Fortresses, forts & fortifications of the World (photo guide)
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Captured - Ghajn Tuffieha, limits of St Paul's Bay - Malta. Thank you for your time to view - Wishing you all a splendid Sunday !
Hammershus is Scandinavia's largest medieval fortification, situated 74 metres (243 ft) above sea level on Hammeren, the northern tip of the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.
The Castle was rebuild after it was decided to abandon plans to built a fortress ( a former Roman Castrum ). It was ,at the time ,one the biggest defensive fortification ever built on Portuguese territory ,indicating not only the size of the project but also the importance of the Order of the Temple .(Founded in Jerusalem in 1118 by Hugues de Payens ,a cousin of St. Bernard of Clairvaux ,with Godefroi de St. Omer .)
Il Castello fu ricostruito dopo che fu deciso di abbandonare il piano per costruire la Rocca ( a forma di Castro Romano ).
Esso fu nello stesso tempo la più grande fortificazione difensiva in territorio Portoghese , ma aumentò l'importanza dell'Ordine del Tempio ( Fondato a Gerusalemmme nel 1118 da Ugo di Payens ,un cugino di S. Bernardo di Clairvaux con Goffredo di S. Omer )
Built on top of a rock overlooking the town, the citadel of Corte is one of Corsica's most spectacular fortifications
The old trenches from the First World War have partly caved in, rotted and collapsed - but they are still there. A memorial to remind us to enjoy and maintain peace.
You see the trench also in the background.
Camera: Mamiya RB67 SD
Film: Ilford FP4 125
Developer: Ars Imago Monobath
Scanner: Epson V850 Pro
ScannerSoftware: SilverFast
Netzwerk 55plus, Monatsthema ein Sommer in Schwarz Weiß
Network 55plus, monthly theme a summer in black and white
Kaster ist ein Ortsteil der Stadt Bedburg im Rhein-Erft-Kreis, in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Kaster besitzt zwei Stadttore. Kommt man vom Westen in die Altstadt von Kaster so sieht man das Agathator. Im Osten zur Erft hin steht das Erfttor.
Das Agathator, ein viereckiger zweigeschossiger Turm, wurde erstmals im Jahr 1382 als „porzen“ genannt. Danach kam es in Schriftstücken als „Buschpfortz“, „Veltportze“ oder „Agathen pfortz“ vor. Das Tor war nicht als Zugbrücke konzipiert, aber es hatte ein Fallgitter. Früher gab es einen etwa 110 m breiten Graben vor dem Tor, der mit einer Brücke überwunden wurde. Mittig auf der Brücke war eine Bastei (eine geschlossene Wehranlage) mit einem Stadttor als vorgelagerte Verteidigungseinheit (Barbakan-Anlage).
Kaster is a district of the town of Bedburg in the Rhein-Erft district in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Kaster has two city gates. If you come from the west in the old town of Kaster you will see the Agathator. In the east towards the Erft is the Erft Gate.
The Agathator, a square two-storey tower, was first mentioned in 1382 as "porzen". After that it appeared in documents as "Buschpfortz", "Veltportze" or "Agathen pfortz". The gate was not designed as a drawbridge, but it did have a portcullis. There used to be a ditch about 110 m wide in front of the gate, which was crossed with a bridge. In the middle of the bridge was a bastion (a closed fortification) with a city gate as an upstream defense unit (barbican facility).
The fortifications of the town were built after the Mongol Invasion. It had four gates, which opened to the south, west, north and northeast. The plain of the town slightly slopes north, so the southern gate, which was located on the highest point, was called Upper Gate, while the northeastern gate, which was located on the lowest point, was called Lower Gate. The walls were defended by wide moats.
The wooden bridge leading across the moat in front of the Upper Gate was demolished in 1770 and a new stone bridge was built with five 4.5-metres wide arches.
Old fortress, Kerkyra town, Corfu island, Greece. Of course the blue hour version will follow next. Happy Friday to everyone.
vant 1031, le village de Montagny, « Montaniacum » est une forteresse considérable, avec à sa tête une des familles les plus riches de France.
Au 13ème siècle, la Baronnie de Montagny, originaire du Nivernais, prend le titre de « Première baronnie du Lyonnais » et étend sa puissance sur tous les environs.
Les ruines encore debouts témoignent de l’importance de la cité d’alors, racine du Vieux Bourg actuel : autour du château, de hautes murailles et des fossés profonds entouraient la montagne, faisant de Montagny une redoutable place forte.
Cette période riche dure environ cinq siècles, avant que la Révolution française ne mette fin à ce règne sans partage. L’évolution du village est ensuite étroitement liée au développement de la ville de Givors.
L’industrialisation de l’époque pousse à des mutations fondamentales à Montagny le Bas, le long de la CD386.
Eine Befestigung ist ein Bauwerk, das zum Schutz eines Ortes oder Gebiete errichtet wird. Im militärischen Bereich bezeichnet man sie auch als Fortifikation oder Wehranlage. Doch hier handelt es sich um einen Teil eines alten Bauernhofes von Pleisweiler.
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defence of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin fortis ("strong") and facere ("to make"). This is not a part of the fortification of the nice village of Pleisweiler, but a part from an old court.
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The old trenches from the First World War have partly caved in, rotted and collapsed - but they are still there. A memorial to remind us to enjoy and maintain peace.
Camera: Mamiya RB67 SD
Film: Ilford FP4 125
Developer: Ars Imago Monobath
Scanner: Epson V850 Pro
ScannerSoftware: SilverFast
Bunschoten-Spakenburg is a medieval town first named in 1294 and received it's city rights by the Bishop of Utrecht in 1383. Because of these rights the citizens were allowed to build an earthen wall around the town. The fortifications didn't last long however because a part of the town was destroyed in 1427 in a war between two rival Bishops and the wall was never rebuilt. It was originally a very important fishing villiage since it was part of a wide, open valley of the river Eem. Their main catch was paling, which is still a favorite of the Dutch today.
A century after Bunschoten was first mentioned, the settlement of Spakenburg developed. Originally the two towns were separated by a river inlet but much has happened in their history to change the lay of the land. Because of the location on the coast of what was then the Zuiderzee (a shallow bay on the Northsea), many floods inundated the area which caused the towns to become isolated.
So dikes were built to hold back the sea and stay the floods, this also caused new land to be created behind the dikes, this land (polder in Dutch) was often below sealevel and needed drainage and pumps to remain dry even if the dikes held, a big disadvantage of the dikes was that it limited access to the sea.
In the early 1900's the prosperous fishing harbor boasted over 200 ships but the closing of the "Zuiderzee" after the floods 1916 and further reclaiming of land after that period brought an end to that. No commercial fishing is now done from this area but heritage wooden vessels are still being built and repaired here.
The fortifications of the town were built after the Mongol Invasion. It had four gates, which opened to the south, west, north and northeast. The plain of the town slightly slopes north, so the southern gate, which was located on the highest point, was called Upper Gate, while the northeastern gate, which was located on the lowest point, was called Lower Gate. The walls were defended by wide moats.
The trade road coming from the central regions of Hungary left the town towards Poland through the Lower Gate. From the town gate a little wooden bridge led to a half-round barbican, which still stands, surrounded by moats. From the barbican a drawbridge led across the moat. After the fortifications of the town lost their significance, the wooden bridges over the moats were demolished and a new stone bridge was raised with two 5-metres wide arches in 1821. A similar stone bridge was built to connect the barbican with the town but it had only one arch.
Ses remparts, qui font de la ville l’une des enceintes fortifiées médiévales les mieux conservées d’Europe, sont aujourd’hui le symbole d’Ávila. Longs de deux kilomètres et demi, ils sont jalonnés de près de 2 500 créneaux, une centaine de tours, six portes et trois arcs.
Encircled by some of the best-preserved defense walls in Europe, ancient Avila seems straight from the Castile region's medieval past. Nighttime illumination only adds to the allure of the turrets, fortified palaces, and cathedrals of this storybook World Heritage city.
The very old and the not so new. Dunstanburgh Castle built in the 14th century and a WW2 Pill Box defending the north east coastline
Vues de la Croix de Toulouse au lever du soleil : les fortifications de Briançon conçues par Vauban. De droite à gauche et du bas vers le haut : la cité Vauban, le pont d'Asfeld, le fort des Têtes, le fort du Randouillet.
Lens: EF 16-35 f/2.8L (click to see all my photos with this lens)
31 mm f/6.3 1/200s ISO 100
Rumelihisarı (also known as Rumelian Castle and Roumeli Hissar Castle) or Boğazkesen Castle (literally meaning "Strait-Cutter Castle") is a medieval fortress located in Istanbul, Turkey, on a series of hills on the European banks of the Bosphorus. The fortress also lends its name to the immediate neighborhood around it in the city's Sarıyer district.
„The Bishop’s Gate” and „ The New Gate” are the names under which the 4th gate of the Alba Iulia Citadel was known in the past. The monument has the shape of a vaulted corridor that pierces the wall between two of the citadel’s bastions: the Trinitarians and Saint Michael, and it is placed on the western end of the main road that crosses the citadel. It is the only richly decorated gate from the three on the western side of the fortification.
The opening of the gate is limited by two statues technically named „atlants”, representing two mature bearded men, wrapped in cloaks that partially cover their nakedness. The median quoin of the gate’s arch presents a mask symbolizing Wrath. The triangular spaces with a curved long side, placed above the access way, are decorated with masks, quivers, shields, swords, spears, halberds, musical instruments.
A flag displays the monogram of the Vienna emperor under whose rule the citadel was built, Charles 6th, that is to say two opposite „C” letters, the initials of „ Carolus Caesar” and the Roman number „VI”. On the left part by the gate opening, above a helmet, a fantastic animal can be seen, some sort of a gryphon, with the body of a lion, snake tail and eagle wings. In the central part of the monument we can see the symbol of Austria – the double-headed eagle. The raptor bird has imperial crowns on its heads. In the past, the Gate had a practical role: it ensured the exit of the soldier towards the training field. The gate, a valuable monument of baroque art in Transylvania, was given back to the touristic circuit in 2007.
Castillo De San Marcos National Monument, completed in 1672, is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States.
Spectacular views of the surrounding countryside make the towering Rock of Dunamase a strategic place to build a fortress. Through the centuries, warriors have fought to control this site. The Rock of Dunamase is a popular historic attraction found overlooking the valley of the O’Moores, just outside Portlaoise, County Laois. It was the location of an early Christian settlement known as Dun Masc and later became an important Anglo Norman fortification.
The Vikings pillaged the settlement in 842. Later in the 12th century, when the Normans arrived in Ireland, Dunamase became one of the most important Anglo-Norman strongholds in Laois.