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Lucca, ItalyA bird s-eye view town of Lucca in Tuscany showing the fortified walls and street plan
Youghal Clock GateThe famous Youghal Clock Gate, in the seaport of Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, was built in 1777 on the site of Trinity Castle, part of the towns fortifications. Date: 18th century
First English Civil War: Siege of Lathom House, 1644Royalist stronghold Lathom House in Lancashire defies Parlimentarian pressure and raises the royal standard. The ensuing siege lasted three months, but was eventually lifted
Malcesine, Lake Garda, ItalyOn a little headland of the Veronese side of Lake Garda, Italy, on the slopes of Mount Baldo, Malcesine was built around a fortress which belonged to the Veronese Della Scalas. Date: circa 1910s
Sinop - TurkeySinop is a city Ince Burun (Cape Ince), by its Cape Sinop (Sinop Burnu, Boztepe Cape, Boztepe Burnu) which is situated on the most northern edge of the Turkish side of Black Sea coast
France / Strasbourg 1590A view of the ancient walled city of Strasbourg and surrounding countryside as it looked at the end of the 16th century
WW1 - Trench map from a soldiers war diary showing the Somme Battlefield with information gleaned from captured German Prisoners
Martello Tower, Corsica Date: 1809
Ankara - TurkeyAnkara. The capital city and administrative centre of Turkey, located in Central Anatolia. Established before 1200BC by the Hittites
Siege of Paris - AerialTHE SIEGE OF PARIS An aerial view from the south, showing the French defences surrounding the city, including several outlying forts
Mont St Michel / Card 1A general view showing the fortifications
Roman legionaries in armour building fortifications. One cuts wood with an axe, other bring lime in baskets, stones and timbers. From Trajans Column. Fortificazioni
Aigues-mortes, France - Medieval ramparts Date: circa 1850s
Bermuda Ireland IslandIreland Island fortifications and dockyards in Bermuda, showing transported convicts arriving to serve their penance
Malta - Valletta - Custom House Date: circa 1910s
Dubrovnik, Croatia - The Main Entrance GateDubrovnik, Croatia - The Old Walled Town - The Main Entrance Gate to the City. Date: circa 1930s
Fortifications, Rocroi, Ardennes, FranceTown of Rocroi, aerial view, with its star shaped fortifications and radiating roads, built 16th century, in Ardennes, Grand Est, France
Fortified medieval castle at Sedan, Ardennes, FranceThe Fortifications of the fortified medieval castle at Sedan, Ardennes, France - claimed to be the largest in Europe. Date: 1915
Tower Of CalaisAn etching of the Tour du Guet, a watchtower in Calais, northern France, dating from 1214, when Philip I, Count of Boulogne built fortifications in the town
Weaponry, Middle Ages. Bombard. Engraving by SerraBombard. Cannon used throughout the Middle Ages an the Early Modern Period. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleshipRoyal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constitucion, ordered by the Chilean Navy
Tombs of the Mamluks (Mamelukes) in Cairo, EgyptTombs of the Mamluks in the City of the Dead with the Saladin Citadel of Cairo in the background (top right), Egypt. Date: 20th century
The Defenders of Rorke's Drift at daybreak, 23rd January 187Dead Zulus piled up against sandbanks and fortifications, British officers with rifles and bayonets standing above them, perpetrating the myth that Rorke's Drift was an important victory
Berwick-upon-Tweed Castle, close to the England / Scotland border. Date: 1790
Chanakkale - Gallipoli Peninsula, Dardanelles, Turkey - The Fort Date: circa 1920s
The Aldobrandini Wedding fresco. The wedding of Peleus and Thetis, parents of Achilles. Other guests include Roman matron in veil, Charis or Peitho with alabastron, Venus, Hymen seated on the floor
Roman soldiers with spoils of war on the Arch for TitusRoman soldiers march in procession with spoils of war or spolia on the Arch for Titus, the arch of triumph celebrating Emperor Tituss victory over Jerusalem
Ypres Ramparts CWGC Cemetery seen across the moatThe earliest settlement in this area is thought to have been near Langemarck in about AD960 and gradually a cluster of villages grew up around the Yperlee
The royal game of fortifications, table billiardsThe royal game of fortifications, 18th century. Louis XIVs three sons use cue sticks to hit balls through a fortress and onto a fortified structure
Fortifications at Cap-Haitien by InsurgentsFortifications at the port city of Cap-Haitien, by the occupying insurgents for defence of the town. Several men guard the cannons set up at the top of the wall
The Russian officer whose army captured the Turkish fortifications of Erzerum, in Armenia. Illustration taken from a photograph of General Doubaskys collection. Date: 1916
The Tower of David - Jerusalem, Israel Date: circa 1910s
The Ramparts and the Harbour - Tangier, MoroccoThe Ramparts and the Harbour - Tangier, a Moroccan port on the Strait of Gibraltar. Date: 1903
LILLE - DEFENDED TOWNThe Town and fortress of Lille. Date: Early 19th century
SEBASTOPOL BATTLE PLANBattle plan showing the fortifications : the Mamelon, and the Malakoff beyond it, are the key defences the Allies have to overcome before they can take the city itself Date: 1854 - 1855
Martello Tower 1876MARTELLO TOWER The tower at Hastings destroyed by a gale. Date: 1876
La Mola at the entrance to Mahon Harbour, Menorca, SpainLa Mola, a disused military fortification at the entrance to Mahon Harbour, Menorca, Spain. The Loop Holed Gallery - approx 400 metres long Date: 2010
Prison yard of the derelict military prison at La MolaThe prison yard of the derelict military prison at La Mola, a fortified peninsula on Menorca, Spain Date: 1989
Casemates and Moorish Castle - Gibraltar. Date: circa 1908
Hamburg, Germany - Baumwall. The Baumwall was part of the old Hamburg city fortifications built between 1616 and 1625. It separated in the water at the Alster estuary
Maginot Line fortifications by G. H. DavisWith Asparagus anti-tank defences: Maginot Line fortifications at the start of the Second World War. A typical frontier work, with galleries within a hillside, leading to pill boxes
San Felipe Fortress, Cartagena, Colombia, Central AmericaEntrance to a vault in San Felipe Fortress (Castillo San Felipe de Barajas), Cartagena, Colombia, Central America. Date: 1930s
Uzbekistan - Tashkent - Building Riverside Fortifications - Chirchiq River. Date: circa 1908
After WW1 - The battlefield at Fort Vaux in Verdun, FranceA post-war view of the heavily damaged fortifications, wire fences and bunkers at Fort Vaux on the Verdun Battlefield, France. Date: 1920
Xizhi Men (Hsi Chih Men) Gate - Beijing, ChinaXizhi Men (Hsi Chih Men) - the small side tower over the barbican gate of the outer fortifications, and the adjoining shops. - Beijing, China Date: circa 1901
View of the Fort de Boussois, northern France, WW1View of the Fort de Boussois, also known as the Fort de Kilmaine, on the Maginot Line in northern France during the First World War. It was built in the 1880s
Gallipoli fortress WWIThe Sedd el Bahr forterss at the entry to the Dardanelles during World War I
Khyber Pass - Afghanistan / Pakistan - Jamrud FortThe 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