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Tartus (Tortosa) and its fortress, Templars headquarters 1152–1188 and fortress held until 1291, including the Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa [1] [3] Areimeh Castle, from the early 1150s to 1187 with interruption 1171–1177; Arwad island (Ruad), occupied in 1300–1302 [4] In the Principality of Antioch, now in Turkey:
Masada (Hebrew: מְצָדָה məṣādā, 'fortress'; Arabic: جبل مسعدة) [1] is an ancient fortification in southern Israel, situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert , overlooking the Dead Sea 20 km (12 miles) east of Arad .
A rare surviving example of a fortress church used for defensive purposes is the Church of St. Andrew in Kraków, one of the oldest and best preserved Romanesque buildings in Poland. Located at ul. Grodzka street, it was built by a medieval Polish statesman Palatine Sieciech in 1079–1098. St.
Likewise around 800, strongholds were erected at Kouřim and other places in the Vltava river's valley in Bohemia. [8] Charlemagne's biographer Einhard lists the "Bohemians" among the peoples with whom Charlemagne "had armed conflict." [9] [10] The heads or duces [4] of the Bohemian tribes agreed to pay tribute to the emperor in 805 and 806. [11]
Königstein Fortress in 2008. Königstein Fortress (German: Festung Königstein), the "Saxon Bastille", is a hilltop fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, above the town of Königstein on the left bank of the River Elbe. It is one of the largest hilltop fortifications in Europe and sits atop the table hill of the same name.
The fortress was part of Stockholm's permanent defence until the late 1930s [55] and has been a historic monument since 2002. Fredriksborg Fortress on the eastern side of Oxdjupet is also worth seeing. The fortress consists of a broad tower and a beach battery and was completed in 1735.
Photos and videos captured the "biblical devastation" in Asheville, North Carolina as residents scramble to find resources after flooding and power outages caused gas and water shortages.. Roads ...
Betar (Biblical Hebrew: בֵּיתַּר, romanized: Bēttar), also spelled Beitar, Bethar or Bether, was an ancient Jewish town in the Judaean Mountains. Continuously inhabited since the Iron Age, [1] it was the last standing stronghold of the Bar Kokhba revolt, and was destroyed by the Imperial Roman Army under Hadrian in 135 CE. [2] [3] [4]