Mnara wa taa wa Barra ni mnara wa taa wa pili kujengwa huko Barra. Wa kwanza ulijengwa kwa (taipa), na ulikuwa wa pili kujengwa Amerika, baada ya mnara wa zamani wa Jumba la Fribourg huko Recife. Muundo wa sasa ulijengwa mnamo mwaka 1839 na kutolewa na Dom Pedro II] wa Brazil.Umejengwa kwa uashi
Rumelihisarı (Rumelian Castle) is a fortress located in Istanbul, Turkey, on a hill at the European side of the Bosporus just north of the Bebek district; giving the name of the quarter around it. It was built by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II between 1451 and 1452, before he conquered
Fort Copacabana (Portuguese: Forte de Copacabana, IPA: ]) is a military base at the south end of the beach that defines the district of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. The base is open to the public and contains the Museu Histórico do Exército (Army Historical Museum) and a coastal defense fort t
The Alba Carolina Citadel (Romanian: Cetatea Alba Carolina) is a star-shaped Romanian fortress located in Alba Iulia. Its construction commenced on November 4, 1715 during the Habsburg rule in Transylvania, and was completed in 1738. 20,000 serfs were involved in its construction, which is estimated
Kilitbahir Castle (Turkish: Kilitbahir Kalesi) is a fortress on the west side of the Dardanelles, opposite the city of Çanakkale, where there is a corresponding fortress (Kale-i Sultaniye), from which Çanakkale takes its name. The two castles were constructed by Fatih Sultan Mehmet in 1463 to c
O Forte de São Filipe de Setúbal, também conhecido como Castelo de São Filipe, localiza-se em posição dominante sobre um outeiro, fronteiro à cidade litorânea de Setúbal, dominando a margem esquerda da foz do rio Sado e o oceano Atlântico, em Portugal.
O Farol da Fortaleza de Santa Cruz é um farol brasileiro, localizado na Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra, no bairro de Jurujuba, município de Niterói, no estado do Rio de Janeiro. O farol guarda o lado oriental da Baía de Guanabara, na entrada do porto do Rio de Janeiro.
Signal Hill is a hill which overlooks the harbour and city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The majority of Signal Hill, including Cabot Tower, is designated a National Historic Site. The highest point, Ladies' Lookout, is 167 m (548 ft) high.
Alcatraz Island, commonly referred to as simply Alcatraz or locally as The Rock, is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States. It served as a lighthouse, then a military fortification, then a military prison followed by a federal prison until 1963. It
The Citadelle—the French name is used both in English and French—is a military installation and official residence located atop Cap Diamant, adjoining the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. This citadel is part of the fortifications of Quebec City, the only city with extant city wal
Petrovaradin Fortress (Serbian: Петроварадинска тврђава or Petrovaradinska tvrđava, Hungarian: Péterváradi vár, German: Peterwardein) is a fortress in Novi Sad, Serbian province of Vojvodina, on the right bank of the Danube river. The cornerstone of the present-day southern part of the fort
Poznań Fortress, known in German as Festung Posen (Polish: Twierdza Poznań) was a set of fortifications in the city of Poznań (German: Posen) in western Poland, built under Prussian rule in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It represents the third largest system of its kind in Europe.