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The Spanish Wall is the deteriorating remnant of Spanish Fort Alphonso XIII in Kolonia, the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia. When built, the wall was about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) in length and 8 feet (2.4 m) in height with a parapet that ranged in height from 2–3 feet (0.61–0.91 m).
The fort is located in the southeastern part of the city, within the "Park of the Picuriña", adjacent to Marqués de Lombay Street. This fort was part of the outer defenses of the Badajoz bastioned enclosure, situated northeast of the Bastion of Trinidad, between the San Miguel mountain range and the Rivillas stream.
At the west end, Fort San Felipe (Spanish: Fuerte de San Felipe) had 28 gun positions with a ditch and a bastion trace in the gorge (rear) of the fort. Its broad structure gave the Spanish gunners a wide arc of fire across the Bay of Gibraltar and provided a direct line of fire into the town and the British Devil's Tongue Battery located along ...
The study, which was published in Obesity Science & Practice earlier this year, is raising questions about the importance of these nutrients in weight loss. Here’s what a dietitian wants you to ...
Straith describes three commonly used classes of field work: "works open at the gorge, works enclosed all round and lines." He lists the following as works open at the gorge: [2] Redan; Lunette; Redan with flanks; Double Redan; Tenaille-head; Bastion-head; Closed works are the redoubt, star fort and bastioned fort. [2]
A litter of two-week old puppies was crammed into a bucket and abandoned alongside a road in Union County, New Jersey on Thursday, police said. The nine puppies were found inside a five-gallon ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named his social media platform CEO Devin Nunes to lead an intelligence advisory panel and said his former intelligence chief ...
Fort Carré; Fort Jesus, built in the 15th century in Mombassa by the Portuguese; Götavirke (Sweden) Great Wall of China, built as a protection from the northern steppe nomads; Great Abatis Border; Gustav Line, a fortified German defensive line in Italy during the Second World War; Hadrian's Wall, built by the Romans in northern Britain