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Inside the bailey were stables, workshops, and a chapel. The motte was the final refuge in this type of castle. It was a raised earth mound, and varied considerably, with these mounds being 3 metres to 30 metres in height (10 feet to 100 feet), and from 30 to 90 metres (98 to 295 ft) in diameter. [3] There was a tower on top of the motte.
A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin fortis ("strong") and facere ("to make"). [1] Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Puerto Rico.
The Maratha fort system was an crucial aspect of Maratha Confederacy, reflecting the architectural ingenuity, military strategies, and administrative practices of the Maratha Empire.
In Europe the height of wall construction was reached under the Roman Empire, whose walls often reached 10 metres (33 ft) in height, the same as many Chinese city walls, but were only 1.5 to 2.5 metres (4 ft 11 in to 8 ft 2 in) thick. Rome's Servian Walls reached 3.6 and 4 metres (12 and 13 ft) in thickness and 6 to 10 metres (20 to 33 ft) in ...
List of the strongholds or dar al-hijra of the Order of Assassins in Persia (Iran) and Syria. Most of the Persian Ismaili castles were in the Alborz mountains, in the regions of Daylaman (particularly, in Alamut and Rudbar; north of modern-day Qazvin ) and Quhistan (south of Khurasan ), as well as in Qumis .
This specific type of fortification was named after the first discovered example: Trelleborg near Slagelse, excavated in the years 1936-1941.Traditionally, the name trelleborg has been translated and explained as ″a fortress built by slaves″, since the Old Norse word for slave was thrall (The modern word is træl in Danish and träl in Swedish) and borg means fortress or city.
Each year, one out of every four Americans 65 years of age and older falls, leading to millions of emergency room visits and 1 million fall-related hospitalizations
Forte do Presépio, Belém, Pará; Forte Príncipe da Beira, in Costa Marques, Rondônia; Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Fortaleza, Ceará (only two bastions remain) Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Fernando de Noronha, State of Pernambuco; Fortaleza dos Reis Magos, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte; Forte de Santa Catarina, Cabedelo ...