fortresses

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French taxes paid for the powerful artillery that breached English-held fortresses and mowed down England’s last expeditionary force, at Castillon, Gascony, in July 1453.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Two medieval fortresses face each other across the Narva River, separating Estonia from Russia on Europe's eastern edge.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Priests carried tabots into one of the fortresses in Gondar, where they will be kept until the end of the festivities.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2024

These sites included large Roman cities, military fortresses, and small rural towns.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

Some have built fortresses; others have torn them down and destroyed them.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli