From TheBestLinks.com
Nakhal Fort, one of the best-preserved forts in Oman. Photographed by Andy Carvin, October 2003.
Fortifications are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. They have been used for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs. The practice of improving an area's defense is also known as "fortification".
Many military installations are known as forts, although they are not always "fortified".
The art of laying out a military camp or constructing a fortification has often been called castrametation, since the time of the Roman legions. The art of laying a siege to a fortification and destroying it was usually called poliorcetics. In some texts this term is also applied to the art of building a fortification.
List of fortifications
List of forts
See also
cs:Pevnost
de:Festung
it:Fortezza
nl:Vesting
sl:Fortifikacija
zh:要塞
Related links
Top visited
0 of
0 links
[no links posted yet]
>> place link >>
Discussion
Last posted
0 of
0 messages
[no messages posted yet]
>> post message >>
Watch
You can
add this article to your own "watchlist" and receive e-mail notification about all changes in this page.
