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 | Any further plans for Landskrona were however not realized, for various reasons. The continued Swedish-Danish wars favoured Karlskrona, located at a safer distance from Denmark, replacing Landskrona as a naval base, the fortifications were discontinued, and Malmö remained the most important commercial town - despite Malmö lacking a harbour until the late 18th century. The fortifications at Land... |  | 08/06/2005 | 498 | 
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 | The Venetian fortifications in Fortezza, a solidly-built fort on a hill. The city fell to the Turks in November 1646. Today the Fortezza is well-preserved, while the fortifications around the city have almost disappeared. |  | 07/09/2006 | 215 |
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 | Have a look at all cities and towns in the Netherlands that started as fortifications. Now, as they grew, you can still see the fortifications! |  | 06/30/2008 | 261 |
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 | The Fortazela de Santa Cruz was originally built on the site of earlier French fortifications from 1555. In 1567, the fortification was expanded into the key point for the defense of the Guanabara Bay. Called the Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra from 1632 onwards the fort was progressively strengthened before completely remodelled in the mid-1760s. Additional fortifications was constructed on t... |  | 11/24/2005 | 284 |
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 | Fortifications at Copenhagen, Denmark |  | 08/06/2005 | 242 |
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 | Mistra Battery is or was one of the most beautiful coastal batteries built in the Mellieha area. Nowadays it is being used as a fish-farm, where a number of alterations were made on it, destroying also parts of it.
Although the building of a battery was mentioned in the report prepared by the commissioners of fortifications Fontet and D’Arginy, it seems that this battery was not... | | 10/13/2006 | 232 |
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 | Colbert, the naval minister of Louis XIV decided in 1666 to build a major naval shipyard and arsenal in Rochefort, leading to a complete overhaul of the coastal fortifications of the Aunis county.
Among these fortifications, it was decided to build a fort at the headland of the Chapus near the village of Bourcefranc. This fort had the task of preventing any naval circumvallation... | | 07/24/2006 | 284 |
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 | Bourtange is a star fort and village in the Westerwolde region of the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 32 km northeast of Emmen.
The fortifications were initially built during the Eighty Years' War when William of Orange wanted to control the only road between Germany and the city of Groningen which was controlled by the ... | | 05/14/2008 | 936 |
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 | Primary fort belt remaining from 1896 fortifications | | 11/30/2005 | 238 |
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 | This placemark shows the full extent of the fortifications surrounding the city of Copenhagen. | | 08/21/2005 | 204 |
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 | Here are all defense batteries and forts of Portsmouth. | | 12/14/2005 | 329 |
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 | Next to the main ringroad of Bucharest, about to be swallowed by Progress, lies what seems a lot like the fortifications you also find in Holland (for example Naarden | | 07/08/2008 | 347 |
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