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Also Known As fortress • stronghold

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Shlisselburg
Rockfort, Kingston, Jamaica
Diu, India: Portuguese fort
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India: fort
German Strongpoint (WN 66 and WN 68) at Omaha. Normandy invasion, World War II, WWII, D-Day
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Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
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Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
French architect
Coehoorn, engraving by Pieter Schenk I
Menno, baron van Coehoorn
Dutch engineer
Sanmicheli, Michele: Palazzo Grimani
Michele Sanmicheli
Italian architect
Henri-Alexis Brialmont
Belgian engineer
Fra Giovanni Giocondo
Italian architect
Marc-René, marquis de Montalembert
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