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unusual facts about fortified city



Fort Saint Michael

The fortified city of Senglea which was later built around the fort is still known locally as l-Isla.


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Andronikos Kontostephanos

The Byzantine army met the Hungarians in a pitched battle on the 8th of July near the fortified city of Zemun.

Battle of Strasbourg

Apart from the major fortified city of Colonia Agrippina (Cologne), only three strongpoints on the Rhine remained in Roman hands: a single tower near Cologne and two forts, at Rigodunum (Remagen) and Confluentes (Koblenz).

Battle of Vijithapura

After launching a campaign to regain the country from Elara, Dutthagamani captured a number of his strongholds before coming to the fortified city of Vijithapura.

Bić

At the foothill, there is medieval fortified city of Jagat.

Burg Gutenfels

It was used with Pfalzgrafenstein Castle in the middle of the Rhein and the fortified city of Kaub on the far side to provide an impenetrable toll zone for the Holy Roman Emperor until Prussia purchased the area (1866) and ended this toll in 1867.

Gokhothang

He succeeded his father, his lordship Prince Mang Suum II, in 1855, and moved the capital to fortified city of Mualpi of present Tonzang tonwship of Chin State.

Islamnagar

Islamnagar, Bhopal, village and former fortified city near Bhopal, India

Park Extension

Montreal started from a small fortified city by the Saint Lawrence River; and expanded north towards the Laurentian Mountains.

Shibar District

Following the collapse of the Taliban, these villages faced harassment from a Hazara warlord nicknamed "Black Hat" who was based in the Tupchi area and occupied a check point and a ruined fortified city (the Red City) that had been destroyed by Genghis Khan.

Trinity Southwest University

In partnership with the government of Jordan, TSU is engaged in archaeological investigations at Tall el-Hammam, a site in the southern Jordan River valley where investigators have found the remains of a fortified city that was destroyed circa the 18th and 19th centuries BCE.

Valley of Elah

At Khirbet Qeiyafa, southwest of Jerusalem in the Elah Valley, Prof. Yosef Garfinkel has discovered a fortified city from the Iron Age IIa dated sometime between 1050 and 915 BC.