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En route to Constantinople -WWIPropaganda postcard from early WWI era, showing British and French navy vessels aproaching (and assaulting) the walls of Constantinople, Turkey. Date: 1915
Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight - The Gatehouse ArchCarisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England - The Gatehouse Arch Date: circa 1930s
Pioneer Regiment entrenching in France - WWIA Pioneer Regiment - British Army combatant corps used for light engineering tasks - dig trenches on the Western Front - WWI. Date: circa 1915
ROSSELLI, Matteo (1578-1650). Fortifications of San Miniato. 1615. ITALY. Florence. Buonaroti House. Episode in the life of Michelangelo. Baroque art. Oil on canvas
The city of Teheran from the Ispahan RoadA view of Teheran. From: Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c : during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820. Date: 1821
Cape of Good Hope. Book: An account of a voyage to New South Wales by George Barrington, superintendant of the convicts; to which is prefixed a detail of his life, trials, speeches, &c. &c
Lieutenant General Sir John Burgoyne GCB. Inspector General of Fortifications. Lieutenant General Sir John Burgoyne, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, hands behind him
Capture of El Caney, El Paso & fortifications of Santiago. Date c1898 July 22. Capture of El Caney, El Paso & fortifications of Santiago. Date c1898 July 22
Castello d Arco, Lake Garda, ItalyThe ruined fortifications of Castello d Arco at Arco on the shore of Lake Garda, Italy Date: circa 1910s
Defence towers of the Solovetsky KremlinRussia, Solovky Islands, Solovetsky. Defence towers of the Solovetsky Kremlin. 2010
Title page and frontispiece, Colonization of New ZealandTitle page and frontispiece, The British Colonization of New Zealand. Depicting a Maori warrior in the foreground, with a native fort on a hill in the background. 1837
Driving from the eighth tee at the Royal Malta Golf ClubThe Malta links have nine holes and surround the fortifications. Date: 11th April 1903
The Ramparts of the Casbah - Tangiers, Morocco Date: circa 1930s
Wales / PembrokeThe harbour wall and fortifications of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, as seen from the ancient castle. Date: 1950s
Mytilene, Lesbos, The CastleMytilene, Greek Island of Lesbos - The Castle/Citadel Date: circa 1903
Rhodes, Greece - The Towers of the Fortress, built by the Knight Hospitaler (Knights of the Order of St John of Rhodes and Malta). Date: circa 1903
Rhodes, Greece - The Red Gate of the Castle Date: circa 1903
Rhodes, Greece - Black Tower and Hospitaller CannonRhodes, Greece - Black Tower and Cannon of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of Rhodes / Knights of Malta) Date: circa 1903
Beaufort - Luxembourg - Castle ruins. The oldest part of the castle dates from the early 11th Century. It was a small square-shaped fortress on a massive rock
Hadrians Mausoleum 18ThHadrians mausoleum also known as the CASTEL SANT ANGELO built in the 2nd century AD. It has used as a funerary monument, a prison, fortifications and a museum. Date: 2nd century
18th C. FortificationsVarious plans of 18th century fortifications. Date: Circa 1760
Robert Van HoeckROBERT VAN HOECK Flemish artist and military engineer from Antwerp, controller of fortifications for his majesty (Louis XIV ?) in Flanders. Date: 1622 - 1668
Typical fortifications of a castle
Military / FortificationsMARTELLO TOWER Tower at the fair-way of the Thames and Medway. Date: 1856
Romans Building a FortRoman soldiers building a fort, during the campaigns against the Alemanni - erecting stockades, brick walls and columns Date: 1st/2nd centuries AD
Malta - Fort Ricasoli, built by the Knights of Malta between 1670 and 1693
Trogir (Trau), CroatiaTrogir (Trau) is a historic town and harbour on the Adriatic coast in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. The historic city is situated on a small island between the Croatian mainland
Destroyed fortifications WWIDestroyed fortifications in Belgium during World War I
Khyber Pass - Afghanistan / Pakistan - Fort PeshawarThe Khyber Pass - the mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location
Helsinki fortifications WWIISoldiers constructing fortifications in Helsinki during World War II
Croatia - Dubrovnik - City Walls
Croatia - Dubrovnik - Walls of the Minceta Fortress
Estonia - TallinnTallinn (also known as Reval - many other alternate spellings depending on which country you are from!) - the capital and largest city of Estonia
Chateau of ChillonThe lakeside Chateau of Chillon, on the shore of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. From the mid 12th century, the castle was home to the Counts of Savoy
Tower at the Rumeli HisariA Tower at the Rumeli Hisari (European Side of Constantinople) looking away from the Black Sea down the Bosphorus
The City Walls at SalonicaThe City Wall at Salonica, Greece
Dardanelles - The CastlesCastles at the Dardanelles, Turkey, Ottoman Empire
Mombasa - Kenya - Fort JesusFort Jesus at Mombasa, Kenya - overlooks the entrance to the old port and was built by the Portuguese between 1593 and 1596 to protect the trade routes to India and East Africa
A ferry boat crossing the Bosphorus. Typical scene showing a crossing of a wide section of the Bosphorus with six oarsmen (quite unusual)
The Rumeli Hisari - ConstantinopleView toward the Rumeli Hisari, a Fortress on the European side of the Bosphorus. Built by Mehmet II 1451-1452 prior to his conquering of Constantinople. The castle was completed in 4 months
Ancient City Wall - DamascusDamascus, Syria - A section of the Ancient City wall
Harbour - Tangiers, MoroccoHarbour at Tangiers, Morocco
A fine Hilltop Palace - Madhya Pradesh - IndiaAn imposing hilltop fortified palace in Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Salonica, Fortifications at the Turkish cemeterySalonica, Fortifications at the entrance to the Turkish cemetery
Egypt - Cairo - The Citadel and villageArabian Village set under the imposing walls of the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt
Italy - Alassio - The Beach. In Eastern Italy on the Mediterranean coast - not far from Nice and the French border
Mexico - Baluarte de Santiago at VeracruzThe city of Veracruz is a major port city and municipality on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. This view shows the Baluarte de Santiago
Morocco - Marrakesh - RampartsThe Old Walls (Ramparts) of the city of Marrakesh in Morocco with the snow-capped Atlas Mountains in the background