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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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  • up lunette in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A lunette is a moon-shaped architectural detail. Lunette may also refer to: Lunette (fortification), an...
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  • 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...
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  • Thumbnail for Lunettes of Trois-Châtels and Tousey
    few battles in the two fortifications to reach the citadel. In the 1990s, they were bought by a man who now lives in the lunette of Tousey. Trois-Châtels...
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    from non-standard French, literally meaning 'Italian outline') is a fortification in a style that evolved during the early modern period of gunpowder...
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    wheeling slightly away to the left to attack and occupy the Ottoman lunette fortification (two faces forming a projecting angle on two flanks), on Outpost...
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    occupied a peninsula on the northern end of Amelia Island. The fort, a lunette fortification, stood on the southwest side of the town next to the harbor, on...
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    Ravelin (category Fortification (architectural elements))
    Originally called a demi-lune, after the lunette, the ravelin is placed outside a castle and opposite a fortification curtain wall. The ravelin is the oldest...
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  • house Low German house Lowland castle Low-rise building Lucarne Lunette Lunette (fortification) Luten arch Maashaus Machiya Machicolation Maenianum Mahal Mahoney...
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    Flesche lunette to the north. On 1 October 1834 Festung Posen was classified as a "Fortress Second Class", and completed parts of the fortifications were...
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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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    invasion. The belts comprised two defensive barriers that included forts, lunettes, ramparts, batteries, and other defensive structures. Many of these structures...
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    fortifications housed around 681 guns mounted in 110 batteries and positions, guarding all land and sea approaches to Gibraltar. The fortifications continued...
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    1882. Eventually, the fortifications were left largely intact, and the only part that was demolished was St. Madeleine's Lunette, which was located near...
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    minor fortification built or established outside the principal fortification limits, detached or semidetached. Outworks such as ravelins, lunettes (demilunes)...
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    its defense of a crescent-shaped fortification, which came to be known as the Second Texas Lunette. The fortification was located in the center of the...
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    Redan (category Fortification (architectural elements))
    be made from earthworks or other material. The redan developed from the lunette, originally a half-moon-shaped outwork; with shorter flanks it became a...
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    and Strong, the fortification covered approaches to the Long Bridge and the Aqueduct Bridge (near the modern Key Bridge). The lunette was named in honor...
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  • outwork, smaller than a ravelin or a lunette, with 2 faces with a parapet and an open gorge Fort Fortification Fortress Gabion: a large basket filled...
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    Bombes, the demolition of a lunette and some other gates, and the addition of gunpowder magazines and traverses. The fortifications were included on the Antiquities...
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    The lunette was taken, quickly recaptured by a counterattack and then taken again. In the late evening, French engineers connected the lunette to the...
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    Fort Craig was a small lunette that the Union Army constructed in September 1861 in Arlington County (at that time Alexandria County) in Virginia during...
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    system of fortifications of Lyon included: Fort de la Duchère Fort de Caluire Fort de Montessuy Redoute Bel-Air Fort de Sainte-Foy Lunette du Petit Sainte-Foy...
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    Brest Fortress (category Fortifications in Belarus)
    and a lunette in the western part, East Fort and West Fort. The Terespol Fortification was the western bridgehead, featuring 4 detached lunettes. The Volyn...
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    The fortifications of Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries comprise: The Thiers Wall, surrounding the city of Paris, and farther from the city, The detached...
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  • Hesselbach Castle (category Roman fortifications in Germania Superior)
    district of the city of Oberzent in Odenwaldkreis, Germany. The former fortification is the most thoroughly researched military camp of the Odenwald Limes...
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    Forteresse de Luxembourg; German: Festung Luxemburg) is the former fortifications of Luxembourg City, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which...
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    European fortification systems, and organized many successful sieges. The Confederate earthworks of Port Hudson, and their use of artillery lunettes show...
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    Walls of Amsterdam (category Fortifications in the Netherlands)
    consisting of three lines of lunettes. The lunettes were spaced at a distance of 400 metres from each other. Ten of these lunettes still remain. Krayenhoff...
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    perimeter included many gun pits, forts, trenches, redoubts, and lunettes. The major fortifications of the line included: Fort Hill, on a high bluff north of...
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