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The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
een niet al te groot stadje heeft zinds de middeleeuwen strijd gevoerd de redelijk goed bewaardgebleven citadel is daar getuigen van . de fransman vouban tekende ook voor dit verdedigings werk en staat ook op de unesco erfgoed lijst
131 South Dearborn. The old brown building is the Marquette Building and the building reflecting off the Citadel Center is 55 West Monroe.
This image was taken from aboard the wooden MV International, a diesel-powered passenger vessel, built at Goat Haunt in 1927. It plies its trade up and down Upper Waterton Lake, with a current carrying capacity of 200.
On the right is are the Citadel Peaks East (2,133m) and on the left is a ridgeline that leads up to Mount Cleveland which is off-shot to the left. These mountains are part of the Livingston Range which sits primarily in Glacier National Park in Montana, and in the extreme south-eastern section of the Canada's province of British Columbia. The range is 58 km long and 45 km wide. Over 15 summits exceed 2,700m above sea level, with the highest, Kintla Peak, at 3,079m.
While these elevations are not particularly high for North American mountains, they are high compared to the roughly 1,200m elevation of the nearby valleys, making for particularly dramatic peaks.
The Livingston Range was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the Lewis Overthrust fault pushed an enormous slab of Pre-Cambrian rocks 4.8 km thick, 80 km wide and 260 km long over newer rocks of the Cretaceous Period.
Waterton Lake is composed of two bodies of water, connected by a shallow channel known locally as the Bosporus. The two parts are referred to as Lower Waterton Lake, and Upper Waterton Lake, the latter of which is crossed by the Canada-United States international border.
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park was created by the US and Canada in 1932. In 1979, UNESCO established the Waterton Biosphere Reserve to protect the diverse habitats including prairie grasslands, aspen parkland, sub-alpine forests, alpine tundra and freshwater fens that surround the lake. Later, in 1995, it was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
I was staying in West Glacier, MT., so drove to Waterton in Canada to take the boat to Goat Haunt (back in Montana) and then spent most of the day hiking north up the side of the lake back to my car at Waterton, before again crossing the international border back to West Glacier. That became impossible for a non-North American after 9/11. I'm not sure whether the situation has subsequently changed.
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The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
Carcassonne is famous for its citadel, the “Cité de Carcassonne”, a medieval fortress whose construction began in the 11th century, on the site of earlier fortifications dating back to the Roman era. Carcassonne was an independent fiefdom in the medieval era and became a stronghold of the Cathars in the late 12th to early 13th centuries.
The Cathars were a Christian sect who rejected the ostentatious wealth of the Roman Catholic Church for a much simpler, egalitarian society. They were based in this south west region of France. This of course incurred the wrath of the Pope who declared the Inquistition and launched a bloody and barbaric Crusade to wipe out the Cathar heretics. The Papal Crusaders captured Carcassonne in 1209 and the city submitted to the rule of the kingdom of France in 1247.
During the Hundred Years' War, English forces under the command of Edward the Black Prince unsuccessfully besieged the city in 1355, although they destroyed the lower town. By the end of the 17th century the castle’s strategic significance was reduced and the fortifications fell into disrepair. Beginning in 1853 the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc began the decades long task of restoring the citadel. His vision was somewhat controversial as the style of the towers, turrets and other features was not necessarily very authentic. However, today it is generally regarded as a masterpiece of restoration and in 1997 was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Today it is France’s third most visited tourist attraction after Paris and Mont St Michel. Be warned, it gets horrendously busy in the peak summer period, if you’re planning a visit avoid July and August!
The green citadel in Magdeburg, is the last building which yet personally has been drafted from "Friedensreich Hundertwasser".
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fort in Cairo, Egypt, built by Salah ad-Din (Saladin) and further developed by subsequent Egyptian rulers. It was the seat Egyptian government and the residence of its rulers for nearly 700 years from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Located on a promontory of the Mokattam hills near the center of Cairo, it commands a strategic position overlooking the city and dominating its skyline. At the time of its construction, it was among the most impressive and ambitious military buildings of its time. It is now a mosque, a museum, and an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Citadel lies on the eastern edge of Cairo and was home to Egypt's rulers for 700 years. Their legacy is a collection of three very different mosques, several palaces and a few terraces with views of the city. The decaying limestone inside makes for very interesting textures.
Cairo, Egypt
2009
Hard to believe for those that have been here in winter ... this is Copenhagen at its best, a day in nowember
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
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The Diest citadel was built in the first half of the 19th century. When Belgium seceded from the Netherlands in 1830, the citadel was built as a defense mechanism for this new state. This was built to prevent the enemy from pushing through to the capital Brussels in the event of an attack. The citadel was part of the Diest Fortifications.
The citadel is located on the hills on the Demer. Major Laurillard-Fallot (1787-1842) was responsible for the design. The structure has the shape of a bastioned pentagon with sides of approximately 190 meters. The whole was surrounded by a dry moat and in front of the gate was a drawbridge. The citadel is located on a site of 28ha and the buildings themselves have an area of 10,200 m². The citadel has been very well preserved and is the only preserved example in Flanders.
On August 26, 1895, the Royal Decree appeared in which the core fortress was declassified. The citadel served for several years as a barrage to protect the railway, but suffered the same fate on April 20, 1906. After the declassification, a disciplinary company was stationed in the citadel. In the period 1930-1940 a depot of the Third Army Corps was established. During World War II, the citadel was in use by the Germans and after the surrender, the Allies used it as a prison for a short time. In 1946, the National Defense made the citadel available to the city, which housed 63 emergency houses. Three years later, all kinds of renovation work started to prepare the citadel as housing for the First Parachute Battalion. They arrived on August 2, 1953. In 1968, the two city fronts of the citadel were partially demolished to make way for new buildings.
Since 1996, the citadel is a protected monument. Together with the other parts of the Diestsesteenweg fortifications, the Fort Leopold, the Schaffensepoort, and the guard locks of the Zichemse and the Leuven gates, it gives a nice picture of the military architecture of the second quarter of the 19th century. In 2011, the citadel became vacant. The future of the citadel has not yet been determined. The city of Diest started looking for a new destination for the site.
Picnic – youth – flirting – joking
Happily stretched out on the moss
Schultheiss-Patzenhofer beer
Has quickly lifted the mood.
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
(Legoworld Copenhagen countdown: 6 weeks left! Amortug will be on display for the last time at Copenhagen. So I’ll count down the days by showing detailed photos of two modules every week.)
The Citadel tower, Amortug's tallest tower. From up here the guards secure the safety of it's citizens.
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(Legoworld Copenhagen countdown: 6 weeks left! Amortug will be on display for the last time at Copenhagen. So I’ll count down the days by showing detailed photos of two modules every week.)
The Citadel tower, Amortug's tallest tower. From up here the guards secure the safety of it's citizens.
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
The Citadel became the centerpiece of these great fortifications, protecting the city from the heights of the rocky hills that overlooked it. Completed in 1183 AD, Saladin’s Citadel served as the seat of government in Egypt for 700 years until Khedive Ismail moved into Abdin Palace in newly constructed Downtown Cairo in the 1870’s..Taken @Cairo, Egypt
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The Diest citadel was built in the first half of the 19th century. When Belgium seceded from the Netherlands in 1830, the citadel was built as a defense mechanism for this new state. This was built to prevent the enemy from pushing through to the capital Brussels in the event of an attack. The citadel was part of the Diest Fortifications.
The citadel is located on the hills on the Demer. Major Laurillard-Fallot (1787-1842) was responsible for the design. The structure has the shape of a bastioned pentagon with sides of approximately 190 meters. The whole was surrounded by a dry moat and in front of the gate was a drawbridge. The citadel is located on a site of 28ha and the buildings themselves have an area of 10,200 m². The citadel has been very well preserved and is the only preserved example in Flanders.
On August 26, 1895, the Royal Decree appeared in which the core fortress was declassified. The citadel served for several years as a barrage to protect the railway, but suffered the same fate on April 20, 1906. After the declassification, a disciplinary company was stationed in the citadel. In the period 1930-1940 a depot of the Third Army Corps was established. During World War II, the citadel was in use by the Germans and after the surrender, the Allies used it as a prison for a short time. In 1946, the National Defense made the citadel available to the city, which housed 63 emergency houses. Three years later, all kinds of renovation work started to prepare the citadel as housing for the First Parachute Battalion. They arrived on August 2, 1953. In 1968, the two city fronts of the citadel were partially demolished to make way for new buildings.
Since 1996, the citadel is a protected monument. Together with the other parts of the Diestsesteenweg fortifications, the Fort Leopold, the Schaffensepoort, and the guard locks of the Zichemse and the Leuven gates, it gives a nice picture of the military architecture of the second quarter of the 19th century. In 2011, the citadel became vacant. The future of the citadel has not yet been determined. The city of Diest started looking for a new destination for the site.
The Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria is considered one of the most important defensive strongholds, not only in Egypt, but also along the Mediterranean Sea coast. It formulated an important part of the fortification system of Alexandria in the 15th century AD.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_of_Qaitbay
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
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The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.