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Georgia Southern University Eagles Football, Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia, USA.
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A UNESCO World Heritage site, this impressive adobe citadel was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 2003.
Unfortunately, this earthquake also took away the lives of more than 20,000 people from the city of Bam.
On our Vietnam holiday we went to Hue and although the conditions were very wet I still managed to get a few photos
The Citadel of Damascus is the only castle in Syria that is built on the same level of the city. It was built during the Saljukis time around 1000 A.D. This citadel has been a stronghold for the Romans, Ayyubis, and Mamluk. It was destroyed twice by during the first and second Mongol invasions.
The citadel of Blaye was build by Vauban on a rock beside the river, and embracing in its ancient ruins of an old Gothic château. Together with the Fort Paté on an island in the river and the Fort Médoc on its left bank, were meant for the defence of Bordeaux
The citadel of Blaye, its city walls, the Fort Paté and the Fort Médoc (the latter in nearby Cussac-Fort-Médoc) were listed in 2008 as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
(Wikipedia)
The massive stone structure was built by up to 20,000 workers between 1805 and 1820 as part of a system of fortifications designed to keep the newly-independent nation of Haiti safe from French incursions.
Citadel newspaper sponsored automobile school in 1937 held at the Anne Gamwell Municipal Building. Co-sponsored by the richest man in Light's End, Joe Seminole--thus the Indian theme.