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In Austria (and also at the Hussite towns in Bohemia and Moravia such as Tábor, but especially Jihlava) lower secondary walls (curtain walls) occur surrounding the main wall. Earth was banked between the two walls to take the impact of cannon fire and this meant that the destructive effect of a cannon being fired at point blank range at the ...
The construction of the Linienwall was begun by order of Emperor Leopold I in 1704 to protect against attacks by the Turks and the Kuruc (a group of anti-Habsburg rebels). It was part of a defensive line that followed the Austro-Hungarian border as delineated by the Danube, March, and Leitha rivers as well as by Lake Neusiedl.
It is connected to Dürnstein through a defensive wall extending from the city walls. The castle is known for being one of the places where King Richard I of England , returning from the Third Crusade , was imprisoned after being captured near Vienna by Duke Leopold V of Austria , from December 1192 until his extradition to Emperor Henry VI in ...
Manzaneda – Part of the medieval wall still remains, including one of the 3 gates [15] Mataró; Medina del Campo – fragmentary remains; Melilla – the old town is still fully enclosed by its impressive medieval walls; Mirambel; Molina de Aragón; Monforte de Lemos – most of the 13th century city walls have been preserved, including two ...
'High Salzburg Fortress') is a large medieval fortress in the city of Salzburg, Austria. It sits atop the Festungsberg mountain at an altitude of 506 m. [1] It was erected at the behest of the prince-archbishops of Salzburg. The fortress is 250 m (820 ft) long and 150 m (490 ft) wide making it one of the largest medieval castles in Europe.
Carmona's historic center, enveloped by medieval walls, is a a smorgasbord of Roman ruins (the Necropolis is a must-see) and Umayyad signatures (Alcázar de la Puerta de Sevilla).
Several medieval town walls have survived into the modern age, such as the walled towns of Austria, walls of Tallinn, or the town walls of York and Canterbury in England, as well as Nordlingen, Dinkelsbühl and Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Germany. In Spain, Ávila and Tossa del Mar hosts surviving medieval walls while Lugo has an intact Roman wall.
Innsbruck Castle Courtyard by Albrecht Dürer, 1495. The Hofburg was built on a site once occupied by the fortifications and towers of the medieval city. In the fourteenth century, when Innsbruck was ruled by the House of Gorizia, the city's defensive walls included a section located where the Hofburg main façade stands today on Rennweg.