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A bastion is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, [1] most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the fort. The fully developed bastion consists of two faces and two flanks, with fire from the flanks being able to protect the curtain wall and the adjacent bastions. [ 2 ]
A bastion fort or trace italienne (a phrase derived from non-standard French, meaning 'Italian outline') is a fortification in a style developed during the early modern period in response to the ascendancy of gunpowder weapons such as cannon, which rendered earlier medieval approaches to fortification obsolete.
Luginsland bastion Thurren Luginslandt North of New bastion Luginsland is a German word meaning "guard tower" Birds' bastion Vtáčia bašta, Vogelturm Opposite today's Župné námestie Probably named so because it was higher than its surroundings
Designed to provide flanking fire to adjacent curtains and bastion. Bastion has been used to refer to the flanking towers of a castle as well as the arrow headed bastions of the Italian bastion trace. See arrow headed bastion, curtain tower, mural tower. (L. bastia, build). Bastioned flank: The salient angle of a bastion and the opposite flank.
Meanwhile, artillery positioned on the bastion platform could fire frontally from the two faces, also providing overlapping fire with the opposite bastion. [27] Overlapping mutually supporting defensive fire was the greatest advantage enjoyed by the star fort. As a result, sieges lasted longer and became more difficult affairs.
The word originates from the French caponnière, meaning "chicken coop" (a capon is a castrated male chicken [1]). [2] In some types of bastioned fortifications, the caponier served as a means of access to the outworks, protecting troops from direct fire; they were often roofless. Although they could be used for firing along the ditch, the ...
Originally called a demi-lune, after the lunette, the ravelin is placed outside a castle and opposite a fortification curtain wall. The ravelin is the oldest and at the same time the most important outer work of the bastion fortification system.
Fetislam, Kladovo, Turkish bastion fort until 1867. Restored several times afterwards. Niš Fortress, Niš, city defensive walls razed while the bastion fort was preserved. Pančevo Fortress, Pančevo, razed in 1739. [7] Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad, best preserved bastion fort town of the Military Frontier.