A gorge in field fortification is the "unexposed side of a fieldwork", typically the rear of an independent fieldwork or detached outwork in front of the... 2 KB (215 words) - 18:20, 1 April 2022 |
Trio, an American experimental rock band Gorge walking or canyoning Gorge (fishing hook) Gorge (fortification), the interior or rear part of a fort Canyon... 664 bytes (117 words) - 19:25, 15 November 2021 |
In fortification, a lunette was originally an outwork of half-moon shape; later it became a redan with short flanks, in trace somewhat resembling a bastion... 1 KB (132 words) - 10:15, 31 July 2022 |
Gorge is a river gorge on the border between Russia and Georgia. It is at the east base of Mount Kazbek, south of present-day Vladikavkaz. The gorge was... 9 KB (854 words) - 07:44, 24 December 2023 |
In fortification, the capital of a bastion is a line drawn either from the angle of the polygon to the point of the bastion, or from the point of the... 446 bytes (97 words) - 01:34, 30 July 2022 |
an outwork consisting of two converging faces with a parapet and an open gorge, forming an arrowhead shape facing the enemy. The flèche is similar in plan... 1 KB (145 words) - 16:37, 8 May 2022 |
of Luxembourg (officially City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications) is located mainly in Ville Haute (Uewerstad) in Luxembourg City, Grand... 3 KB (207 words) - 23:12, 6 March 2024 |
Bastion (category Fortification (architectural elements)) bulwark is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the... 10 KB (1,222 words) - 15:56, 20 December 2023 |
ravelin or a lunette, with 2 faces with a parapet and an open gorge Fort Fortification Fortress Gabion: a large basket filled with earth, used to form... 35 KB (4,263 words) - 06:27, 19 April 2024 |
Polygonal fort (category Fortification (architectural elements)) A polygonal fort is a type of fortification originating in France in the late 18th century and fully developed in Germany in the first half of the 19th... 37 KB (4,604 words) - 08:52, 10 January 2024 |
Sasanian defense lines (redirect from Sasanian frontier fortifications) Persians. The fortification was known as Gate of the Alans, Iberian Gates, and the Caucasian Gates. The Darial Gorge Darial Gorge, 1847 Darial Gorge, before... 21 KB (2,255 words) - 21:04, 9 April 2024 |
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... 11 KB (1,092 words) - 07:44, 7 March 2024 |
world from the Persian world. They are often imagined as an actual fortification, or as a symbolic boundary separating the civilized from the uncivilized... 23 KB (2,884 words) - 12:33, 19 April 2024 |
Fortified position of Liège (redirect from Fortifications of Liège) the Liège fortifications and extended them onto the Pays de Herve (Herve plateau) closer to Germany, using the most advanced fortification technology... 35 KB (5,000 words) - 20:40, 16 February 2024 |
in honour of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton. The castle sits above a gorge overlooking the Avon Water in what is now Chatelherault Country Park, but... 6 KB (726 words) - 13:12, 24 September 2023 |
Fort Sumter (category Coastal fortifications) View of the Gorge and Sally Port View of western part of Gorge [Top] View of gorge and Sally port; [Bottom] Left gorge Angle View of Left gorge angle Sally... 42 KB (4,638 words) - 23:52, 14 April 2024 |
periods by later historians; these were marked by significant federal fortification programs with most forts built in a particular style. Forts of the first... 55 KB (2,044 words) - 15:55, 18 April 2024 |
Kadisha Valley (redirect from Kadisha Gorge) Qadisha Valley and also known as the Kadisha Gorge or Wadi Kadisha (French: Ouadi Qadisha), is a gorge that lies within the Bsharri and Zgharta Districts... 15 KB (1,753 words) - 08:25, 30 December 2023 |
Crete (section Gorges, rivers and lakes) island has a number of gorges, such as the Samariá Gorge, Imbros Gorge, Kourtaliotiko Gorge, Ha Gorge, Platania Gorge, the Gorge of the Dead (at Kato Zakros... 103 KB (10,509 words) - 00:07, 20 April 2024 |
rock overlooking the Lim gorge from the left bank, on 698 meters of altitude. According to Evliya Çelebi, the fortification dates back to era of Nemanjić... 3 KB (281 words) - 05:15, 10 October 2023 |
was part of the third system of US fortifications. Named for the colonial proprietor of Maine, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, it was constructed to support existing... 7 KB (806 words) - 10:52, 19 June 2023 |
Lunette may also refer to: Lunette (fortification), an outwork consisting of a salient angle with two flanks and an open gorge Lunette (Gargoyles), a fictional... 1 KB (164 words) - 15:29, 25 June 2023 |
included on such lists include: Cairo Citadel, a 13th-century Islamic fortification in Cairo, Egypt. Cluny Abbey, a 10th-century Benedictine monastery in... 27 KB (2,129 words) - 21:17, 27 March 2024 |
Schanze (category Fortifications by type) fortification construction, an independent fieldwork, that is frequently used in the construction of temporary (not permanent) field fortifications.... 5 KB (497 words) - 16:47, 29 December 2023 |