Fortress Collection (page 15)

The St Catherine Church of the Ascension Convent in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. Designed in Neo-Gothic style by Carlo Rossi, a Russian architect of Italian origin, the church was built in the 1800s

The Armoury (Oruzheynaya) Tower in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, before 1889. Artist: Ivan Fyodorovich Borschchevsky
The Armoury (Oruzheynaya) Tower in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, before 1889. Found in the collection of the State United Museum Centre in the Kremlin, Moscow

French Foreign Legion, Mestigmeur, eastern Morocco, 20th century. French postcard

The Old Fortress, Kamenetz, Ukraine, 1879. Artist: Hildibrand
The Old Fortress, Kamenetz, Ukraine, 1879. In 1672, Sultan Muhammad IV captured the fortress of Kamieniec (also known as Kamianets) in Podolia (now in Ukraine)

The Castle, 1882. Artist: Emmanuel Lansyer
The Castle, 1882. From the collection of the Musee Lansyer, Loches, France

View from the Terrace of the Castle Loches, 1884. Artist: Emmanuel Lansyer
View from the Terrace of the Castle Loches, Touraine, France, 1884. Built on a rocky outcrop (on the site of a Gallic oppidum)

Detail from the altarpiece of St Anthony, 16th century. Two soldiers walking through the landscape. Detail from the central panel of the triptych. From the Church of St Nicholas, Tallinn, Estonia

Model of the Viking Fortress at Trelleborg, Denmark, c20th century

View from the Top of the Rock Fortress, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
View from the Top of the Rock Fortress, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, 20th century. Sigiriya is an ancient rock fortress of historic and archaeological significance

Sigiriya Gardens below Rock Fortress, Sri Lanka. 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Sigiriya Gardens below Rock Fortress, Sri Lanka. 20th century. Sigiriya is an ancient rock fortress of historic and archaeological significance

The Great Bell of Ivan, Kremlin, Moscow, c1970s. Artist: CM Dixon
The Great Bell of Ivan, Kremlin, Moscow, c1970s. The Tsar Bell, (1733-1735), was was commissioned to Ivan Motorin by Empress Anna Ivanovna, niece of Peter the Great, made of bronze

Kremlin Wall and tower from south of Red Square, Moscow, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Kremlin Wall and tower from south of Red Square, Moscow, 20th century. A defensive wall surrounding the Kremlin in Moscow, a fortified complex, overlooking the Moskva River

Leningrad USSR - Peter + Paul Forteess and River Neva at Sunset. Artist: CM Dixon
Peter and Paul Fortress and River Neva at Sunset, Leningrad, Russia, 20th century. Original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia

Herods Palace at Masada, 1st century
Herods Palace at Masada, at the north end of the fortress, 1st century

A fortress on Lindos Acropolis, 14th century
A fortress on Lindos Acropolis, built by the knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem on the ancient Greek acropolis, 14th century

Interior of the Mycenaean palace-fortress at Tiryns in Greece, 13th century BC
Interior of the Mycenaean palace-fortress at Tiryns in Greece, in the gable-roofed galleries, used as a storage chamber, 13th century BC

Scene from Trajans column, showing the Dacian wars, 2nd century

Kremlin seen across the Moskva river

Belfry of Ivan the Great, 16th century
Belfry of Ivan the Great in the Kremlin, Moscow, 16th century

The Moscow Kremlin at the time of Tsar Ivan III the Great, 1921. Artist: Apollinary Vasnetsov
The Moscow Kremlin at the time of Tsar Ivan III the Great, 1921. Ivan III of Russia was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1462 until his death in 1505

Alcazabar from the west, 14th century
Alcazabar, a Moorish fortress in Granada, from the west, 14th century

In the Moscow Kremlin, 1839. Artist: Johann Philipp Eduard Gartner
In the Moscow Kremlin, 1839. Found in the collection of the Museum of Private Collections in A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Coastal Harbour. Calm, c1763. Artist: Claude-Joseph Vernet
Coastal Harbour. Calm, c1763. Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-1789). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Storming of the Swedish Noteburg Fortress by Russian Troops, 11 October 1702 (1846). Artist: Alexander von Kotzebue
Storming of the Swedish Noteburg Fortress by Russian Troops, 11 October 1702 (1846). During the Great Northern War, a Russian army commanded by Peter the Great launched an amphibious assault

View of the Spanish fort Borj el Kebir, 13th century
View of the Spanish fort Borj el Kebir, built in 1289 and with later additions by arabs, 13th centruy

Roman Multangular temple, 3rd century
Roman Multangular temple in York, 3rd century

Twelfth century illustration of the murder of St Thomas-a-Becket (1118-1170) from a psalter
Illustration, from a late 12th century psalter, of the murder of St Thomas-a-Becket on the 29th of December 1170. The leader of the murderers is Reginald Fitzurse - note the bear on his shield

Relief of a besieged fortress, Kalakh, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Storming of the Bastille, French Revolution, Paris, 1789. On the morning of 14 July 1789, a crowd advanced on the Bastille, the state prison in Paris

The Abyssinian Expedition, 1868. Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-1890), British soldier, leading the attack on the Abyssinian fortress of Magdala, April 1868

Harlech Castle, 19th century. Artist: John Wright Oakes
Harlech Castle, 19th century. The construction of Harlech Castle, on a cliff overlooking Cardigan Bay in Wales, was begun by the English king Edward I in 1283

Fortress and citadel of Ghanzi, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1838-1842 (c1850) Artist: James Atkinson
Fortress and citadel of Ghanzi, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1838-1842 (c1850). The fortress changed hands a number of times during the hostilities

Star Fort defended by a moat coming under siege, 1617-1619. From Utriusque cosmi...historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

Fortifications, c1880. An ancient fortress with curtain walls (top) and a bastioned fortress (bottom)

Siege warfare, c1800. The normal method of applying a petard (explosive device) to the gate of a fortress. The fuse has just been lit

Storming of the Bastille by Parisians led by the Grenadier Guards, 14 July 1789 (1804). On the morning of 14 July 1789, a crowd advanced on the Bastille, the state prison in Paris

Henry VII at the Tower of London, 1485-1509. Henry (1457-1509), the first Tudor monarch, is variously shown greeting a guest, looking out of a window, and signing a document in the White Tower

Entree of Napoleon to Grenoble, March 1815, 19th century

Heroic General Bonaparte, 19th century

Siege of the Fortress of Faith. The Fortress of Faith besieged by unbelievers and heretics, defended by the Pope, bishops, monks, clerics and theologians

The Siege of La Rochelle, 1628 (20th century). During the Renaissance, La Rochelle adopted Protestant ideas, and from 1568 became a centre for the Huguenots

The storming of Magdala, Ethiopia, 13 April 1868. Troops under the command of General Robert Cornelius Napier, (1810-1890) assaulting the Abyssinian fortress of Magdala

Capture of Ghunzee by British forces, Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80), March 1880. Tinted lithograph

Venetian fortress in Heracleion, 16th century
Venetian fortress in Heracleion from across the harbour, which fell to the Turks in 1669 AD

The Kremlin from the south west, 15th century. Artist: Antonio Gislardi
The Kremlin from the south west, with from left to right, the Kremlin Palace, Cathedrals, the Water Tower in red brick, Russia Hotel and Moskva River, 15th century

West corner of the Roman fortress at Caerleon, 2nd century
The west corner of the Roman fortress at Caerleon, showing barrack blocks, with latrine building in foreground, 2nd century

Tourist boats on the Neva in front of the Peter and Paul Fortress, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011
Tourist boats on the River Neva in front of the Peter and Paul Fortress, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. The Peter and Paul Fortress was built in 1703 during the Northern War fought between Russia

Peter and Paul Fortress, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Peter and Paul Fortress, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. The Peter and Paul Fortress was built in 1703 during the Northern War fought between Russia and her allies and Sweden

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