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t. e. Medieval fortification refers to medieval military methods that cover the development of fortification construction and use in Europe, roughly from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Renaissance. During this millennium, fortifications changed warfare, and in turn were modified to suit new tactics, weapons and siege techniques.
Entrenchment (fortification) In fortification, the term entrenchment ( Italian: trincieramento, Maltese: trunċiera) can refer to either a secondary line of defence within a larger fortification (better known as a retrenchment ), or an enceinte designed to provide cover for infantry, having a layout similar to a city wall but on a smaller scale.
However, what can be seen today are just the most visible and robust remains of a massive programme of fortification undertaken in a very short period. [113] Extant wartime records were thought to be fairly poor, and nobody could be sure how many pillboxes and related hardened field defences had survived—or indeed, how many had been constructed in the first place.
July 1, 1998. Civil War Fortification at Barnesville, also known as Fort Barnesville, is a historic American Civil War fortification located at Deer Run State Forest near Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was built in 1863, and consists of a horseshoe shaped redoubt. It measures approximately 150 feet long and 135 feet wide.
Chronology Louis XIV. 1670 The king demolishes the walls of Charles V and Louis XIII. Paris becomes an open city and remains so for two centuries. 1689 Vauban recommends the enclosure of Paris, with the construction of a second enclosure to include the then-villages of Chaillot, Montmartre and Belleville (located on heights overlooking the city), and two citadels flanking the city to the east ...
Ditch (fortification) A ditch and earth bank at Old Sarum, near Salisbury in England, dating from the Iron Age. Ditch of Valletta, which was built between 1566 and the 1570s. In military engineering, a ditch is an obstacle designed to slow down or break up an attacking force, while a trench is intended to provide cover to the defenders.
Kremlin (fortification) A kremlin (Russian: кремль, romanized: kreml', IPA: [ˈkrʲemlʲ] ⓘ) is a major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities. [1] [2] The word is often used to refer to the Moscow Kremlin [3] and - metonymically - to the government based there. [4] Other such fortresses are called detinets, such as ...
