" fortification which was founded on the soil of the Alemanni that Trajan wished to be called with his own name ".

He was granted lands by the crown, and built the first fortification of the city that evolved into modern-day Copenhagen.

Anne experienced icing problems, it was decided to construct a much larger fortification at Louisbourg to improve defences at the entrance to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and defend France's fishing fleet on the Grand Banks.

Mozi was strongly against Confucian ritual, instead emphasizing pragmatic survival through farming, fortification, and statecraft.

As he was trying to reach either Italy or Spain, Magnentius ' supporters cornered him in a fortification in Vicus Helena ( now Elne ) in the Pyrenees, southwestern Gaul, where he was killed by Magnentius ' assassins after seeking sanctuary in a temple.

While concentrated on establishing a modern, centralised state in Sicily, he was mostly absent from Germany and issued far-reaching privileges to Germany's secular and ecclesiastical princes: In the 1220 Confoederatio cum principibus ecclesiasticis, Frederick gave up a number of regalia in favour of the bishops, among them tariffs, coining, and fortification.

Kenilworth was chosen for this purpose by Isabella probably both because it was a major fortification, and also because of the symbolism of its former owners ' links to popular ideals of freedom and good government.

" Following this in 1844, work was commenced once again, replacing the remains of the 1812 era fort with a massive new Third System masonry fortification known as Fort Montgomery.

In 1175, Munich was officially granted city status and received fortification.

Although the name " Maginot Line " suggests a rather thin linear fortification, the line was quite deep, varying in depth ( i. e., from the border to the rear area ) from between.

Harbours or some sort of water access was often essential to the construction of medieval fortification.

It was a direct route for trading and fortification.

Religion was a central part of the lives of medieval soldiers, and churches, chapels, monasteries, and other buildings of religious function were often included within the walls of any fortification, be it temporary or permanent.

Another type of gateway fortification was a barbican, a heavily fortified entranceway.

Their primary role was assisting the army with fortification duties and digging anti-tank ditches, but would as the shortage of manpower became severe be used as front line infantry, most often in urban settings.

Still, it remained a notable fortification on the route of the ancient Via Egnatia ; in 1354, the pretender to the Byzantine throne, Matthew Cantacuzenus, was captured there by the Serbs.

The most common practice of siege warfare was to lay siege and just wait for the surrender of the enemies inside, or quite commonly, to coerce someone inside to betray the fortification.

The builder, with Svaðilfari, makes fast progress on the wall, and three days before the deadline of summer, the builder was nearly at the entrance to the fortification.

Schiphol's name is derived from a former fortification named Fort Schiphol which was part of the Stelling van Amsterdam defence works.

The tower was often rectangular with four wheels with its height roughly equal to that of the wall or sometimes higher to allow archers to stand on top of the tower and shoot into the fortification.

However, the construction of a sloping talus at the base of a castle wall ( as was common in Crusader fortification ) could have reduced the effectiveness of this tactic to an extent.

Likely, it was a development of the gulyay-gorod idea ( that is a mobile fortification assembled on wagons or sleds from prefabricated wall-sized shields with holes for cannons ).

However, Caesar's army was surrounded by the rest of Gaul, and Vercingetorix had summoned his Gallic allies to attack the besieging Romans, so Caesar built another outer fortification against the expected relief armies ( resulting in a doughnut-shaped fortification ).

There is even a theory that Hitler ordered a research journey for such an opening in Antarctica, based on a speech of Admiral Dönitz in front of a German submarine in 1944, when he claimed " The German submarine fleet is proud of having built an invisible fortification for the Führer, anywhere in the world.

Following the War of 1812, the US Army began construction on " Fort Blunder ", an unnamed fortification built by the Americans at the northernmost end of Lake Champlain to protect against any further attacks from British Canada.

High tells a story set " right at the beginning of the gods ' settlement, when the gods at established Midgard and built Val-Hall " about an unnamed builder who has offered to build a fortification for the gods in three seasons that will keep out invaders in exchange for the goddess Freyja, the sun, and the moon.

Taking considerable time to construct, siege towers were mainly built if the defense of the opposing fortification could not be overcome by ladder assault (" escalade "), by mining or by breaking walls or gates.

By the 7th century, local inhabitants had built a wooden fortification on the east side of Toome Hill ( Toomemägi ).

In the Battle of Alesia ( September, 52 BC ), Caesar built a fortification around the city to besiege it.

Robert raided into Lothian and forced Malcolm to agree to terms, and built a fortification at Newcastle-on-Tyne while returning to England.

Caesar builds a circumvallation around the town to lay siege to it but Vercingetorix had summoned his Gallic allies to attack the besieging Romans, so Caesar built another outer fortification, a contravallation, against the expected relief armies ( resulting in a doughnut-shaped fortification ).

Fort Montgomery is the name of a fortification built in 1776 by the Continental Army on West Bank of the Hudson River during the American Revolution.

The Army built the smaller fortification named Fort Clinton at that site.

1800 – 800 BCE ), the founding date of the city is usually related to the construction of a Roman fortification ( castellum ), probably built in around 50 CE.

Fort Sullivan was a fortification built out of palmetto logs, later named for commander Col. William Moultrie.

He built a stone wall fortification around the city.

Polruan also has a blockhouse fortification built in the 14th century that guards the entrance to the river Fowey, one of a pair — its partner being situated on the Fowey side of the river.

The temporary fortification built during the Hannibal War ( 1644 – 1645 ) between Sweden and Denmark-Norway, became permanent in the 1660s.

* Castillo de Alambes, a 15th century fortification built over the Arabic Alcazar.

Under prudent Emperor Hadrian, the Limes fortification was built that closed the gap between the Rhine and Danube to prevent raids subsequent to uprisings in unstable Outer Germany.

Charles relied on improved fortifications made to Paris by Marcel, and would later rebuild the Left Bank ( Rive Gauche ) wall and built a new wall on the Right Bank that extended to a new fortification called the Bastille.

The island has a historic fort built between 1685 and 1693 as part of the national fortification program masterminded by Vauban.

The main part of the fortification was built by architect Pere Salvà, who also worked in the construction of the Royal Palace of La Almudaina, together with other master masons between 1300 and 1311 for king James II of Aragon and Majorca.

In chapter 42 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, High tells a story set " right at the beginning of the gods ' settlement, when the gods at established Midgard and built Val-Hall " about an unnamed builder who has offered to build a fortification for the gods that will keep out invaders in exchange for the goddess Freyja, the sun, and the moon.