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Under Duke Georg of Bavaria (1479–1503) the work was completed and Burghausen Castle became the strongest fortress of the region. After the reunification of Bavaria in 1505 with the Landshut War of Succession the castle had military importance, and due to the threat of the Ottoman Empire it was subsequently modernised.
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. Sremska Rača, Sremska Rača, razed after the Berlin Congress of 1878 and the end of the Military Frontier.
Otepää Castle was a stronghold of the Ugandi Estonians in Otepää, later controlled by the Bishop of Tartu and his vassals. Otepää Castle was one of the most prominent centers of ancient Estonia [1] and a crucial hub in Southern Estonia, [2] being one of Estonia's strongest ancient fortresses, [3] located atop the highest hillfort in the region. [4]
A ring of detached fortresses still encloses the city. In the 19th century, the Dutch constructed large fortress the Chartreuse heights to the east of the city. Although the eastern bastions have been demolished, most of this fortress still stands, be it in a ruinous state after having been neglected since the 1980s Limbourg: Liège
It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of city , meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core. In a fortification with bastions , the citadel is the strongest part of the system, sometimes well inside the outer walls and bastions, but often forming part of ...
Fort Eben-Emael (French: Fort d'Ében-Émael, pronounced [fɔʁ debɛn emal]) is an inactive Belgian fortress located between Liège and Maastricht, on the Belgian-Dutch border, near the Albert Canal, outside the village of Ében-Émael. It was designed to defend Belgium from a German attack across the narrow belt of Dutch territory in the region.
Château Pèlerin (a.k.a. Atlit Fortress etlit) Latrun; Le Destroit; Kal'at Al Mina (a.k.a. Ashdod-Yam Fortress) Masada (Metzada in Hebrew) Mirabel (a.k.a. Migdal Afek or Migdal Tsedek or majdal yaba in Arabic) Montfort Castle; Nimrod Fortress (a.k.a. Qal'at Namrud) Qaqun Fortress; Tower of David; Sepphoris; Vadum Iacob (a.k.a. Ateret Fortress ...
The fortresses were largely built during World War II and during Army 61 and decommissioned with Army Reform 1995 and Army XXI. The Swiss Army maintained artillery fortresses equipped with 7.5 cm, 10.5 cm turret cannon or 15 cm guns.