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    An orillon, also known as an orillion, is an architectural element of a military fortification. The ear-shaped projection of masonry provided defense...
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    The Orillon Batteries were artillery batteries in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The batteries were three-storey gun positions within a...
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  • Digital Anvil (March 4, 2003). Freelancer. Microsoft. Level/area: Endgame. Orillon: And it's driving out the Nomads. They can't take the redistribution of...
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    the Artillery Officers' Quarters, Infantry Officers' Quarters, and the Orillon Bastion. In 2019, King Charles III was given a tour of the fortress by...
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    1550s. The French Spur was originally an ear-shaped bastion known as an orillon, and contained gun emplacements which protected the main spur. This projecting...
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    Magdala Battery New Mole Battery North Mole Elbow Battery O'Hara's Battery Orillon Batteries Parson's Lodge Battery Prince Ferdinand's Battery Prince George's...
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    Entrenchment Flèche Gorge Gunpowder magazine Hornwork Kotta mara Lunette Magazine Orillon Ostrog Palanka Place-of-arms Polygonal fort Presidio (Spanish America)...
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    Entrenchment Flèche Gorge Gunpowder magazine Hornwork Kotta mara Lunette Magazine Orillon Ostrog Palanka Place-of-arms Polygonal fort Presidio (Spanish America)...
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    Entrenchment Flèche Gorge Gunpowder magazine Hornwork Kotta mara Lunette Magazine Orillon Ostrog Palanka Place-of-arms Polygonal fort Presidio (Spanish America)...
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    of time such as addition of semi-circular structures at the base called orillons or little ears making the bastion resemble an ace-of-spades shape. Baluarte...
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    decommissioned bartizan in the west side of orillon Orillon in the west zone, defensive walls, embrasures and bartizan Orillon west with remains of bartizan Junction...
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    Entrenchment Flèche Gorge Gunpowder magazine Hornwork Kotta mara Lunette Magazine Orillon Ostrog Palanka Place-of-arms Polygonal fort Presidio (Spanish America)...
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    Entrenchment Flèche Gorge Gunpowder magazine Hornwork Kotta mara Lunette Magazine Orillon Ostrog Palanka Place-of-arms Polygonal fort Presidio (Spanish America)...
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    Entrenchment Flèche Gorge Gunpowder magazine Hornwork Kotta mara Lunette Magazine Orillon Ostrog Palanka Place-of-arms Polygonal fort Presidio (Spanish America)...
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    5 km (3 miles). The walls contain eleven pentagonal bastions with rounded orillons, similar to the bastions of Palmanova. The bastions are named after eleven...
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    Magdala Battery New Mole Battery North Mole Elbow Battery O'Hara's Battery Orillon Batteries Parson's Lodge Battery Prince Ferdinand's Battery Prince George's...
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  • Organic architecture Oriel window Origins and architecture of the Taj Mahal Orillon Ornamentalism Orri Orthostates Ottoman architecture Ottoman architecture...
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    possibly referring to a spring at a fault called the Orillon (at the site of the later Orillon Batteries) in the north-west face of the Rock. By the...
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    their low profiles, and, in the case of the flanks, by narrow, tower-like orillons of solid masonry"; Denial of terrain; "... he protected his works by digging...
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    Magdala Battery New Mole Battery North Mole Elbow Battery O'Hara's Battery Orillon Batteries Parson's Lodge Battery Prince Ferdinand's Battery Prince George's...
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    Entrenchment Flèche Gorge Gunpowder magazine Hornwork Kotta mara Lunette Magazine Orillon Ostrog Palanka Place-of-arms Polygonal fort Presidio (Spanish America)...
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    front royal) or orillons, i.e. sheltered behind a corner covering artillery stationed on the flank. The same system on the front orillons Saint-Etienne...
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    was positioned adjacent to the retired flank of the bastion, behind the orillon of its west wall (pictured in OS map at right), to aid in its defence....
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    Entrenchment Flèche Gorge Gunpowder magazine Hornwork Kotta mara Lunette Magazine Orillon Ostrog Palanka Place-of-arms Polygonal fort Presidio (Spanish America)...
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    northwest. It was constructed adjacent to the retired flank and behind the orillon of the bastion's west wall, which aided the gate's defence. The gate was...
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    Magdala Battery New Mole Battery North Mole Elbow Battery O'Hara's Battery Orillon Batteries Parson's Lodge Battery Prince Ferdinand's Battery Prince George's...
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    Magdala Battery New Mole Battery North Mole Elbow Battery O'Hara's Battery Orillon Batteries Parson's Lodge Battery Prince Ferdinand's Battery Prince George's...
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