Victorian Era Sea Fort Turned Into Luxury Hotel
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 21, 2013
During the late 1800s, Lord Palmerston, the British Prime Minister of that time, commissioned the construction of several sea forts in the S...
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Star-Shaped Fort Bourtange in Netherlands
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 7, 2013
In the 15th century, during the age of gunpowder when the cannon came to dominate the battlefield, a new style of fortification evolved in E...
The Citadel Town of Erbil, Iraq
Kaushik Patowary
May 24, 2013
At the heart of the city of Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, lies an ancient mound of earth some 25 to 30 meters tall from the surrou...
Sigiriya Rock Fortress, Sri Lanka
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 18, 2013
Sigiriya or Lion Rock, in Sinhalese, is located in the central Matale District of the Central Province, Sri Lanka in an area dominated by a ...
Beautiful Fortified City of Naarden, The Netherlands
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 23, 2012
Naarden is a municipality and a town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands, shaped in the form of a star. This small town is a...
Maunsell Forts of the World War 2
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 15, 2009
The Maunsell Sea Forts in the estuaries of rivers Thames and Mersey were built to help defend the United Kingdom during the second World War...
