The town developed around the fortress.

In 1606, it was rebuilt as a Russian fortress.

The former Sollenstein fort makes a splendid final landmark for the town.

During Russian rule in the 19th century, a large fortress was built in and around the city.

Eight men died in the fortress, and another ten died in the city.

The history of the important royal town of Loket with its fortified castle reaches back into the 12th century.

The modern city of Makhachkala was founded in 1844 as a fortress town status was granted in 1857.

Not a fortress but a city open to the world.

Jehan de Launay became the captain of the town and fortress at Neufchâtel en Bray.

This fortress, known as Babylon, remains the oldest structure in the city.

Spanish survival hung on whether they could take the Inca fortress which controlled the city at Sacsayhuaman,

Teishebaini (also Teshebani, modern Karmir Blur () referring more to the hill that the fortress is located upon) was the capital of the Transcaucasian provinces of the ancient kingdom of Urartu.

However, in 1092 the Polovtsy attacked the fortress once more wiping out the whole population and sacking the city.

It was the first big fortification of the city, initiated in 1558 on the ruins of an ancient fortress.

This town, which was created as a moated fortress, has the competitive nature of its inhabitants to thank for its appearance.

Several members of the garrison who had been living in town brought their families with them when they reported to the Alamo.

The town was turned into a fortress which played a major role during the Time of Troubles.

This town, designed as a moated fortress, has the competitive nature of its inhabitants to thank for its appearance.

And in Caesarea the city of King Herod you can walk around a Roman theatre, capture the Crusader fortress.

In 1850 three major forts were built around Lutsk, and the town became a small fortress called Mikhailogorod .

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Thus was born the Cathedral of Santa Maria, both church, and a temple like fortress that served as entry to the city.

Also in 1916, the Russian army captured the Fortress of Erzerum, the port of Trebizond (now Trabzon) and the town of Erzincan.

The first recorded royal residence in Ladakh, built at the top of the high Namgyal ('Victory') Peak overlooking the present palace and town, is the now ruined fort and the gon khang (Temple of the Guardian Divinities) built by King Tashi Namgyal.

Samuil's Fortress () is a fortress in the old town of Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.

The Convent of the Order of Christ () is a religious building and Roman Catholic building in Tomar, Portugal, originally a Templar stronghold built in the 12th century.

Hisor Fortress.

In the 16th century, it was modernised by Daniel Specklin, architect of the town of Strasbourg, to make it a fortress capable of resisting early artillery.

Using all the latest military innovations of the 16th century, this small town was a fortress in the shape of a nine pointed star, designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi.

Reverse The Narva stronghold , the Narva river and the Ivangorod stronghold

General Pedro de Ampudia received orders from Antonio López de Santa Anna to retreat further to the city of Saltillo, where Ampudia was to establish a defensive line, but Ampudia disagreed, sensing glory if he could stop Taylor's advance.

The ancient fortress of Ohrid (Macedonia).

We are a fortress.

Terezín ( ) is a former military fortress and adjacent walled garrison town of Litoměřice District, in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.

The Seljuq Turks then arrived in 1071 and changed its name to Kara Hissar ( black castle ) after the ancient fortress situated upon a volcanic rock 201 meters above the town.

After the Russian border was moved further south following the annexation of eastern Ukraine to Russia, the fortress fell in disrepair and the town was assigned to Kursk Governorate.

During the Hundred Years War, the town was besieged, sacked and generally used and abused by the troops besieging the fortress of Loches.

Population History While there are no historical records, archaeological evidence shows that a fortress settlement existed between the Oka and Orlik Rivers as early as the 12th century, when the land was a part of the Principality of Chernigov.

Larger fortified settlements expanded, such as the Votadini stronghold of Traprain Law, East Lothian, which was the size of a town.

Rocca de Preturo Rocca rock and later the fortress on top of a mountain, town, born in the Abruzzo region voice from the 12th century.

Between 1970 and 1980, a system was built to protect the fortress and surrounding city from future high water, however there was once again major flooding in 2006, a result of heavy rainfall and melting snow.

The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large museum designed by Dalí himself which attracts many visitors.

Its main parts are made up of the Small and Big Fortress built according to a design from the famous school in the French town of Mezières.

Gold can conquer any fortress.