubid period. A great deal of conservation work has taken place in the 2000s by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in collaboration with the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities
House at the Erbil Citadel, which dates back to at least 5,000 B.C - making Erbil one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Since 2014 it has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Most of the mound (apart from one) had been abandoned recently so the government can renovate it. The government has plans to move back 50 families once the renovation is over.
Erbil, Iraqi- Kurdistan, Iraq.
Carlisle (Citadel) station, 03/76. Built 1847 as a joint Lancaster & Carlisle Railway/Caledonian Railway in Neo-Tudor style by architect Sir William Tite. Platform buildings/canopies rebuilt 1972-73. Scanned slide taken with a Nikon F65D.
What is Mission: Victoria Citadel?
2 sides will battle it out to dominate 11 spawn points. This is a domination game with a Citadel in the middle of the field, which has 2 flags nearby. Because these 2 flags are so close, it will make for some very interesting firefights and a constant change in the game. This game is set to start at around 6:00 (it will be light out) and should run until about 11PM (it will be very dark) so get ready for some crazy gameplay as both sides fight it out at Mission: Victoria Citadel
Where: GK Training Grounds at Quail Run
When: Saturday June 18th 2011 5:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Age Requirements: 13+ please.
Click Here to get Directions to Mission: Victoria Citadel
Cost: Registration is closed for this mission. $13 at the door if you don't register.
Rules & Regulations:
- A Waiver of liability must be signed by all players prior to entering the playing field. For players under the age of 18, A Parent or Legal Guardian must sign for the underage player. They are available to fill out at Fox Airsoft or you can PRINT THIS LIABILITY WAIVER
- Full Seal Goggles must be worn at all times during Gameplay. This is to keep everyone safe from any eye injuries. Safety Glasses do not provide enough protection because a BB can get in behind them and cause injury.
- BIODEGRADABLE BB's are required. No exceptions. Any players caught playing without BIO BB’s will be required to leave without a refund. The reason we do this is is because the land owner won't let us play airsoft if we litter PVC bb's everywhere. He may also increase the cost to use the field. So to keep the cost as low as possible, we require BIO BB's. Thanks.
- This is a NIGHT Mission so we encourage you to bring a flashlight and/or headlamp. It is also STRONGLY encouraged, that you bring a RED glow stick as a dead rag. If you do not have one of these, you will often times get shot when you are walking back to respawn. We would also love it if you would use tracer units to make the mission more cinematic and fun.
- FPS Limits are as follows - (AEG:400) (DMR:450) (Sniper:550) with a .20 gram BB. We will be playing under an honor system. If players think that your gun is shooting too fast, game staff will Speed Check you and if you’re shooting too fast, you MAY be asked to leave without a refund.
- Rules of Engagement - (AEG’s - No fully automatic shooting within 50ft.)
(DMR’s: No shooting within 50 ft.) (Snipers: No shooting within 75 ft.)
- CALL ALL OF YOUR HITS - Airsoft is a sport of honor and those who play dishonorably will not necessarily be forced to leave but they most likely won’t be invited back.
- DO NOT CALL OTHER PEOPLE"S HITS - If the people that you are shooting are not calling their hits, then we encourage you to shoot more BB’s and aim for skin but don’t yell something like “OH COME ON! I TOTALLY GOT YOU! YOU’RE A CHEATER!” Just play the game.
- Up to 1 Hi-Cap magazine may be used as a magazine after all available Mid-Cap magazines have been used up. If your Mid-Cap mags are jamming (which does happen sometimes) then you may use your single Hi-Cap as your primary magazine. You will however be forced to play with just that one mag and any extra BB’s that you can carry. You are not allowed to carry more than 1 single Hi-Cap mag at all. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Missions are a new level of competitive Airsoft in Colorado. While this is not a weekly pick up game, nor is it a full blown Operation, Missions are much larger scale game with lots of organization. Mission’s are objective based games that run for a long period of time without breaks and never last more than a day. These Missions will have a cost of up to $20 depending on the Mission and may have raffles and door prizes.
The Citadel.
Unfortunately I sufferd the Middle Eastern version of Delhi Belly when we arrived in Aleppo. So I missed the grand tour in the citadel. Of course it was closed the day after. This is all I got.
The Amman Citadel is a historical site in the old city centre. It is on top of a hill but even higher hills surround it. I stayed in a hotel at the foot of the hill. The climb up was pretty steep. From the Citadel you can walk down towards the other big site which is the Roman Theater. Walking around that place is interesting. Narrow streets with small shops everywhere.
Visit to the Piquette Avenue Model T Museum in Detroit, Michigan on May 30, 2013 with my flickr contacts Grant and Rogerio. The museum is in the factory where the Model T Ford was first produced.
Rogerio, through his connections with Fiat in Brazil, was given a 2013 Dodge Durango Citadel to test drive during their three days in the Auburn Hills area. The car is very nice and we found the Piquette Avenue Museum to be the perfect backdrop for some publicity shots.
All of my classic car photos can be found here: Car Collections
The Saladin Citadel of Cairo is a medieval Islamic fortification in Cairo, Egypt. The location, on Mokattam hill near the center of Cairo, was once famous for its fresh breeze and grand views of the city. It is now a preserved historic site, with mosques and museums.
The Citadel was fortified by the Ayyubid ruler Salah al-Din (Saladin) between 1176 and 1183 CE, to protect it from the Crusaders. Only a few years after defeating the Fatimid Caliphate, Saladin set out to build a wall that would surround both Cairo and Fustat. Saladin is recorded as saying, "With a wall I will make the two [cities of Cairo and Fustat] into a unique whole, so that one army may defend them both; and I believe it is good to encircle them with a single wall from the bank of the Nile to the bank of the Nile." The Citadel would be the centerpiece of the wall. Built on a promontory beneath the Muqattam Hills, a setting that made it difficult to attack, the efficacy of the Citadel's location is further demonstrated by the fact that it remained the heart of Egyptian government until the 19th century. The citadel stopped being the seat of government when Egypt's ruler, Khedive Ismail, moved to his newly built Abdin Palace in the Ismailiya neighborhood in the 1860s. While the Citadel was completed in 1183–1184, the wall Saladin had envisioned was still under construction in 1238, long after his death [Wikipedia.org]
The Turin citadel with its killing zones and siege-proof cistern. Note how killing the restive citizens of Turin is a major security priority
After the restoration of the monarchy under King Charles II, Cromwell's citadels were erected as burghs. As recompense for the losses incurred by the Earl of Eglinton through his support of King Charles I, the citadel at Ayr, as a burgh of regality and barony was given to the Hugh 7th Earl, who christened it 'Montgomerieston' after himself! You could do that sort of thing in those days if you were an earl!
It is thought that a further reason for the gift to the Montgomerie family was that they were Barons of Ardrossan and much of Ardrossan Castle was dismantled and shipped to Ayr to supply stone to build the citadel. The Ardrossan stone is of a similar type to that used here and the speed at which the citadel was constructed suggests that a ready supply of quarried stone was found.
The Earl of Eglinton sold 'Montgomerieston' to the Kennedy family as partial payment for a debt, and then, as stated before, in the 1850s an antiquarian and gunsmith called John Miller, recently returned to Ayrshire from Calcutta where he had made his fortune, purchased the Barony of Montgomerieston. He built a Gothic style residence for himself using the tower of St John's church as its centrepiece and restored the upper half of the corbelled turret on the tip of the north-bastion, known today as 'Miller's Folly'.
It wasn't until 1913-1914 that the tower of St John's church was restored to appear much like its original appearance, as recorded by John Slezer in his 'Theatrum Scotiae', thanks to the 3rd and 4th Marquesses of Bute's and their interest in preserving ancient buildings.
Aleppo was famous for its architecture; for its attractive churches, mosques, schools and baths, as an important center of trade between the eastern Mediterranean kingdoms and the merchants of Venice, Aleppo became prosperous and famous in the centuries preceding the Ottoman era
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The Citadel high above downtown Amman. All the great civilizations of this part of the world occupied here and rebuilt. We see here Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic period ruins.