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The Bastionder's first exhibit, the Bastion Oranje, was built in 1634 by the Dutch Republic after they conquered 's-Hertogenbosch in 1629. The Republic's subsequent review of the defense of 's-Hertogenbosch found that the distance between the two existing bastions - the 'Vught' and 'Baselaar' bastions - was too great to be defended only by the late-fourteenth-century tower located at the ...
Mocenigo Bastion. The fortifications of Chania were roughly square in shape, and the corners were reinforced by the following bastions: San Salvatore Bastion (also known as Gritti Bastion), on the northwest corner; San Dimitrio Bastion (also known as Schiavo Bastion or Lado Bastion), on the southwest corner; Santa Lucia Bastion, on the ...
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 ]
During 1756 and 1757 defensive lines were constructed on the Portsea Island side of the creek under the supervision of John Peter Desmaretz. [1] They consisted of a 15–20-foot-wide (4.6–6.1 m) and 6-foot-deep (1.8 m) ditch backed by a 7–8-foot (2.1–2.4 m) rampart. [4] Water could be allowed to flow into the ditch from sluices at either end.
The city of Valletta was founded on 28 March 1566 by Jean de Valette, the Grand Master of the Order of St. John.The city occupied about half the Sciberras Peninsula, a large promontory separating the Grand Harbour from Marsamxett Harbour, and was protected by tracce italiane fortifications, including a land front with four bastions, two cavaliers and a deep ditch. [3]
You couldn't ask for more-perfect venue for the first game of the expanded College Football Playoff. Notre Dame rose to power in the first half of the 20th century and has been one of the ...
Vendôme Bastion – a bastion built in 1614 linking the French Curtain to Fort St. Elmo, containing an echaugette. After being surrounded by the Carafa Enceinte, it was converted into a magazine, and later an armoury. The bastion is now part of the National War Museum. [65] Carafa Enceinte – the bastioned enceinte built around the fort after ...
1 1/2 quarts mayonnaise. 1 lb ketchup. 1 cup sweet pickles, finely chopped. 1 cup minced shallots. 2 cups chives, finely chopped. Directions. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.