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A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple palisades or earthworks to extensive military fortifications with towers, bastions and gates for access to the city. [1] From ancient to modern times, they were used to enclose settlements.
White Castle, Monmouthshire. / 51.8454; -2.9029. White Castle ( Welsh: Castell Gwyn ), also known historically as Llantilio Castle, is a ruined castle near the village of Llantilio Crossenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. The fortification was established by the Normans in the wake of the invasion of England in 1066, to protect the route from Wales ...
Dating back to the early 12th century, the Alcázar of Segovia, Spain, is one of the most distinctive castles in Europe. A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars usually consider a castle to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble.
Course of the Wall throughout history. The history of the Great Wall of China began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) [1] and Warring States periods (475–221 BC) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) against ...
Dun (fortification) Ruined dun in Loch Steinacleit on Lewis. Walls of Dún Aonghasa, a dun on Inishmore, Ireland. Dunamase, central Ireland (from Irish Dún Másc, "Másc's fort") A dun is an ancient or medieval fort. In Ireland and Britain it is mainly a kind of hillfort and also a kind of Atlantic roundhouse .
Thermobaric weapon. A thermobaric weapon, also called an aerosol bomb, or a vacuum bomb, [1] is a type of explosive munition that works by dispersing an aerosol cloud of gas, liquid or powdered explosive. [2] [3] The fuel is usually a single compound, rather than a mixture of multiple molecules. [4]
v. t. e. A Zwinger [a] ( German pronunciation: [ˈt͡svɪŋɐ]) is an open kill zone area between two defensive walls that is used for defensive purposes. [1] Zwinger s were built in the post-classical and early modern periods to improve the defence of castles and town walls. The term is usually left untranslated, [2] but is sometimes rendered ...
