Stronghold Collection

First English Civil War: Siege of Lathom House, 1644
Royalist stronghold Lathom House in Lancashire defies Parlimentarian pressure and raises the royal standard. The ensuing siege lasted three months, but was eventually lifted

Hendon Aerial Pageant
A poster advertising a Royal Air Force Aerial Pageant at The London Aerodrome at Hendon. The pictures depicts British bombers attacking a desert stronghold

Ulsters Oath - The Bulldog will not submit to Home Rule
Remember Castledawson (a UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) stronghold in County Derry

Kamerlengo Castle / Fortress at Trogir, Croatia
View of Kamerlengo Castle/Fortress at Trogir, Croatia. Built by the Republic of Venice Date: circa 1907

Ancient Italian Anphora
An Amphora of Cervetri representing a sacrifice. Cervetri is an ancient stronghold of Etruvia

The Fall of Malaga: the lost government stronghold in the south. Spanish Civil War. Page from The Illustrated London News, 13th February 1937 including a pictorial map of Malaga. Date: 1937

New Zealand - Mangapika Rock, Tom Bowling's Bay near North Cape at the extreme north of New Zealand - once a Maori Stronghold. Date: 1930

Khyber Pass - Afghanistan/Pakistan - Fort Peshawar
The 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

Spain, Aragon. Monzon Castle
Spain, Aragon, Huesca province. Monzon Castle. It was built in the 10th century by Banu Hud dynasty and donated by Ramon Berenguer IV to the Knights Templar in 1143

The Beth Shean Gate lintel inscribed with Ramesses III
The Beth Shean Gate lintel inscribed with the name of Ramesses III. 12th Century BC. Limestone. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem, Israel. Date: 2014

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

French war film, Verdun
The grim realism of war captured in the French film, Verdun, telling the story of the ferocious German onslaught and the heroic French defence

Aerial View of Malaga during the Spanish Civil War, 1937
An aerial view of Malaga, southern Spain, at the time of the Spanish Civil War. Malaga, a Republican stronghold from 1936, was captured by Nationalist forces on 8th February 1937. Date: 1937

Nationalist Artillery; Spanish Civil War, 1939
Photograph showing a battery of 15.5 cm howitzers, used by the Nationalist army during their offensive against Catalonia; Spanish Civil War, 1939

Map of Spain showing the situation at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, July 1936

Siege of Basing House, Hampshire
The Siege of Basing House, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, during the English Civil War. It was a Parliamentary victory. Date: between 1643 - 1645

Vintage 19th century photograph: Pyramid of Cestius. The Porta San Paolo (San Paolo Gate) is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy

Mevlana Gate, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey
Vintage 19th century photograph - Mevlana Gate, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey - image c.1880s by the Berggrren studio

Fortress of Seven Towers (Yedikule), Istanbul, Turkey
Vintage 19th century photograph - Fortress of Seven Towers (Yedikule), Istanbul, Turkey

ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE Regarded by Catholics as the stronghold of Satan, the town of Lavaur is sacked by crusaders and its population massacred as heretics Date: 3 May 1211

BRETON NATIONALISTS
Members of the Breton Independence Movement in Britanny, northern France, the last Celtic stronghold in the country, said to have the support of Irish and German extremists. Date: 1930s

ANCIENT ITALIAN ANPHORA
An Amphora of Cervetri representing a sacrifice. Cervetri is an ancient stronghold of Etruvia. Date: circa 100 BC

Ruins of Ollantaytambo, Cuzco, Peru
Ollantaytambo is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some 60 kilometers northwest of the city of Cusco

Citadel of Aleppo in the middle of the city, Syria
View from a cemetery over Aleppo towards the Citadel of Aleppo on a hill, Syria. The citadel is considered to be one of the oldest and largest castles in the world. Date: circa 1920

Malta, target of German bombers, by G. H. Davis
A British stronghold in the Mediterranean during the Second World War: Malta, the target of German dive-bombers

Paraguay - Ruins of Jesuit Church at Humaita
Humaita, Paraguay, a town and distrito on the Paraguay River in southern Paraguay. During the Paraguayan War, it served as the main Paraguayan stronghold from 1866 until its fall in August 1868

Amatola Mountains, by Thomas Baines
The 74th Highlanders with the Beaufort and Port Elizabeth Fingoe Levies, Storming the Stronghold of the Rebel Chief Sandilli, in the Amatola Mountains, 24th June 1851, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875)

Morosis mountain stronghold in Basutoland, South Africa
British soldiers inspect from afar the stronghold of Morosi, a chief of the Bapedi, in the rugged highland country of the Basutos in South Africa

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, northern side of Sebastopol
Crimean War, panoramic view of the northern side of Sebastopol, stronghold of the Russians. 1855

Doe Castle, Co Donegall, Macswynes Ancient Stronghold - a view of the castle from the shore. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Rosapenna: Sheephaven). Date: circa early 1900s

Ukraine. Feodosiya. Genoese Fortress
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Feodosiya. Genoese Fortress. 14th century. Tower

The Convent of Christ -Thomar. Originally a Templar stronghold from the 12th Century. Date: 1907

VAN / TURKEY / C. 1880
The town of Van (Van Kalesi) which became the capital of the Urartian Empire in the 9th century BCE. Its natural defences rise out of a flat lakeside plain. Date: circa 1880

?Join the Anti-Aircraft Units of the Territorial Army?, 1938
Join the Anti-Aircraft Units of the Territorial Army and make Britain a stronghold of freedom, 1938

Wolseley at Myat-Toons stronghold, Burma, 1853
Sir Garnet Wolseley(1833-1913) as a young officer in the British army, storming Myat-Toons stronghold, Burma, February 1853

Fortified port of Dakar by G. H. Davis
The fortified port of Dakar, French West Africa, bristling with defences during the Second World War. It was formerly a German stronghold, full of U-boats. Date: 1942

Yenan
A street in the city of Yenan (Yan an), in the Shaanxi province of China. Yenan was situated towards the end of the Long March of Chinese Communists escaping the Chinese Nationalist Party forces

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

Stronghold at the Chancery Lane Safe Deposit, London, 1891
Engraving showing one of the strong rooms, fitted with safes, at the Chancery Lane Safe Deposit in Chancery Lane, London, in 1891. 1891

Kilchurn Castle
A tour cyclist admires the distant ruins of Kilchurn Castle, on an island on Loch Awe. Built in the early 15th century; the stronghold of the Campbells of Breadalbane. Date: 15th century

Arco, Lake Garda, Italy Date: circa 1903

Romania - Eforie Sud
The ruins of Soimos Fortress, Cetate, Romania Date: circa 1929

Bellinzona, Switzerland - Castelgrande and the Cathedral

Viking Ruins
The ruins of a fine dry stone building, reputed to have once been the stronghold of the former Norse Chieftains of the islands, Jarlshof, Sumburgh, Shetland, Scotland. Date: 9th or 10th century

American infantry in action near St Mihiel, France, WW1
American troops of the 167th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division, dug in and defending a farm used as a temporary stronghold, near St Mihiel, north eastern France, during the First World War

Arco, Lake Garda, Italy - Cypresses
The ruins of the Castle and the distinctive hillside Cyress Trees at Arco, above Lake Garda, Italy Date: circa 1910s

Basuto Gun War, 1880 - Thaba Bosigo
Thaba Bosigo, the stronghold of the Basuto chief Masupha, in South Africa. Date: 1880

Croatia - Trogir - Kamerlengo Castle
View of Kamerlengo Castle/Fortress at Trogir, Croatia. Built by the Republic of Venice Date: circa 1906

Fort Jalali, Muscat, Oman

Al-Mirani Fort, Muscat, Oman
Al-Mirani Fort (the old Portuguese Fort), Muscat, Oman

Destroyed gun cupola in Belgium WWI
Annihilated gun dome part of the stronghold at Namur in Belgium during World War I

Khyber Pass - Afghanistan / Pakistan - Fort Peshawar
The 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

Egypt - The Citadel
A line of wonderful old taxi cabs parked below the imposing fortifications of the Cairo Citadel

Egypt - Cairo - The Citadel and village
Arabian Village set under the imposing walls of the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - fixing telegraph wires
Fixing telegraph wires on the road to the Prah river. The Ashanti warriors had crossed this river to reach the coast where they tried to maintain a stronghold

Germanys eastern stronghold which suffered the fate of Liege and Antwerp: Men of the German Garrison at Tsing-Tau

The Demolition of Heligoland, Germany, 1947
Aerial photograph showing the destruction of the former naval base on Heligoland, Germany, on 18th April 1947

Tabor in 17th Century
Founded by Hussite leader Zizka, this was a protestant stronghold during the Hussite wars of the 15th century

Schinss, Iran
A pirate stronghold on the Straits of Hormuz. A British warship is anchored in the foreground

Attack on Linga, Iran
British forces attack the pirate stronghold of Linga, on the Straits of Hormuz. Dhows are seen burning on the left

Attack on Schinss
British soldiers from Bombay prepare to attack the pirate stronghold of Schirss, in the Persian Gulf

Iran / Lufi
A pirate stronghold on the Straits of Hormuz. A British warship is anchored in the foreground

France Chateau Gaillard
Chateau Gaillard, above Les Andelys in Normandie, was the stronghold of Richard I of England

The British Expedition Against Havana, 1762
Illustration of the British Fleet, under Sir George Pocock, entering Havana Harbour on 14th August 1762

Catania Bombarded
Catania, Sicily, stronghold of the independence movement, is bombarded by the warships of the kingdom of Naples and Two Sicilies

Morocco / Asilah
A Phoenician trading post circa 1500 BCE, a pirate stronghold in the 19th century, today a tourist resort - theres progress for you !

Geriah Fort. India
Geriah is a notorious pirate stronghold, until February 1756 when the East India Company send admiral Watson and Clive to seize the town and burn the ships

Corfe Castle / Dorset / 30S
CORFE CASTLE It was built by King John and was one of the last Royalist stronghold in the English Civil War

Louis in the Temple
Louis implores his friends outside France to rescue him : for greater security, the authorities confine him in the Temple prison, once the stronghold of the Templars

Austrians V Turks - 2
After successfully besieging a Turkish stronghold, Austrian officers watch as prisoners are led out of the battered fortress

Basing House Besieged
BASING HOUSE, a strategically located Royalist stronghold, is attacked periodically by the Parliament army : eventually Cromwell takes it and burns it to the ground

British Charge at Pilkem
During the battle of Passchendaele, British infantry charge at Pilkem ridge and bomb the Germans out of their stronghold

Attack on Geriah
Geriah Fort, northwest India, stronghold of Maratha pirate Tulagee Angria, is attacked and taken by a combined British/Portuguese force under admirals Pocock and Watson

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