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This bastion, along with the bastion of San Antonio, is one of the oldest in the bastioned enclosure of Badajoz, both constructed in 1680. The bastion's name derives from the Trinitarian convent that existed within it before its destruction. The convent, dating back to the 13th century, influenced the bastion’s design.
Formerly Bastion, the largest British base in Afghanistan [139] and formerly home to Task Force Helmand. [citation needed] Shurakay US Army [129] Sommerville US Army [129] Tarbett US Army [129] Wakil Wazir US Army [129] MOB Lashkar Gah: Lashkargah District: May 2006: 24 Feb 2014: British Army RM [140] Formerly home to the 1st Mechanized Brigade ...
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 ]
A 17th-century plan of the fortress town of Coevorden in the Netherlands Map of Palmanova in 1593. The town is encircled by massive Venetian defensive systems that are a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 9 July 2017. [1] This is a list of bastion forts.
The ACMAT Bastion is a modern French armoured personnel carrier, manufactured by ACMAT. The Bastion was available to customers in North America and Oceania via Mack Defense . [ 7 ] [ 8 ] As of 2021, AM General is making the Bastion.
The defensive system of Verona is a military, logistical and infrastructural complex consisting of city walls, bastions, forts, entrenched camps, warehouses and barracks, built between 1814 and 1866 during Habsburg rule, which made the Venetian city, the pivot of the so-called "Quadrilatero," one of the strong points of the Empire's strategic system.
An example is the Prince Edward's Gate (pictured in map at right) in the Charles V Wall in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. [4] [5] [6] Examples of bastions that have orillons include the Flat Bastion (Spanish: Baluarte de Santiago) and the South Bastion (Spanish: Baluarte de Nuestra Señora del Rosario) in Gibraltar.
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple palisades or earthworks to extensive military fortifications such as curtain walls with towers, bastions and gates for access to the city. [1]