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Element of the trace italienne system of fortification
A crownwork is an element of the trace italienne system of fortification and is effectively an expanded hornwork (a type of outwork). It consists of a
Crownwork
Outward structure of a fortification
tenaille, or re-entry angle. Their chief use is before a hornwork or crownwork. Castillo de San Marcos (completed 1695), Florida. Four-bastion fortress
Bastion
Fortification element
flanked with a pair of half-bastions. It is distinguished from a crownwork, because crownworks contain full bastions at their centers. They are both outworks
Hornwork
Military museum in St Petersburg, Russia
military equipment, uniforms and decorations – are hosted in the Kronverk (a crownwork of the Peter and Paul Fortress) situated on the right bank of the Neva
Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps
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The Kronverk (Russian: Кронверк, from the German word for "crownwork") is a ground fortification for the Sts. Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg
Kronverk
1702 conflict
of another engineer officer Jacques Tarade. In 1700 Tarade added the Crownwork on a hill on the northwest side of the city as additional protection.
Siege_of_Landau_(1702)
Early modern fortification style built to withstand cannon fire
main wall. Further structures, such as ravelins, tenailles, hornworks or crownworks, and even detached forts could be added to create complex outer works
Bastion_fort
Type of fortification
referred to as a type of outwork or 'advanced outwork'. The hornwork and crownwork are subtypes of outworks. List of established military terms A Dictionary
Outwork
Medieval castle in Helsingør, Denmark
From 1688 to 1690, an advanced line of defence was added called the Crownwork. Shortly afterwards, a new series of ramparts were built around it. After
Kronborg
Air defense towers used by Nazi Germany
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Flak_tower
Booby-trapped stake or spike
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Punji_stick
Raised bank of land or barrier
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Berm
Fortified structure
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Castle
Defensive ditch surrounding a fortification or town
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Moat
Type of fortress in Arab or Islamic regions
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Kasbah
Defensive obstacle
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Cheval_de_frise
Parapet in which gaps or indentations occur at intervals
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Battlement
Defensive military storage fortification
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Bunker
Church and lighthouse in Finland
It is oriented southwest to northeast so that it would align with the Crownwork Ehrensvärd defense front located to the southwest of the church. Before
Suomenlinna_Church
Small tower that projects vertically from a building's wall; often a fortification
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Turret_(architecture)
Central military fortification of a town
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Citadel
Fortification
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Breastwork_(fortification)
Military defense formation
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Wagon_fort
Modular concrete or plastic barrier for separating vehicle traffic
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Jersey_barrier
Underground structure for launching missiles
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Missile_launch_facility
Military defensive construction
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Fortification
Defensive structure; typically a fence or wall made from wooden stakes
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Palisade
Temporary military facility
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Fire_support_base
Austrian general
Migliaretto with 2,443 troops, Oberst Salisch occupied the Palazzo Tè crownwork with 1,489 men, and Oberst Strurioni held the San Giorgio suburb with
Joseph_Canto_d'Irles
Early warning soldier or military unit
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Vedette_(sentry)
Type of Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure in Scotland
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Broch
Cage full of rock
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Gabion
Fortified outpost or gateway
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Barbican
Fort type
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Presidio
Fortifications built during the middle ages
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Medieval_fortification
Fortified structure
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Casemate
Pyramidal anti-tank obstacles
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Dragon's teeth (fortification)
Dragon's_teeth_(fortification)
Type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points
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Barbed_wire
Type of barrier used to protect structures against damage from explosions
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Bremer_wall
Type of fortified village in North Africa
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Ksar
Area-denial weapon
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Caltrop
Auxiliary defensive structure outside a larger fort
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Redoubt
Type of moveable bridge
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Drawbridge
Flood control and military fortification barrier
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Hesco_bastion
Type of gun emplacement
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Barbette
Iron Age type of settlement
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Oppidum
Enclosure of palisades and tall walls made of logs
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Stockade
Roman legionary field fortification
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Sudis_(stake)
Type of barbed wire
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Concertina_wire
Underground home
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Atomitat
Type of fortified tower
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Bergfried
Camouflaged one-man foxhole
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Spider_hole
Fortresses constructed primarily by stone or wood in earlier Japanese history
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Japanese_castle
Type of medieval residence
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Fortified_house
Mesh of metal strips with sharp edges to prevent trespassing
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Razor_wire
Explosive weapon with small submunitions
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Cluster_munition
Type of stone structure, built for defensive and habitation purposes
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Tower_house
Placename element in Welsh meaning "stronghold", "fortress", or "citadel"
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Caer
Narrow vertical aperture in a fortification
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Arrowslit
Wooden fortress, historic Russia
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Ostrog_(fortress)
Type of fortification
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Watchtower
Part of a medieval fortification
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Merlon
Strongly fortified enclosure at the heart of a medieval castle
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Inner_bailey
Medieval fortification
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Motte-and-bailey_castle
Type of earthwork constructed in a military context
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Defensive_fighting_position
Protective slope built into a fortification
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Glacis
Defensive military service branch
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Coastal_artillery
Heavy vertically-closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications
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Portcullis
Fortified refuge or defended settlement on a rise of elevation
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Hillfort
Roman term for a fortified military base
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Castra
Measures to protect against a military attack by a coastline
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Coastal defence and fortification
Coastal_defence_and_fortification
Triangular fortification
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Ravelin
Castle built into a natural cave
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Cave_castle
Small medieval fortified keep or tower house
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Peel_tower
Small fortification with holes through which soldiers can fire ranged weapons
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Pillbox_(military)
Castle built on the side of a hill
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Hillside_castle
Static anti-tank obstacle defense
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Czech_hedgehog
Feature in fortifications
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Redan
Stone enclosure with vitrified walls
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Vitrified_fort
Defensive tower
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Battery_tower
Space protecting occupants from radioactive debris
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Fallout_shelter
Rotatable weapon mount
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Gun_turret
Floor-opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement
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Machicolation
Circular fortified settlements found in Northern Europe
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Ringfort
Land warfare involving static fortification of lines
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Trench_warfare
Field fortification made of sharpened trees
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Abatis
Entry control building
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Gatehouse
Secured forward military position
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Forward_operating_base
Russian assassin (1799–1826)
Muravyov-Apostol, Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin and Kondraty Ryleyev on a crownwork of the Peter and Paul Fortress on 25 July 1826, and presumably interred
Pyotr_Kakhovsky
Weapon that automatically aims and fires at targets
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Sentry_gun
17th century Swedish fortress
featuring five wooden and earthen bastions, two additional ravelins, crownworks along the bastions not pointing towards the rivers, and a smaller accompanying
Nyenschantz
Semi-permanent facility for the lodging of an army
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Military_camp
Fortification used to protect an area from potential aggressors
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Defensive_wall
Former United States Army post in Newport, Rhode Island
complex fortification in the Western Hemisphere. It included a tenaille and crownwork, a complex outer work on the southern (landward) side, designed to break
Fort_Adams
Small defensive fort
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Martello_tower
15th-17th century mobile fortification
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Gulyay-gorod
Fortified tower built in the Middle Ages
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Keep
Mobile anti-tank obstacle
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Cointet-element
Type of fortification structure
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Caponier
Defensive wall between two bastions of a fortification
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Curtain_wall_(fortification)
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Boy/Male
Teutonic Dutch
Divinely stern.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places named Twyford, for example in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, and Norfolk, from Old English twī- ‘double’ + ford ‘ford’.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
One who Resides in Light
Girl/Female
African, Australian, Danish, German, Greek, Swahili
Lovable
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Morning Glory
Boy/Male
Tamil
Kamalbandhu | கமாலபஂதூ
Brother of lotus Sun
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Crumpton.
Girl/Female
Australian, Chinese, Gaelic, Greek
Soft; Gentle
Male
Iranian/Persian
Old Persian myth name of the source of all evil, the twin brother and main enemy of Ahura Mazda, ANGRA MAINYU means "evil spirit; devil."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, one in Humberside and one in West Yorkshire, so named from Old English ēast, ēasten ‘east’ + burna ‘stream’.
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n.
A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected by wings with the main work or the river bank.
n.
The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work.