Fortresses Collection

1930s RAF biplane diving with the engine still running
Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolts of the 82nd Squadron 78th Fighter Group, 66th Fighter Wing, escorting Boeing B-176-25-VE Fortress Bomber over the Continent in 1945. Date: 1945

Hurstmonceaux Castle
Situated on the edge of the Pevensey Levels, Sussex, the magnificent Hurstmonceaux Castle was built in 1450, one of the finest red brick fortresses in Britain

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortresses flying on a mission
United States Army Air Force - Boeing B-17G Flying Fortresses, of the 323rd Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Wing The Ragged Irregulars, flying on a mission from RAF Bassingbourn

Tombs of the Mamluks (Mamelukes) in Cairo, Egypt
Tombs of the Mamluks in the City of the Dead with the Saladin Citadel of Cairo in the background (top right), Egypt. Date: 20th century

Looking down on the walls of Carisbrooke Castle, near Newport, Isle of Wight, England, a Norman castle built on the site of several much earlier fortresses. Date: late 11th century

REPUBLICA OF ALBANIA. SHKODRA (SCUTARI). General view from Rozafa castle

Times War Atlas - WWI maps
The Times War Atlas. The atlas contains the following loose maps - 1) Map of the North Sea. 2) Map of the frontiers of France. 3) Map of the North Eastern Theatre of War. 4) Map of the Balkans

?Ko-i-Staun Foot Soldiery in Summer Costume, Actively employed among the Rocks?. One of 30 coloured lithographs, from the series

Cairo Citadel and group of camel riders
Two pictures of a travelling group of camel riders and of the Saladin Citadel of Cairo on a postcard decorated with drawn roses. Date: 1902

Crimean War, allied attack on Russian fortresses
Crimean War -- grand allied attack on Russian fortresses, capture of the Mamelon fort, bombardment of the town. 1855

REPUBLIC OF SERBIA. BELGRADE. Partial view of the Fort

Bartizan in the wall of Dubrovnik. Croatia

Republic of Albania. Shkodra (Scutari). St. Stephens Church within the Rozafa castle

REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Shkodra. Detail of the Rozafa castle walls with mountainous landscape in the background

REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. SHKODRA. Rozafa castle

ALBANIA REPUBLIC. Shkodra (Scutari). Castle Rozafa wall with Drinit river in the background

REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Butrint. Venetian castle dating from the XIV-XVI

Qasr Mshatta. Ruin of an Umayyad winter palace. 8th century
Qasr Mshatta. Ruin of an Umayyad winter palace probably commisioned by caliph Al-Walid II (743-744). Jordan. Mshatta Facade. Pergamon Museum. Museum Island. Berlin

Greece. Peloponnese. The Palace of Nestor (1300 BC-1200 BC). Is the central building of a Middle Helladic era settlement surrounded by a fortified wall

Belmonte castle. A Plateresque window with decoration. La Ma
Belmonte castle. Built by John Pacheco between 1456 and 1470 over another fortification of 1324. Gothic transition to plateresque

Sailboat sailing in Adriatic Sea, near the wall of Dubrovnik. Croatia

Coca castle. Castile and Leon. Spain
Coca castle. Initiated in 1453 by order of Don Alonso de Fonseca, archbishop of Seville and master of Coca. Partial view. Coca. Province of Segovia. Castilla-Leon. Spain

Belmonte castle. Castile-La Mancha. Spain
Belmonte castle. Built by John Pacheco between 1456 and 1470 on other fortification of 1324. Gothic transition to plateresque

Escalona. Castle. Spain
Escalona. Castle of Muslim origin rebuilt in the fifteenth century by King John II of Castile (1406-1454). Toledo province. Castile-La Mancha. Spain

Atienza castle. XII century
Atienza castle built in XII century and the Tower of Homage. Guadalajara province. Castile-La Mancha. Spain

Escalona. Castle. Castile-La Mancha. Spain
Escalona. Castle of Muslim origin, rebuilt in the fifteenth century by King John II of Castile (1406-1454) for the constable Alvaro de Luna (1390-1453). First, Alberche river. Toledo province

Torija. Castle. Spain
TORIJA. Partial view of the castle, destroyed in the nineteenth century by The Empecinado during the Spanish Independence War and rebuilt according to the trace of the fifteenth century

Tarifa. Castle of Guzman el Bueno. Andalusia. Spain
Tarifa. Castle of Guzman el Bueno built by caliph Abd al-Rahman III in 960. Cadiz province. Andalusia. Spain

BELMONTE. General view of the castle. Castile-La Mancha. Spa
BELMONTE. General view of the castle, built by Juan Pacheco between 1456 and 1470. Is Gothic plateresque changeover. Province of Cuenca. Castile-La Mancha. Spain

ALARCON. Castle. Castile-la Mancha. Spain
ALARCON. Castle. Arab origin and rebuilt under Christian rule by King Alfonso VIII. He wrote much of his work the Infante Don Juan Manuel. It is now a parador. Detail. Province of Cuenca

SIGUENZA. Castle. Castile-La Mancha. Spain
SIGUENZA. Castle built by the Arabs in the twelfth century. It is now an inn of tourism. Guadalajara province. Castile-La Mancha. Spain

Mycenaean Art. The Lion Gate of Mycenes fortress. Peloponnes
Mycenaean Art. The Lion Gate of Mycenes fortress. Argos. Peloponnese. Greece. Europe

Omani Fortress - built at the beginning of the 16th century. Kilwa Kisiwani - Tanzania - Afrca. Kilwa Kisiwani is an ancient port city on th east african coast - since then it was destroyed

Paris, France - Petit Chatelet. Date: 1782

Paris, France - Chatelet. Date: 16th century

Flying Fortresses by G. H. Davis
The deadly teamwork of the Flying Fortresses: massed precision bombing and defence gunnery during the Second World War. Flying in a tight formation designed to give the closest cooperation in attack

Conway Castle Drawbridge
Conway (Conwy) Castle drawbridge, the most magnificent of English King Edward Is fortresses in Gwynedd, North Wales. Date: early 1930s

Varberg Fortress
The fortress of Varberg, Halland, Sweden 1970s. Date: 1970s

Conway Castle
Conway (Conwy) Castle, the most magificent of English King Edward Is fortresses, in Gwynedd, North Wales. Here we see the harbour and new bridge (built 1958). Date: 13th century

Caernarvon Castle / Wales
Built by Edward I, Caernarvon was an intended seat of power and is one of Europes great medieval fortresses. Date: Mid 19th century

Flying Fortresses at an airfield near Munich, August 1945
Aerial photograph showing hundreds of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers parked on an airfield near Munich in the summer of 1945

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