Stronghold Collection

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

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

Ulsters Oath - The Bulldog will not submit to Home Rule
Remember Castledawson (a UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) stronghold in County Derry) written on a staunchly Unionist postcard entitled Ulsters Oath - " Under no cirsumstances shall we submit to

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 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. The heaviest fighting in July took place in the places underlined on the map: Madrid, Barcelona, Oviedo

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

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

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

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

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. Colour lithograph recruitment poster after Lance Cattermole

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

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. The British naval and air base commanding the Sicilian Straits

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. The site of the Castelgrande has been fortified since at least the late 1st Century BC

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

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