Entrance to the Ark fortress.

* Ark ( synagogue ), a cabinet used to store a synagogue's Torah scroll

* Blessed Virgin Mary ( Roman Catholic ), called the New Ark of the Covenant by Christians of the Catholic tradition

* Ark ( 2004 film ), a 2004 computer-generated film directed by Kenny Hwang

* Ark ( software ), an archiving tool

* Ark ( search engine ), a people search engine

* Ark ( river boat ), a temporary boat used in river transport in eastern North America

* Ark ( Transformers ), a spacecraft in the fictional Transformers Universe

* The Ark ( Doctor Who ), a 1966 Doctor Who serial

* " The Ark " ( Stargate Atlantis ), an episode of Stargate Atlantis

* Ark ( Noon Universe ), a fictional planet in a series of novels by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

* Ark ( Baxter novel ), a 2009 hard science fiction novel

* The Ark ( band ), Swedish glam-rock band

* Ark ( UK band ), a melodic rock band

* Ark ( Norwegian band ), a metal band

* Ark ( Bangladeshi band ), a Bangladeshi rock band

* Ark ( Brendan Perry album ), a 2010 album by Brendan Perry

* Ark ( L ' Arc-en-Ciel album ), by the Japanese rock band L ' Arc-en-Ciel

* Ark ( The Animals album ), a 1983 album by The Original Animals

* The Ark ( album ), a bootleg album by Frank Zappa

* The Ark ( EP ), the debut EP of the Swedish band The Ark

* The Ark ( folk venue ), a concert venue in Ann Arbor, Michigan

* The Ark ( Halo ), in the video game Halo

* The Ark ( English ship ), a ship used in founding the Province of Maryland

Wall of the Bukhara Fortress, the Ark

Rather than face this ordeal, Alexei fled to Vienna and placed himself under the protection of his brother-in-law, the emperor Charles VI, who sent him for safety first to the Tirolean fortress of Ehrenberg ( near Reutte ), and finally to the castle of Sant ' Elmo at Naples.

These were held in a powerful fortress called Genucla ( Isaccea, near modern Tulcea, Rom., in the Danube delta region ), controlled by Zyraxes, the local Getan petty king.

After signing a letter of submission and promising never to write anything prejudicial against the religion again ( with the result that his most controversial works were henceforth published only after his death ), Diderot was released from the dungeons of the Vincennes fortress after three months.

He meets an inmate nicknamed " Cabbie " ( Ernest Borgnine ), who takes Snake to see Harold " Brain " Hellman ( Harry Dean Stanton ), who has made the New York Public Library his personal fortress.

Although the fortress had held only seven prisoners ( four forgers, two noblemen kept for immoral behavior, and a murder suspect ), the Bastille served as a potent symbol of everything hated under the Ancien Régime.

In the town, the Marine brigade, still under the command of the British admiral Sir John Leake, and the governor, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt ( who had commanded the land forces in August ), and reinforced shortly before by a further 400 Royal Marines, held the fortress against repeated attacks.

George Frederick rebuilt the palace and fortress Plassenburg, which was destroyed after the second margravian war ( 1552 – 1554 ), as one of the most impressive residences of the renaissance in the German empire.

He then invaded the Glomacze lands on the middle Elbe river, conquered Gana ( Jahna ), the capital after a siege, and had a fortress ( the later Albrechtsburg ) built at Meissen.

* Marienburg ( Mosel ), a former Augustinian monastery built near the ruins of a Roman fortress in Zell an der Mosel near Trier, Germany

Founded by Charlemagne in 805 as Magadoburg ( probably from Old High German magado for big, mighty and burga for fortress ), the town was fortified in 919 by King Henry I the Fowler against the Magyars and Slavs.

There are preserved numerous pre-European cultural monuments in Solomon Islands, notably Bao megalithic shrine complex ( 13th century AD ), Nusa Roviana fortress and shrines ( 14th-19th century ), Vonavona Skull island-all in Western province.

Sir Edward Coke, in Semayne's case ( 1604 ), famously stated: " The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose.

He also invaded Vectis ( the Isle of Wight ), finally setting up a fortress and legionary headquarters at Isca Dumnoniorum ( Exeter ).

The fortress Sary Su ( a local Tatar language name meaning: yellow water / river ), was established to defend the unstable southern border of the country.

However, it is likely that the city's name is derived from the Urartian military fortress of Erebuni ( Էրեբունի ), which was founded on the territory of modern-day Yerevan in 782 BC by Argishti I.

In 585 BC, the fortress of Teishebaini ( Karmir Blur ), thirty miles to the north of Yerevan, was destroyed by an alliance of Medes and the Scythians.

* The Romans establish a fortress at York ( Eboracum ), as a base for their northern forces.

* 1285 – April 25 – Mamluk sultan Qalawun begins a siege of the Crusader fortress of Margat ( in present-day Syria ), a major stronghold of the Knights Hospitaller thought to be impregnable ; he captures the fortress a month later.

To the north and south of the rock of the Doms, partly on the site of the Bishop's Palace, which had been enlarged by John XXII, was built the Palace of the Popes, in the form of an imposing fortress consisting of towers, linked to each other, and named as follows: De la Campane, de Trouillas, de la Glacière, de Saint-Jean, des Saints-Anges ( Benedict XII ), de la Gâche, de la Garde-Robe ( Clement VI ), de Saint-Laurent ( Innocent VI ).