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 | Publisher William Randolph Hearst was one of the many wealthy American collectors in the 19th and early 20th centuries who built and decorated sumptuous homes. This "castle" in San Simeon, CA contains art treasures which can be found in every room -- antique ceilings, Greek vases dating from 800 B.C., rare oriental carpets, and myriad works of art can be seen throughout William Randol... |  | 07/15/2005 | 1,126 | 
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 | Designed by the engineer Montaigu, the Castle of San Felipe was built in 1731-44 over the remains of a previous fortress. The new castle combined the fidelity of the technical teachings of Vauban with a clever adaptation to the landscape. Laid out in the shape of an arrowhead, it directed a double line of fire towards the sea on two levels, with a great facade of fortifications pointing towards... |  | 04/04/2007 | 244 |
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 | The castle was built between 1233 and 1239 on the site of a former Norman fort. The bastions were added between 1535 and 1537. |  | 09/16/2005 | 258 |
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 | San Fruttuoso is an Italian very particular maritime ancient small village. It has been preserved untouched across the centuries because it can be reached only by sea or by am hard walk across a mountain. | | 05/05/2007 | 345 |
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 | The castle was built by Pier Maria Rosii between 1448 and 1460. It was constructed on the ruins of a building from the 14th century and must be one of the best preserved castles of the 1400s in Italy. |  | 09/23/2005 | 211 |
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 | Designed by the engineer Montaigu, the Castle of La Palma was built between 1731-44 over the remains of a previous fortress. It was twinned with the Castle of San Felipe, situated on the other side of the entrance to the estuary. Little remains of its original layout, modified by reconstruction in 1895. | | 04/03/2007 | 177 |
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 | San Jose (Saint Joseph) was one of four coastal batteries built to reinforce San Luis castle, which was designed to defend the Bocachica (narrow mouth) strait, the only entrance to the bay of Cartagena. It was designed by Spanish military engineer Juan de Herrera y Sotomayor.
http://www.fortified-places.com/cartagena.html | | 03/27/2007 | 190 |
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 | A pretty big cruise ship just off the coast of Italy. | | 09/26/2005 | 260 |
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 | Fortín de San Gerónimo del Boquerón (Fort Saint Jerome of the Large Entrance) is a small fort located in the entrance to what is known today as Condado, Puerto Rico lagoon in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was built during the 17th century to replace a smaller battery (called El Boquerón) that stood at the easternmost end of the San Juan islet. The original Boquerón battery defended San Juan from at... | | 01/30/2007 | 203 |
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 | Piazza San Babila in Milan, near to Duomo. |  | 11/05/2005 | 229 |
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 | Sermoneta is a small and cute village located on the hills behind Latina, in the Lazio region in Italy.
The castle is reported being built in the half of XIII century.
Additional info about Sermoneta and the castle can be found at: http://www.sermoneta.it/
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 | St. Paul's Hospital. Milan, Italy | | 06/16/2007 | 229 |
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