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"From ancient hill forts to majestic castles, fortifications stand as testaments of strength and history

Background imageFortifications Collection: Teylingen Castle, 1640. Creator: Unknown

Teylingen Castle, 1640. Creator: Unknown
Teylingen Castle, 1640

Background imageFortifications Collection: Prince Christian, the Heir Apparent, Hunting Ducks at Nykobing Castle, 1639

Prince Christian, the Heir Apparent, Hunting Ducks at Nykobing Castle, 1639. Creators: KMS 1530 Monogrammist A.M
Prince Christian, the Heir Apparent, Hunting Ducks at Nykobing Castle, 1639

Background imageFortifications Collection: Heart Island, Thousand Islands, c1901. Creator: Unknown

Heart Island, Thousand Islands, c1901. Creator: Unknown
Heart Island, Thousand Islands, c1901

Background imageFortifications Collection: Le Fort de Vaux; Le 'ravin de la mort' de Douaumont. Entre les forts de Douaumont et... 1916

Le Fort de Vaux; Le "ravin de la mort" de Douaumont. Entre les forts de Douaumont et... 1916
Le Fort de Vaux; Le "ravin de la mort" de Douaumont. Entre les forts de Douaumont et de Vaux, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageFortifications Collection: Le Fort de Vaux; Aspect d'un angle de l'ouvrage avec les enormes blocs de beton disloques, 1916

Le Fort de Vaux; Aspect d'un angle de l'ouvrage avec les enormes blocs de beton disloques, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageFortifications Collection: Le Fort de Vaux; La silhouette du fort, vue du Sud-Est, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Le Fort de Vaux; La silhouette du fort, vue du Sud-Est, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Le Fort de Vaux; La silhouette du fort, vue du Sud-Est, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

Background imageFortifications Collection: Les combats de Douaumont; Le fosse et l'entrée principale du fort de Douaumont au debut... 1916

Les combats de Douaumont; Le fosse et l'entrée principale du fort de Douaumont au debut... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les combats de Douaumont; Le fosse et l'entree principale du fort de Douaumont au debut de l'offensive allemande de fevrier, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Background imageFortifications Collection: Les combats de Douaumont; Le fosse et l'entrée principale du fort de Douaumont au debut... 1916

Les combats de Douaumont; Le fosse et l'entrée principale du fort de Douaumont au debut... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les combats de Douaumont; Le fosse et l'entree principale du fort de Douaumont au debut de l'offensive allemande de fevrier, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Background imageFortifications Collection: Le Fort de Douaumont. La preparation d'artillerie; le 22 mai, a 10heures. -- deux heures... 1916

Le Fort de Douaumont. La preparation d'artillerie; le 22 mai, a 10heures. -- deux heures... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Le Fort de Douaumont. La preparation d'artillerie; le 22 mai, a 10heures. -- deux heures avant l'assaut, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageFortifications Collection: Le Fort de Douaumont. La veille de notre attaque, 21 mai, a 3 h. 1/2 du soir, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Le Fort de Douaumont. La veille de notre attaque, 21 mai, a 3 h. 1/2 du soir, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Le Fort de Douaumont. La veille de notre attaque, 21 mai, a 3 h. 1/2 du soir, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageFortifications Collection: Le Fort de Douaumont, vu de 1, 200 metres d'altitude, le 19 mai 1916, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Le Fort de Douaumont, vu de 1, 200 metres d'altitude, le 19 mai 1916, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Le Fort de Douaumont, vu de 1, 200 metres d'altitude, le 19 mai 1916, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageFortifications Collection: Old Fort Niagara, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown

Old Fort Niagara, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown
Old Fort Niagara, ca 1900

Background imageFortifications Collection: Landscape with angler and castle, 1644-1686. Creator: Aarnout ter Himpel

Landscape with angler and castle, 1644-1686. Creator: Aarnout ter Himpel
Landscape with angler and castle, 1644-1686

Background imageFortifications Collection: The Siege of Jülich, 1621-22, c.1635. Creator: Sebastian Vrancx

The Siege of Jülich, 1621-22, c.1635. Creator: Sebastian Vrancx
The Siege of Julich, 1621-22, c.1635. Scene from the Eighty Years War. Attributed to Sebastiaen Vrancx

Background imageFortifications Collection: The Peace Rejoicings - Hoisting the Royal Standard at the Tower of London, 1856. Creator: W Thomas

The Peace Rejoicings - Hoisting the Royal Standard at the Tower of London, 1856. Creator: W Thomas
The Peace Rejoicings - Hoisting the Royal Standard at the Tower of London, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War. From "Illustrated London News", 1856

Background imageFortifications Collection: Mountainous Landscape with the Ruins of a Castle, c.1642-c.1645. Creator: Aelbert Cuyp

Mountainous Landscape with the Ruins of a Castle, c.1642-c.1645. Creator: Aelbert Cuyp
Mountainous Landscape with the Ruins of a Castle, c.1642-c.1645

Background imageFortifications Collection: The Naval Review: the Queen's Yacht leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1856. Creator: Ebenezer Landells

The Naval Review: the Queen's Yacht leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1856. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
The Naval Review: the Queen's Yacht leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1856. Queen Victoria attends a display by the Royal Navy off the Hampshire coast

Background imageFortifications Collection: 'Castle and Church of St. Valerie, Sion, Canton Valais' - painted by G. C

"Castle and Church of St. Valerie, Sion, Canton Valais" - painted by G. C. Stanfield - from the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1856. Engraving of a painting by...Mr. G. C

Background imageFortifications Collection: Italian Landscape, 1680-1720. Creator: J. G. Schieblius

Italian Landscape, 1680-1720. Creator: J. G. Schieblius
Italian Landscape, 1680-1720

Background imageFortifications Collection: The Interior of the Vladislav Hall, Prague, after 1615. Creator: Unknown

The Interior of the Vladislav Hall, Prague, after 1615. Creator: Unknown
The Interior of the Vladislav Hall, Prague, after 1615. Copy after Aegidius Sadeler II. Annual fair at Prague Castle

Background imageFortifications Collection: The Great Naval Review: sketch on Fort Monckton, 1856. Creator: Unknown

The Great Naval Review: sketch on Fort Monckton, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Great Naval Review: sketch on Fort Monckton, 1856. Crowds watching a display by the Royal Navy off the Hampshire coast

Background imageFortifications Collection: The Naval Review: the Queen's Yacht passing Fort Monckton - drawn by S. Read, 1856

The Naval Review: the Queen's Yacht passing Fort Monckton - drawn by S. Read, 1856. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Naval Review: the Queen's Yacht passing Fort Monckton - drawn by S. Read, 1856. Queen Victoria attends a display by warships of the Royal Navy off the coast of Hampshire

Background imageFortifications Collection: The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Southsea Castle, towards Portsmouth, 1856. Creator: Unknown

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Southsea Castle, towards Portsmouth, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Southsea Castle, towards Portsmouth, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire

Background imageFortifications Collection: North coast of Zealand with a view of Kronborg, 1880. Creator: Vilhelm Kyhn

North coast of Zealand with a view of Kronborg, 1880. Creator: Vilhelm Kyhn
North coast of Zealand with a view of Kronborg, 1880

Background imageFortifications Collection: Thorn Fort, Milford Haven, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Thorn Fort, Milford Haven, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Thorn Fort, Milford Haven, [Wales], 1856. Thorn Island, or Thorney, is a barren precipitous rock...Upon this island rock there has been erected, in the course of the last three years

Background imageFortifications Collection: The Casemates before Naarden, 1814, 1814. Creator: Pieter Gerardus van Os

The Casemates before Naarden, 1814, 1814. Creator: Pieter Gerardus van Os
The Casemates before Naarden, 1814, 1814

Background imageFortifications Collection: Martello tower, Plains of Abraham, Quebec, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

Martello tower, Plains of Abraham, Quebec, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Martello tower, Plains of Abraham, Quebec, between 1890 and 1901

Background imageFortifications Collection: Firing of the Tower Guns [after peace is declared], 1856. Creator: Unknown

Firing of the Tower Guns [after peace is declared], 1856. Creator: Unknown
Firing of the Tower Guns [after peace is declared], 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War at the Tower of London:.intelligence reached London that an hour before the anxious work of

Background imageFortifications Collection: Old Block House [Fort Mackinac] and harbor, Mackinac Island, Michigan, c1899. Creator: Unknown

Old Block House [Fort Mackinac] and harbor, Mackinac Island, Michigan, c1899. Creator: Unknown
Old Block House [Fort Mackinac] and harbor, Mackinac Island, Michigan, c1899

Background imageFortifications Collection: Fort Mackinac, Michigan, c1899. Creator: Unknown

Fort Mackinac, Michigan, c1899. Creator: Unknown
Fort Mackinac, Michigan, c1899

Background imageFortifications Collection: Confirmation of Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, in the Private Chapel, Windsor Castle

Confirmation of Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, in the Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, 1856. Creator: W Thomas
Confirmation of Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, in the Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, 1856. Victoria, Princess Royal is confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Bird Sumner

Background imageFortifications Collection: Old Fort Mackinac from the pasture, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown

Old Fort Mackinac from the pasture, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown
Old Fort Mackinac from the pasture, ca 1900

Background imageFortifications Collection: Old Block House, Fort Mackinac, Michigan, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown

Old Block House, Fort Mackinac, Michigan, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown
Old Block House, Fort Mackinac, Michigan, ca 1900

Background imageFortifications Collection: Steamer landing and San Cristobal, San Juan, Puerto Rico, between 1880 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

Steamer landing and San Cristobal, San Juan, Puerto Rico, between 1880 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Steamer landing and San Cristobal, San Juan, Puerto Rico, between 1880 and 1901

Background imageFortifications Collection: The Siege of Sebastopol - Interior of the Redan - from a photograph by Robertson, 1856

The Siege of Sebastopol - Interior of the Redan - from a photograph by Robertson, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Siege of Sebastopol - Interior of the Redan - from a photograph by Robertson, 1856. Crimean War. The Redan is a portion of a line of natural mounds

Background imageFortifications Collection: View of the Castle of Egmond aan den Hoef, c.1638. Creator: Claes Jacobsz van der Heck

View of the Castle of Egmond aan den Hoef, c.1638. Creator: Claes Jacobsz van der Heck
View of the Castle of Egmond aan den Hoef, c.1638. Medieval castle in the Dutch province of North Holland

Background imageFortifications Collection: Egmond Castle, 1653. Creator: G.W. Berckhout

Egmond Castle, 1653. Creator: G.W. Berckhout
Egmond Castle, 1653. Medieval castle in the Dutch province of North Holland

Background imageFortifications Collection: Tchorgoun, on the Tchornaya, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Tchorgoun, on the Tchornaya, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Tchorgoun, on the Tchornaya, 1856. Village on the Chorna river, Crimea. A few days previously to the 25th October, General Liprandi assembled a large force near the villages of Tchorgouna and Kamara

Background imageFortifications Collection: The Citadel of Antwerp shortly after the Siege of 19 November-23 December 1832... 1832-1839

The Citadel of Antwerp shortly after the Siege of 19 November-23 December 1832... 1832-1839
The Citadel of Antwerp shortly after the Siege of 19 November-23 December 1832, and the Surrender of the Dutch Garisson to the French, 1832-1839

Background imageFortifications Collection: Lower town from the Citadel, Quebec, between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown

Lower town from the Citadel, Quebec, between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Lower town from the Citadel, Quebec, between 1900 and 1906

Background imageFortifications Collection: View of the Hill at Skanderborg Castle, Jutland, and the Memorial to Frederik VI, 1845

View of the Hill at Skanderborg Castle, Jutland, and the Memorial to Frederik VI, 1845. Creator: Andreas Juuel
View of the Hill at Skanderborg Castle, Jutland, and the Memorial to Frederik VI, 1845

Background imageFortifications Collection: The Ruins of Hasselberg Castle near Bolzano, Tyrol, 1845. Creator: Johann Hermann Carmiencke

The Ruins of Hasselberg Castle near Bolzano, Tyrol, 1845. Creator: Johann Hermann Carmiencke
The Ruins of Hasselberg Castle near Bolzano, Tyrol, 1845

Background imageFortifications Collection: La conquete du massif de Lorette; un corps a corps dans un fortin, 1915. Creator: Unknown

La conquete du massif de Lorette; un corps a corps dans un fortin, 1915. Creator: Unknown
La conquete du massif de Lorette; un corps a corps dans un fortin, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Background imageFortifications Collection: Interior of Fort Garry c.1850: Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1941. Creator: H. A. Strong

Interior of Fort Garry c.1850: Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1941. Creator: H. A. Strong
Interior of Fort Garry c.1850: Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1941. Hudson's Bay Company trading post at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers

Background imageFortifications Collection: Christian VIII og Caroline Amalies salving i Frederiksborg Slotskirke den 28. juni 1840, 1840-1843

Christian VIII og Caroline Amalies salving i Frederiksborg Slotskirke den 28. juni 1840, 1840-1843

Background imageFortifications Collection: Büresheim [sic] Castle on the Eifel River, 1838. Creator: Frederik Hansen Sodring

Büresheim [sic] Castle on the Eifel River, 1838. Creator: Frederik Hansen Sodring
Burresheim Castle on the Eifel River, 1838

Background imageFortifications Collection: Old block house, Fort Snelling, Minn. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Old block house, Fort Snelling, Minn. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Old block house, Fort Snelling, Minn. between 1900 and 1910

Background imageFortifications Collection: The Ruins of Brahehus near Jönköping, Sweden, 1832. Creator: Frederik Hansen Sodring

The Ruins of Brahehus near Jönköping, Sweden, 1832. Creator: Frederik Hansen Sodring
The Ruins of Brahehus near Jonkoping, Sweden, 1832



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"From ancient hill forts to majestic castles, fortifications stand as testaments of strength and history. The ramparts of the prehistoric hill fort on Hambledon Hill above the Blackmore Vale whisper tales of a time long gone. In Lucca, Italy, the fortified walls encircle the city like a protective embrace, preserving its medieval charm. In Northumberland, England, Embleton Bay Beach offers a breathtaking view of Dunstanburgh Castle's imposing ruins. The Youghal Clock Gate in Ireland stands tall with its fortified structure, reminding us of bygone eras. Traveling to Cornwall takes us to Polruan and Lanteglos by Fowey where an enchanting fortification from 1904 still captivates visitors with its timeless beauty. Hedingham Castle in Essex transports us back to 1832 through John Carr Armytage's intricate engraving. During World War II, Direction Finding Tower MP2 in La Corbiere served as a vital stronghold against enemy forces. Meanwhile, Malcesine on Lake Garda showcases Italy's architectural prowess with its formidable fortress overlooking serene waters. Clitheroe Castle perched atop a limestone outcrop paints an awe-inspiring picture of motte and bailey castle design in Lancashire. Turning back time once more brings us to the Siege of Lathom House during the First English Civil War in 1644—a testament to resilience amidst chaos. Finally, Sinop in Turkey and Strasbourg in France bear witness to fortifications that have witnessed countless stories unfold throughout centuries. "