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Fortress of Justinian (Albanian: Kalaja e Justinianit) or simply known as Tirana Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Tiranës) is a castle in Tirana, Albania. Its history dates back before 1300 and is a remnant from the Byzantine-era. The fortress is the place where the main east–west and north–south roads crossed, and formed the heart of Tirana.
The fortress contained two gates (north and south), of which the northern gate functioned as the formal entrance to the Peloponnese. [4] In the reign of Justinian, the wall was fortified with additional towers, reaching a total number of 153, [5] with forts at either end and the construction of Justinian's Fortress at Isthmia. The building of ...
Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky (8 P) Pages in category "Forts in Kentucky" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
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The Justinian dynasty began with the accession of its namesake Justin I to the throne. Justin I was born in a village, Bederiana, in the 450s AD. [1] Like many country youths, he went to Constantinople and enlisted in the army, where, due to his physical abilities, he became a part of the Excubitors, the palace guards. [2]
Petra (Greek: Πέτρα) was a fortified town on the eastern Black Sea coast, in Lazica in what is now western Georgia.In the 6th century, under the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, it served as an important Eastern Roman outpost in the Caucasus and, due to its strategic location, became a battleground of the 541–562 Lazic War between Rome and Sasanian Persia (Iran).
Aeroimage in 1937. Photo archive of the Military Geographical Institute of Serbia [5]. Justiniana Prima was founded by Emperor Justinian I in 535. Built on the site of Tauresium, a remote village, [6] it existed until 615 and was designed as the seat of the Archbishopric of Justiniana Prima.
Source of the Buna river and the Blagaj Tekija The historic site of the Old Blagaj Fort (Stjepan grad) - Unlike other fortifications serving as residences in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Blagaj fortress is located on a natural level area above steep cliffs to the south, west and north. The walls have survived for much of their length to a height ...