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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 ...
Outwork: a minor defence, built or established outside the principal fortification limits, detached or semidetached. Parapet: a wall at the edge of the rampart to protect the defenders. Pillbox: a small concrete guard post. Polygonal fort: a later type of fort without bastions. Rampart: The main defensive wall of a fortification.
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A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple palisades or earthworks to extensive military fortifications such as curtain walls with towers, bastions and gates for access to the city. [1]
Fort Amsterdam, the quadrangular structure (left) in this 1660 image stood at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, defending New Amsterdam Fort Norfolk in 1861, a first system fort upgraded as part of the second system The Statue of Liberty is built on top of Fort Wood of the second system Fort Adams, one of the largest third system forts
This is a list of fortifications past and present, a fortification being a major physical defensive structure often composed of a more or less wall-connected series of forts. Individual fortifications
Even though other preservation methods now exist, fortification continues to be used because the process can add distinct flavors to the finished product. [4] [5] Although grape brandy is most commonly added to produce fortified wines, the additional alcohol may also be neutral spirit that has been made from grapes, grain, sugar beets or sugarcane.
The islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino all have some form of coastal fortification. The area around the Grand Harbour was possibly first fortified during Arab rule, and by the 13th century, a castle known as the Castrum Maris was built in Birgu to protect the harbour.