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Old Fortress in the 16th century from a print at the British Museum. The protective wall of the marina is visible in front of the castle. The marina is still in use to this day. The Old Fortress of Corfu (Greek: Παλαιό Φρούριο, Venetian: Fortezza Vecchia) is a Venetian fortress in the city of Corfu.
Old Ursuline Convent Museum: New Orleans, Louisiana: 1751 Church convent [3] St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church: St. Gabriel, Louisiana: 1772-1776 Church The oldest church building in Louisiana and the entirety of the old Louisiana Purchase territory. Francois Cousin House: Slidell, Louisiana: 1778-1790 House French Creole Cottage Murphy Trading ...
This is a complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana,. The United States National Historic Landmark program is a program of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.
The town of Corfu stands on the broad part of a peninsula, whose termination in the Venetian citadel (Greek: Παλαιό Φρούριο) is cut off from it by an artificial fosse formed in a natural gully, with a salt-water ditch at the bottom, that serves also as a kind of marina known as Contra-Fossa. The old city having grown up within ...
The New Fortress of Corfu (Greek: Νέο Φρούριο; Venetian: Fortezza Nuova) is a Venetian fortress built on the hill of St. Mark in Corfu in stages. The original architect of the fort was the military engineer Ferrante Vitelli.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, which is consolidated with the city of New Orleans. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
Greece faces seventh day of fires as temperatures surged to 46.6C in the south on Sunday
Kassiopi Castle as viewed from the port of Kassiopi. In 1081 Count Bohemund of Taranto conquered the castle at the start of the first Norman invasion of Greece. [7]In 1084 the fortress fell into the hands of Alexios I Komnenos after he defeated the Norman fleet following three naval battles in the Corfu Channel. [7]