fortresses
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The two studio lots also boast dozens of soundstages; century-old fortresses that would not be easily duplicated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
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
Various walls and battlements, in pieces and all but gone, spoke of past fortresses.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
