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In the historical fiction novel The Religion, author Tim Willocks gives a fictionalized account of the battle for the fort (during the 1565 siege of Malta). Lower Saint Elmo was used as a film location for the Turkish jail in the 1978 film Midnight Express. [34] The fort is mentioned in the 1980 thriller novel Man on Fire by A. J. Quinnell.
Fort Iaqua: Iaqua: Humboldt: August 5, 1863: 1866: Union Army Fort Irwin: near Barstow: San Bernardino: 1940: United States Army Fort Jones: Fort Jones: Siskiyou: October 18, 1852: June 23, 1858: United States Army Camp Lincoln: just west of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park: Del Norte County, California: September 1862: 1870: Union Army ...
Fort St. Elmo, which had been severely damaged in the 1565 siege, was also rebuilt and integrated in the city walls. [6] The city of Valletta officially became the capital city of Malta and the seat of the Order on 18 March 1571, although it was still unfinished. [11] By the end of the 16th century, Valletta was the largest settlement in Malta ...
The Great Siege: Malta 1565. Wordsworth edition 1999. ISBN 1-84022-206-9. Bradford, Ernle, The Sultan's Admiral: The Life of Barbarossa, London, 1968. Correggio, Francesco Balbi di (1961). The Siege Of Malta 1565. Copenhagen. Francesco Balbi di Correggio (translated Ernle Bradford in 1965) (1568). "chapter II". The Siege Of Malta 1565. Penguin ...
1888 L.A. County map showing the original town limits of Glendora in brown as well as rancho boundaries as recognized by the U.S. Government. During the Spanish Colonial (1769-1821) and the Mexican (1821-1848) eras, the land of present-day Glendora was divided and developed as Rancho El Susa (later Rancho Azusa de Dalton) in the west and Rancho ...
Rubel Castle (also known as Rubelia) was established in Glendora, California, by Michael Clarke Rubel (April 16, 1940 – October 15, 2007) and is owned and operated by the Glendora Historical Society. [2]
State Route 155 (SR 155) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California connecting State Route 99 and State Route 178, going through the southern part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. This highway runs from west to east.
Fort Saint Michael (Maltese: Forti San Mikiel) was a small fort in the land front of the city of Senglea, Malta. It was originally built in the 1552 and played a significant role in the Great Siege of Malta of 1565. Following the siege, it was rebuilt as Saint Michael Cavalier (Maltese: Kavallier ta' San Mikiel), and was completed in 1581. The ...