A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare...

Look up fortification or fortificâtion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A fortification is a military construction or building designed for defense...

sometimes called a fortification spectrum (i.e. teichopsia, from Greek τεῖχος, town wall), because of its resemblance to the fortifications of a castle or...

In fortification architecture, a rampart is a length of embankment or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or...

The fortifications of Portsmouth are extensive due to its strategic position on the English Channel and role as home to the Royal Navy. For this reason...

long-lasting Mongol-Tatar yoke slowed down the development of Russian fortification architecture for a century and a half, as internecine wars stopped and...

Food fortification is the addition of micronutrients (essential trace elements and vitamins) to food products. Food enrichment specifically means adding...

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...

Medieval fortification refers to medieval military methods that cover the development of fortification construction and use in Europe, roughly from the...

A breastwork is a temporary fortification, often an earthwork thrown up to breast or shoulder height to provide protection to defenders firing over it...

"investment"). This is typically coupled with attempts to reduce the fortifications by means of siege engines, artillery bombardment, mining (also known...

Fortification Upgrades (1673–1675) was a re-organization of military forces and strengthening of the defenses of Norway. The Norwegian army in this period...

Bratislava fortifications usually refers to the medieval city fortifications of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, of which one gate and two sections...

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Buzi are small forts built along the northern frontier of China. They are prevalent in the Loess Plateau of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces, usually...

Russian border in the Russo-Ukrainian war. A series of dragon's teeth fortifications named the Wagner Line have also been built by the Wagner Group in Russian-occupied...

into folate by the body, is used as a dietary supplement and in food fortification as it is more stable during processing and storage. Folate is required...

A bailey or ward in a fortification is a leveled courtyard, typically enclosed by a curtain wall. In particular, a medieval type of European castle is...

In military science, a compound is a type of fortification made up of walls or fences surrounding several buildings in the center of a large piece of...

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...

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Międzyrzecz Fortification Region. The Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen (Fortified Front Oder-Warthe-Bogen), also...

natural antiseptic. Even though other preservation methods now exist, fortification continues to be used because the process can add distinct flavors to...

from non-standard French, literally meaning 'Italian outline') is a fortification in a style that evolved during the early modern period of gunpowder...

urban fortification. A bastille is a fortification located at the principal entrance to a town or city; as such it is a similar type of fortification to...

of Luxembourg (officially City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications) is located mainly in Ville Haute (Uewerstad) in Luxembourg City, Grand...

the Alpine Wall fortifications on the Kreuzbergpass, which blocked passage through the Sexten Valley into Cadore, and the fortifications in the Val Frison...

between 1661 and 1667.[citation needed] Fort Boyard was to form a line of fortification with Fort Enet and Fort de la Rade on Île-d'Aix to protect the arsenal...

built to protect older fortifications from the more effective artillery of the period. Often close to ancient fortifications, there were small hills...

prompted the trace italienne style from the 16th century. In these fortifications, the height of the curtain walls was reduced, and beyond the ditch,...