• 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...
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  • Trio, an American experimental rock band Gorge walking or canyoning Gorge (fishing hook) Gorge (fortification), the interior or rear part of a fort Canyon...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    of Luxembourg (officially City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications) is located mainly in Ville Haute (Uewerstad) in Luxembourg City, Grand...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    world from the Persian world. They are often imagined as an actual fortification, or as a symbolic boundary separating the civilized from the uncivilized...
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    the Liège fortifications and extended them onto the Pays de Herve (Herve plateau) closer to Germany, using the most advanced fortification technology...
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    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...
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    Khankala happened on 17 February 1807. In this action, the Khankala fortification was taken by storm. Russian forces entered Chechnya from three directions...
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    century BC the area was conquered by the Urartian King Argishti I. The fortification at Garni was erected probably sometime in the 3rd century BC as a summer...
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    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...
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  • periods by later historians; these were marked by significant federal fortification programs with most forts built in a particular style. Forts of the first...
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    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...
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    Cathedral Gorge State Park is a public recreation area and geologic preserve featuring a dramatic landscape of eroded soft bentonite clay covering almost...
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    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...
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    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...
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    narrow gorge or ravine at the head of a larger valley (the Deeping-coomb), but the name is also used for the fortifications at the mouth of the gorge and...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Fortification Range Wilderness is a 30,656-acre (12,406 ha) wilderness area in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. The Wilderness lies approximately...
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  • 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...
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    included on such lists include: Cairo Citadel, a 13th-century Islamic fortification in Cairo, Egypt. Cluny Abbey, a 10th-century Benedictine monastery in...
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    Schanze (category Fortifications by type)
    fortification construction, an independent fieldwork, that is frequently used in the construction of temporary (not permanent) field fortifications....
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