La Real Fuerza
La Real Fuerza Castle, locally known as Castillo de la Real Fuerza, is situated in the center of the city of Havana in Cuba....
 A Short Note on the Castrum Maris The study of Maltese late-medieval fortification is a difficult task by any me...  |  Seoul to restore Hanyang Walls Seoul will restore all the walls surrounding the old capital of the Joseon Kin... |  Fort's remains uprooted to reveal original structure of Jamestown Since the sensational 1994 discovery of James Fort, the first permanent Englis... |
 La Real Fuerza La Real Fuerza Castle, locally known as Castillo de la Real Fuerza, is situate... |  Bois-le-Duc In the late 12th century the Duke of Brabant founded a town on a wooded patch... |  Common plan needed for Diyarbakır’s walls It is essential that all relevant parties work together to protect the walls o... |
 Leith’s historic defences laid bare A section of Leith's 16th century defences have been uncovered ahead of a prop... |  Quebec City's Martello towers mark bicentennial This year marks the 200th anniversary of a key part of Quebec City's historic... |  A short history of Nottingham Castle Of the History of Nottingham Castle, much has been written in days gone by.... |
Fortifications
2012-05-04 Bois-le-DucIn the late 12th century the Duke of Brabant founded a town on a wooded patch of high ground in the marshes.... |
 2012-04-10 Magliano Town WallsThe strategic importance of Magliano, so close to the sea and the inland of Mount Amiata and Pitigliano, has never been doubted.... |
 2012-03-29 Goodrich CastleThe development of "the castle" from a fortified site into a home and administrative centre can approximately be dated to the period... |
 2012-03-12 Modlin FortressModlin is probably the largest-in-size historical fortress site in Poland today. ... |
 2012-02-29 TournaiThe town of Tournai stands on the river Escaut (Scheldt) in the province of Hainaut.... |
 2012-02-22 Rocca of TentennanoThe Rocca of Tentennano crowns a rocky crag upon the medieval suburb of Rocca D'Orcia in the Val D'Orcia, province of Siena.... |
 2012-02-19 MontmedyA castle on the 100 meter high hill was built in the 1200s - Mons Medium it was called.... |
Building Science
2012-05-14 A Short Note on the Castrum MarisThe study of Maltese late-medieval fortification is a difficult task by any measure.... |
 2012-03-22 An Introduction to Artillery FortificationIn the last few decades there has been increasing acceptance that post-medieval fortifications have equal importance as,... |
 2012-02-29 The Meaning of the Renaissance FortWith very few exceptions architectural historians have treated the fortress as little more than a vehicle for the study of technical evolution in building form.... |
 2012-02-15 The Rise of the Anti-clockwise Newel StairThe traditional castle story dictates that all winding, newel, turnpike or spiral staircases in medieval great towers, keep-gatehouses, tower houses and mural wall towers ascended clockwise.... |
 2012-02-02 Civitella del TrontoThe toponym of Civita, from which Civitella derives, indicates an ancient town settlement, or a village built on the site of existing settlements.... |
 2012-01-11 Military Architecture in IslamFortifications were virtually unknown in Arabia in the early years of Islam,... |
Siege Warfare
 2012-03-18 Combat, Welfare and ViolenceThe Experience of Spain's Early Modern Soldiers.... |
 2012-01-24 The Siege of LebohoSouth African Republic Fortificationsin the Blouberg, Northern Transvaal.... |
 2012-01-05 Siege of Tournai, 1709The winter of 1708-9 had been a severe one and France was suffering from food shortages.... |
 2011-12-14 British Coast Defence Guns'A fort without guns is like a mouth without teeth' is an apt description of many of the fortifications remaining in the United Kingdom... |
Resources
2012-04-16 A short history of Nottingham CastleOf the History of Nottingham Castle, much has been written in days gone by.... |
 2012-03-18 Defensive enclosures in HuntingdonshireAt a point 17½ miles north of Huntingdon the modern main road leaves the course of the ancient Ermine Street... |
 2012-03-03 Jesuits and FortificationsAn important and pioneering new study on the Jesuits' contribution to the teaching of the science of military architecture... |
 2012-02-22 The Walls of FamagustaThese pages deal with the surviving monuments of the Frankish and Venetian rule over Cyprus (1192-1571).... |
 2012-02-15 The fortifications of Berwick-upon-TweedIn the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Berwick was one of four royal burghs in Scotland and a major port.... |
 2012-02-06 Fortifications and Enclosures in European PrehistoryThis article reviews recent research into the archaeological interpretation and investigation of fortifications... |
Profiles
 2011-11-02 Tadeusz KościuszkoThaddeus Kosciuszko (Tadas Kosciuska in Lithuanian) was an officer of Lithuanian descent who finished his education in France... |
 2011-09-07 William Francis Drummond JervoisShortly after he was commissioned, Lieutenant Jervois was posted to South Africa.... |
 2011-08-23 Axel UrupAxel Urup (13 September 1601 – 15 March 1671) was a Danish military engineer and commander,... |
 2011-08-14 Romer, Wolfgang WilliamROMER, WOLFGANG WILLIAM (1640–1713), military engineer, born at The Hague on 23 April 1640,... |
 2011-08-04 Christiano RiegerThe Viennese Rieger joined the Jesuits in his hometown as a seventeen years old kid.... |
 2011-07-27 Eduard TotlebenEduard Ivanovich Totleben (Russian: Эдуа́рд Ива́нович Тотле́бен, sometimes transliterated as Todleben)... |
Conservation
 2012-03-31 ERDF Funds for Fort St. AngeloThe Maltese Government has recently announced that Heritage Malta will be allocated €13.4 million... |
 2012-03-05 Reconstructed Gateway for Qala BatteryDin L-Art Ħelwa, Malta’s long-standing and leading non-profit-making voluntary heritage organization,... |
 2012-02-25 Flanking battery discovered in Valletta DitchThe hitherto undocumented remains of what was once a low flanking battery situated in the ditch of Valletta,... |
 2011-12-19 Fort Tullichewan, PretoriaAn Exercise in Site Excavation and Historical Research.... |
 2011-12-16 Fortifications in the Gresta ValleyThis work is part of a research on the use of terrestrial laser scanner, integrated with total station and GPS,... |
Latest Articles
2012-05-14 A Short Note on the Castrum MarisThe study of Maltese late-medieval fortification is a difficult task by any measure.... |
2012-05-11 Seoul to restore Hanyang WallsSeoul will restore all the walls surrounding the old capital of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) by 2015... |
2012-05-11 Fort's remains uprooted to reveal original structure of JamestownSince the sensational 1994 discovery of James Fort, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, excavations have revealed... |
2012-05-04 La Real FuerzaLa Real Fuerza Castle, locally known as Castillo de la Real Fuerza, is situated in the center of the city of Havana in Cuba.... |
2012-05-04 Bois-le-DucIn the late 12th century the Duke of Brabant founded a town on a wooded patch of high ground in the marshes.... |
2012-04-25 Common plan needed for Diyarbakır’s wallsIt is essential that all relevant parties work together to protect the walls of Diyarbakır given their iconic status,... |
2012-04-25 Leith’s historic defences laid bareA section of Leith's 16th century defences have been uncovered ahead of a proposed housing development.... |
2012-04-19 Quebec City's Martello towers mark bicentennialThis year marks the 200th anniversary of a key part of Quebec City's historic fortifications, its Martello towers.... |
2012-04-16 A short history of Nottingham CastleOf the History of Nottingham Castle, much has been written in days gone by.... |
2012-04-10 Magliano Town WallsThe strategic importance of Magliano, so close to the sea and the inland of Mount Amiata and Pitigliano, has never been doubted.... |
2012-03-31 ERDF Funds for Fort St. AngeloThe Maltese Government has recently announced that Heritage Malta will be allocated €13.4 million... |
2012-03-29 Goodrich CastleThe development of "the castle" from a fortified site into a home and administrative centre can approximately be dated to the period... |
2012-03-22 An Introduction to Artillery FortificationIn the last few decades there has been increasing acceptance that post-medieval fortifications have equal importance as,... |
2012-03-18 Defensive enclosures in HuntingdonshireAt a point 17½ miles north of Huntingdon the modern main road leaves the course of the ancient Ermine Street... |
2012-03-18 Combat, Welfare and ViolenceThe Experience of Spain's Early Modern Soldiers.... |
2012-03-12 Modlin FortressModlin is probably the largest-in-size historical fortress site in Poland today. ... |
2012-03-05 Reconstructed Gateway for Qala BatteryDin L-Art Ħelwa, Malta’s long-standing and leading non-profit-making voluntary heritage organization,... |
2012-03-03 Jesuits and FortificationsAn important and pioneering new study on the Jesuits' contribution to the teaching of the science of military architecture... |
2012-02-29 TournaiThe town of Tournai stands on the river Escaut (Scheldt) in the province of Hainaut.... |
2012-02-29 The Meaning of the Renaissance FortWith very few exceptions architectural historians have treated the fortress as little more than a vehicle for the study of technical evolution in building form.... |
2012-02-25 Flanking battery discovered in Valletta DitchThe hitherto undocumented remains of what was once a low flanking battery situated in the ditch of Valletta,... |
2012-02-22 The Walls of FamagustaThese pages deal with the surviving monuments of the Frankish and Venetian rule over Cyprus (1192-1571).... |
2012-02-22 Rocca of TentennanoThe Rocca of Tentennano crowns a rocky crag upon the medieval suburb of Rocca D'Orcia in the Val D'Orcia, province of Siena.... |
2012-02-19 Between East and WestTransposition of cultural systems and Military technology of fortified landscapes.... |
2012-02-19 MontmedyA castle on the 100 meter high hill was built in the 1200s - Mons Medium it was called.... |
2012-02-15 The Rise of the Anti-clockwise Newel StairThe traditional castle story dictates that all winding, newel, turnpike or spiral staircases in medieval great towers, keep-gatehouses, tower houses and mural wall towers ascended clockwise.... |
2012-02-15 The fortifications of Berwick-upon-TweedIn the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Berwick was one of four royal burghs in Scotland and a major port.... |
2012-02-11 Condé sur l'EscautSituated in the midst of otherwise flat and uneventful terrain, the confluence of the Haine and Escaut rivers... |
2012-02-11 Sant' Alessio CastleSant'Alessio Castle, locally known as Castello di Sant'Alessio, lies next to the town of Sant'Alessio Siculo, ... |
2012-02-06 Fortifications and Enclosures in European PrehistoryThis article reviews recent research into the archaeological interpretation and investigation of fortifications... |
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.. this subject [military architecture] … is not of a warlike and provocative nature, rather it is the essence of peaceful co-existence. Fortresses were designed to maintain authority, not to usurp it. Military architecture is the art of defence, not of attack. Permanent fortifications are in essence non-aggressive and unprovocative.
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