A cavalier is a fortification which is built within a larger fortification, and which is higher than the rest of the work. It usually consists of a raised...
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refer to: Virginia Cavaliers (historical) Cavalier myth Cavalier (fortification) Cavalier Chocolate, a Belgian chocolatier Cavalier Records, a defunct...
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Oblique projection (redirect from Cavalier projection)
in technical drawing. The cavalier projection was used by French military artists in the 18th century to depict fortifications. Oblique projection was used...
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The fortifications of Valletta (Maltese: Is-Swar tal-Belt Valletta) are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround Valletta, the...
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Poznań Fortress (redirect from Fortifications of Poznań)
Second Class", and completed parts of the fortifications were armed. Around 1837–1838 the Magazin Cavalier and Ziegel Flesche were built south of Fort...
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The fortifications of Birgu (Maltese: Is-Swar tal-Birgu) are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround the city of Birgu, Malta...
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Bastion fort (redirect from Vauban fortification)
from non-standard French, literally meaning 'Italian outline') is a fortification in a style that evolved during the early modern period of gunpowder...
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The fortifications of Senglea (Maltese: Is-Swar tal-Isla) are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround the city of Senglea,...
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buildings, until the 18th century. Buildings with machicolations include Cavalier Tower, Gauci Tower, the Captain's Tower, Birkirkara Tower, and Tal-Wejter...
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Pillbox (military) (redirect from Pillbox (fortification))
assumed to be a jocular reference to the perceived similarity of the fortifications to the cylindrical and hexagonal boxes in which medical pills were once...
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Valletta (section Saint James Cavalier)
in Europe in 2016. The city is noted for its fortifications, consisting of bastions, curtains and cavaliers, along with the beauty of its Baroque palaces...
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Cittadella (Gozo) (category Hospitaller fortifications in Malta)
Architecture and Fortification (3): 70–74. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2015. "St Martin Cavalier – Cittadella" (PDF)...
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Fort St. Angelo (category Hospitaller fortifications in Malta)
of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1998, as part of the Knights' Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta. The site was occupied since pre-history...
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The fortifications of Heraklion are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround the city of Heraklion (formerly Candia) in Crete...
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Saint John's Cavalier (Maltese: Kavallier ta' San Ġwann) is a 16th-century cavalier in Valletta, Malta, which was built by the Order of St. John. It overlooks...
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Walls of Nicosia (redirect from Fortifications of Nicosia)
piazza-bassa or cavaliers, and the curtain walls are quite low when compared to other contemporary city walls such as the fortifications of Heraklion and...
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Saint James Cavalier (Maltese: Kavallier ta' San Ġakbu) is a 16th-century cavalier in Valletta, Malta, which was built by the Order of St John. It overlooks...
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18th century, although some of the planned ravelins, cavaliers, ditch and other fortifications were never constructed. Fort San Salvatore was built on...
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Cavalier Tower (Maltese: Torri tal-Kavalier), also known as Qrendi Tower (Maltese: Torri tal-Qrendi) or Captain's Tower (Maltese: Torri tal-Kaptan), and...
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Fort Manoel (category Hospitaller fortifications in Malta)
of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1998, as part of the Knights' Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta. In the 16th century, the Marsamxett Harbour...
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This is a list of fortifications of Malta. Notes: For privately built towers, see List of fortifications of Malta#Fortified houses and privately built...
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Ceintures de Lyon (redirect from Lyon fortification rings)
ceintures de Lyon ([sɛ̃.tyʁ də ljɔ̃]; "Belts of Lyon") were a series of fortifications built between 1830 and 1890 around the city of Lyon, France, to protect...
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and then joined on to the Acropolis and the Civita hill. The mighty fortification, of which some traces are visible today in the district of Diana, divided...
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Fort Saint Michael (category Hospitaller fortifications in Malta)
The fortifications of Senglea was rebuilt after the siege, and the redevelopment continued until 1581. Fort St. Michael was converted to a cavalier, consisting...
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Fortress of Luxembourg (redirect from Fortifications of Luxembourg)
Forteresse de Luxembourg; German: Festung Luxemburg) is the former fortifications of Luxembourg City, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which...
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Mayfield Fortification is a historic American Civil War earthworks at 8401 Quarry Road in Manassas, Virginia. It is one of a series of fortifications constructed...
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by Crescenzio Onofri, Gaspard Dughet and Pieter Mulier II (nicknamed "Cavalier Tempesta"). Other rooms were frescoed in the 18th century by Pompeo Batoni...
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attacks. The construction of Theresienstadt started at the westernmost cavalier on 10 October 1780 and lasted ten years. During the construction, in 1782...
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usually to advance a besieging army's position towards an attacked fortification. It is excavated by specialised military units, whose members are often...
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part of this space, relative to the closing device, door or window. In fortification this refers to the outward splay of a window or of an arrowslit on the...
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