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Locations of famous places in history |
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 | During the 18th Century the idea of fortifying the Island was taken seriously by Grand Master Manoel De Vilhena. Fort Manoel was built in 1726 on the plans of De Tigne and François De Mondion who were French Military Engineers. Amongst the fortifications of the inner harbour area for Manoel stands up for its compactness and for being constructed in a single phase. It was described as the classi... |  | 10/13/2006 | 308 | 
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 | This medieval tower, a fantastic honey-coloured combination of Western and Arab architecture, was built for the Knights of Malta in 1410. | | 10/12/2006 | 229 |
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 | The Great Fault is a natural geographical barrier which spans across the whole width of Malta north of Mdina, and practically divides the island in two parts. Its use for defensive purposes can be traced way back to prehistoric times but it was the Knights, in 1722, who were the first to systematically utilize the natural defensive qualities of this geographical feature for military purposes wi... | | 10/12/2006 | 433 |
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 | The De Redin towers are a series of small fortified watch towers on the island of Malta.
They were built by the Knights of Malta.
Thirteen were built under the auspices of Grand Master Fra Martin de Redin. Though they are usually known as De Redin towers, towers to a similar design were built under his predecessor Grand Master Fra Juan de Lascaris-Castellar.
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 | In the mid 17th century the Hospitallers continued on this line of building new towers. In fact from 1636 to 1657 Grand Master Lascaris paid for the building of another seven towers.
These were Lippija Tower in Gnejna Bay, Fra Ben Tower in Qawra, Ghajn Tuffieha Tower in Ghajn Tuffieha, St. George’s Bay Tower in St. George’s Bay, Nadur Tower in Bingemma, Wied iz-Zurrieq Tower in Zurrieq ... | | 10/12/2006 | 263 |
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 | The first of the coastal fortifications were built by Grandmaster Aloph de Wignacourt in 1610. A total of seven towers were built by Wignacourt at St. Paul Bay (1609), Marsaxlokk (St. Lucian’s Tower - 1610), St Thomas Bay (1614), Marsalforn (Gozo - 1616) Comino (St. Mary’s Tower - 1618), and Sta. Maria Delle Grazie (1620). These towers were large squarish structures which were more like small f... | | 10/12/2006 | 205 |
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 | Mamo Tower is a fortification on the island of Malta. It stands on rising ground above St Thomas Bay on the east shore of Malta. It was built by the Mamo family in 1657, as a fortified residence. In 1940 it was requisitioned by the British Military, and used as a Regional Headquarters. In support of this role, a Pillbox was constructed on the roof. After World War Two it was again a private hou... | | 10/12/2006 | 203 |
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 | The main scope for the building of Fort Campbell was to protect the approaches for Mellieha and St. Paul’s Bays. That is because there were no defences to protect these two approaches and so, a decision was taken to build a new fort on Il-Blata, at the end of the Selmun promontory. Governor Bonham-Carter, while on tour around the Island, visited the site where Fort Campbell was to be built. Alt... | | 10/12/2006 | 327 |
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 | The 100-ton gun presently at Fort Rinella arrived in Malta from Woolwich on 10th September 1882. After some months the gun was ferried from the Dockyard to Rinella Bay from where it was transported to Fort Rinella. The gun had to be manhandled all the way to the fort. The operation, which involved about 100 men from the 1st Brigade Scottish R.A. Division, lasted three months. Finally in January... |  | 10/05/2006 | 375 |
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 | Lindholm Hoeje north of Aalborg is a gigantic viking burial place with grave sites formed as ships.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindholm_H%C3%B8je | | 10/04/2006 | 213 |
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 | This memorial is made 1805 for Napoleons greatest victory at Austerlitz. The area has been french property ever since.
Link with photos, in french only.
http://www.vialupo.com/austerlitz/austerlitz.html
See also Captain Hornblowers great link:
http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile6418/Napoleonic-War,-Battle-of-Austerlitz-(Overlays).htm | | 09/24/2006 | 231 |
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 | Tranquebar was a danish colony from 1620 to 1845 with Fort Dansborg to protect Tranquebar. It was the second largest fortification in the danish kingdom after Helsingoer (Elsingore) on the danish island Zealand.
Tranquebar was sold to the UK in 1845. | | 09/17/2006 | 193 |
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 | Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, partly in the municipality Nieuw-Lekkerland, partly in the municipality of Alblasserdam. It lies about 15km east of Rotterdam.
The village is situated in a polder at the confluence of the rivers Lek and Noord. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old win... | | 09/13/2006 | 174 |
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 | A statement from the US National Park Service (NPS) concerning this island:
For more than two centuries, the military communities on Governors Island were woven into the intricate social, political and economic tapestry that is New York City. From 1776-1996, Governors Island stood as a silent sentinel in New York Harbor, and provided protection of the ideals represented by the Statue of... | | 09/11/2006 | 181 |
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 | Fort Jay is a historical United States Army fort on Governors Island in New York City. The oldest structure on the island, it was originally built to defend Upper New York Bay, but has served other purposes.
The walls and gate of the existing fort were rebuilt in 1806 to replace a series of earthen forts built in 1776 and 1794. Barracks on the inside of the fort date back to 1834... | | 09/11/2006 | 132 |
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 | Muiden Castle is probably the castle that receives the most visitors in all of the Netherlands. This is not only because it's a popular destination for a lot of school trips, due to its importance in Dutch history, but also because of its proximity to Amsterdam which attracts most foreign tourists. | | 09/11/2006 | 275 |
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 | 1755, on november 1st at 9:20am, Lisbon was hit by an earthquake with epicenter 200 km. in the Atlantic Ocean. It was followed by a tsunami with waves of 4 stores high. After the quake the city was hit by fires because of open cooking-fireplaces and lamps.
More than 60000 of 250000 people were killed in Lisbon and thousands in the outskirts.
The quake hit when there was an All Sai... | | 09/09/2006 | 252 |
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 | Locations of the executionsite, La Higuera school and Vallegrande airfield where he was showed to the press and later burried in a mass grave in 1967. | | 09/06/2006 | 654 |
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 | Fort Snelling is located at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Constructed between 1820 and 1825 as Fort St. Anthony. It received the name Fort Snelling upon its completion in honor of Colonel Josiah Snelling, who commanded the regiment that built it, and oversaw its construction. Snelling was considered to be a reasonable commander—when he was... | | 08/29/2006 | 252 |
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 | Old Castle Stolzenfels on the Rhine River near Koblenz |  | 08/27/2006 | 186 |
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 | Old Castle of Koblenz/Rheinland Pfalz | | 08/27/2006 | 143 |
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 | Birthplace of Jesse and Frank James, the house where Jesse was killed and all gang members gravesites.
Story about Jesse James and his gang:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James |  | 08/24/2006 | 392 |
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 | In the Old Fort Sumner Cemetery. Billy the Kid was shot and burried here in 1881. The gravestone was stonen in 1950 and recovered again in Granbury, TX 26 years later. 1981 it was stolen again but recovered one week later in Huntington Beach, CA.
After theese thefts the stone was armouredto the ground with ironbars. | | 08/22/2006 | 543 |
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 | The Ipatiev house in Ekaterinburg where the russian Tzarfamily and 4 servants were kept imprisoned and executed after the russian revolution 1918 stood here. They were executed in the basement. It was demolished 1977 and replaced by the Church on the Blood.
Photo 1: Ipatiev House.
Photo 2: Execution room at the investigation for evidence of the execution of the Romanovs.<... | | 08/21/2006 | 299 |
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 | It was here in Philadelphia Betsy Ross presented George Washington to the first Stars and Stripes flag that she made to him and the USA in 1776.
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/ | | 08/21/2006 | 190 |
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