Fortification Collection (page 9)

Fort Jumrood (Jamrud), near Peshawar (now Pakistan)
Fort Jumrood (Jamrud), near Peshawar, India (now Pakistan). Date: circa 1890s

Fort of Bhurtpore (Bharatpur), India. Date: circa 1890s

Island of Heligoland by G. H. Davis
Refortified for prestige : Heligoland, of no strategical value. A detailed drawing of the fingerpost to Germanys only western sea outlet: the tiny island of Heligoland

The War: Fortifications in Paris
Map showing the fortifications in Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. Date: 1870

Citadel, Corfu, Greece
Citadel on the island of Corfu, Greece. Date: late 19th century

Moulainville Fort, Verdun, France, WW1
View of Moulainville Fort, Verdun, north-eastern France, which saw action during the Battle of Verdun, First World War, successfully resisting the enemy. Date: circa 1916

Peking city wall
A city wall (and watchtower?) of Peking (now Beijing), China, around 1911. Date: C.1911

Blaise Comte De Pagan
BLAISE FRANCOIS de PAGAN, comte de Merveilles French traveller, soldier, author of history & geography of the Amazon, and on fortification. Date: 1604 - 1655

Turkey - Sanilurfa (Urfa) - A Street in the Old Citadel - card published by the German Mission to Armenia to raise funds for the Mission-run Armenian Orphanages. Date: circa 1901

Castel (Castle) Sismondo, Rimini, Romagna, Italy Date: 1903

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Army blow up Sungshushan Fort
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Army blowing up the Sung-shu-shan fort (Pine Tree Hill) - Port Arthur. Date: 1904

Thessaloniki, Greece - Old City Walls and Heptapyrgion
A Hello from Thessaloniki - inset view of Old Thessaloniki with the old City Walls and Heptapyrgion (Citadel). Date: circa 1910s

Thessaloniki, Greece - The White Tower Date: circa 1900

Cairo, Egypt - The Saladin Citadel and the Mosque
Some lovely 1920s cars parked close to the The Saladin Citadel of Cairo on Mokattam hill near the centre of Cairo, Egypt. The El Azab Gate can be seen (centre)

Turkey - Ankara, The Castle Date: circa 1936

Nancy, France - Porte de la Craffe - a 14th century medieval fortification Date: circa 1920s

Round Tower - Fort Snelling, Minnesota, USA. The fort primarily protected the northwestern territories from Canadian and British encroachment. Date: 1909

Guinea - Toumanea - Courtyard of a Tata (fortified house). Date: circa 1910

Nafplio, Greece - Bourtzi Castle
Nafplio (Nauplion), Greece - The castle of Bourtzi, located in the middle of the harbour of Nafplio. The Venetians completed its fortification in 1473 to protect the city from pirates

Prince of Wales Martello Tower, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Prince of Wales Martello Tower in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nine of the fourteen Martello towers built in Canada still survive

Othellos Tower - Famagusta, Cyprus
Othellos Tower - Famagusta, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Date: circa 1910s

The Cloisters at Krak des Chevaliers, famous Crusader Castle near Homs, Syria. View of the Inner Court fom the south. Photograph taken by Colonel David Sutherland of SBS and SAS

Cuba - Walls of Fort Havana, Havana
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana, known as La Cabana (Fort of Saint Charles) - an 18th-century fortress complex, located on the elevated eastern side of the harbour entrance in Havana, Cuba

Istanbul, Turkey - Anadolu Hisari and Bridge over Goksu
Istanbul, Turkey - Fortress on the Anatolian Shore (Anadolu Hisari, on the Asian side of the Bosphorus) and the Bridge over the Goksu River (Sweet Waters of Asia Minor). Date: circa 1922

Istanbul, Turkey - A Tower of the Roumeli Hisari Date: circa 1922

Istanbul, Turkey - Yedikule ( The Castle of the Seven Towers ). Date: 1927

The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Rumeli Hisari
Part of the Rumeli Hisari, a Fortress on the European side of the Bosphorus. Built by Mehmet II in 1451-1452, prior to his conquering of Constantinople

Chateau Miolans, Savoie department, France
The Chateau Miolans, close to St-Pierre-d Albigny, Savoie department, Rhone-Alpes region, France - Le Donjon (The Dungeon). Date: circa 1908

Harlech Castle - Wales
Harlech Castle, Gwynedd, Wales. Date: circa 1910s

Palma de Mallorca - Bellver Castle
Palma de Mallorca - the major city and port on the island of Majorca (Mallorca), Spain. This card shows one of the external towers of Bellver Castle (Castell de Bellver)

Portoferraio, Italy - Torre del Martello, detta di Passanant
Martello Tower, (called Passanante ) at Portoferraio, Italy Date: circa 1910s

Conwy Castle, Wales
Conwy (Conway) Castle, Wales. The Suspension bridge was built by master engineer of the Victorian Age, Thomas Telford Date: circa 1910s

Great Wall of China - the longest building on Earth, with a length of 6350km (3945 miles). Date: circa 1910s

Gateway to the Fort Saint Andre - Villeneuve-les-Avignon, France Date: circa 1910s

Nomadic Children in the Citadel, Aleppo, Syria Date: circa 1910s

View of Aleppo - Ornamental stonework over an archway leading into the fabulous 13th century citadel. Date: circa 1910s

View of Aleppo - Moat surrounding the Citadel
View of Aleppo, Syria - The moat surrounding the fabulous 13th century Citadel. Date: circa 1910s

Map of the coast of New Spain. Ms. 2957. Sheet 95v. and 97. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Palma de Majorca. Walls. Engraving. SPAIN. Zaragoza. Academia General Militar (General Military Academy)

Algeria (17th c. ). Arel. The city and the harbour
Algeria (17th c.). Arel. The city and the harbour. Engraving

Map of Mah󮠷ith the San Felipe castle, 18th
Map of Mah󮠷 ith the San Felipe castle, 18th c. Engraving

Toulon in 18th c. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

MOROCCO. Rabat. Walls of the Chellah necropolis

MOROCCO. Rabat. Entrance to the Chellah Necropolis

Fortification on the outskirts of Paris. Section, elevation, and plans. Date 1813

Ragusa, the fortification, Dalmatia, Austro-Hungary. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Pafos Castle, medieval, Pafos Harbour, Cyprus Date: 2011

St Johns Bastion, Malta
St Johns Bastion, entrance to Valletta, Malta GC, to the left of the main City Gate, soon to be rebuilt by Renzo Piano, Architect. Date: 2011

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