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Using only technology and techniques available in 13th century France and materials available in 21st century Arkansas, Hendrix College students Ezra and Quinn Neal of Plugerville, Texas, are helping to construct an historically accurate, fully functional castle this summer as part of the Ozark Medieval Fortress staff in Lead Hill, Ark.
April 20, 2015 - The Baba Vida Fortress dates from 900AD - 999AD and is noted to be one of the best preserved Medieval Castles located in the country of Bulgaria.
Our memorable stay at the beautiful Palais Coburg Residenz in the heart of Vienna, Austria, July 2016. Highly recommended.
This fortress, Castel Sant' Angelo, beside the River Tiber in the Vatican City, was originally built as Emperor Hadrian's mausoleum.
The Kluže Fortress ranks among the most imposing fortifications in Slovenia, particularly because of its picturesque position above the deep gorge of the Koritnica River.
this fortress on the alexandria waterfront was built on the site of the ancient pharos lighthouse. the lighthouse was one of the seven wonders of the world until it was destroyed by an earthquake.
Ancient fortress built in 11th century. Samtskhe–Javakheti region, Georgia
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Boeing B17G Fortress
The B17 was nicknamed the "Flying Fortress" because it was heavily armed and could survive, and inflict, heavy damage. This aircraft was the primary bomber of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in the last years of World War Two. Formations of over 850 US bombers flew over Europe in the daytime, while RAF Bomber Command carried on the night offensive. This machine finished its flying career as a fire-fighting water bomber in California and flew across the Atlantic to the Museum in 1983.
The B17, together with the B24 Liberator, bore the brunt of American daylight strategic bombing in the European theatre during World War Two.
In 1934 the United States Army Air Corps outlined its requirements for an off-shore anti-shipping bomber. A year later the prototype took to the air. In 1940, twenty early production B17s were released to the RAF. This enabled them to be evaluated under operational conditions, but this early introduction into service was not a success.
Following an extensive redesign, to increase armour and armament, new versions were introduced and were widely used by the Americans, both in Europe and the Pacific. A further modification programme, this time to improve the bomber's ability to repel air attacks from the front, produced the B17G with its twin-gun 'chin' turret which you can see clearly on this example.
At the height of production Boeing's Seattle plant alone produced a completed aircraft every ninety minutes. A total of 12731 Fortresses were manufactured of which just over two-hundred were supplied to the RAF.
[RAF Museum website]
The main armament of the building consisted in three firing stations for 10cm howitzers vz. 38, which were to aim their weapons into the valley of the Metuje river, where there were important communications.
The Zelený log cabin is now part of the Museum of Czechoslovak Fortifications and is the entrance to the underground of the fortress. On the first floor you can see the installed mock-ups of howitzers, made for the film "Days of Betrayal" by director Otakar Vávra, which was filmed at the Hanička fortress.