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Negro Fort was a short-lived fortification built by the British in 1814, during the War of 1812, in a remote part of what was at the time Spanish Florida.It was intended to support a never-realized British attack on the U.S. via its southwest border, [1] by means of which they could "free all these Southern Countries [states] from the Yoke of the Americans".
A commemorative plaque marks the location of the fort's powder magazine. Prospect Bluff Historic Sites (until 2016 known as Fort Gadsden Historic Site , and sometimes written as Fort Gadsden Historic Memorial) [ 4 ] is located in Franklin County , Florida , on the Apalachicola River , 6 miles (9.7 km) SW of Sumatra, Florida .
The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts and other military defences built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War.Named after the nearby town of Torres Vedras, they were ordered by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, constructed by Colonel Richard Fletcher and his Portuguese workers between November 1809 and September 1810, and used to stop Marshal Masséna's 1810 ...
The castle St. John (San Giovanni) and the western hillside wall. The medieval part of the town of Kotor is located on a triangular piece of land that is bordered by the most inner extension of the Bay of Kotor at its south-western side, the river Skurda toward the North, and the mountain of St. John (San Giovanni) towards the East.
Kotor (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Котор, pronounced), historically known as Cattaro [1] (from Italian: pronounced), is a town in Coastal region of Montenegro.It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor.
The Bay of Kotor (Serbo-Croatian: Boka kotorska / Бока которска, Italian: Bocche di Cattaro), also known as the Boka, [1] is a winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Montenegro and the region of Montenegro concentrated around the bay.
The waters of the Negro and Solimões rivers meet at Manaus and continue to flow parallel for more than six kilometers. The heritage inscription was approved by IPHAN, but registration in the Livro do Tombo Arqueológico, Etnográfico e Paisagístico and the Livro do Tombo Histórico is pending. [34] Novo Airão: Ruins of Velho Airão: 1995 Ruin
The city was founded in 1669 as the Fort of São José do Rio Negro. It was elevated to a town in 1832 with the name of "Manaus", an altered spelling of the indigenous Manaós peoples, and legally transformed into a city on October 24, 1848, with the name of Cidade da Barra do Rio Negro, Portuguese for "The City of the Margins of the Black ...