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bastion <a bastion; bastions> N

bastion MIL

bastion MIL

بَسْتِين

bastion MIL

منطقة محصنة

bastion MIL

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The slim turrets were replaced by strong bastions. en.wikipedia.org

The design of the bastion is more suitable for artillery and a better control for the defenders. en.wikipedia.org

All the intermediate bastions are surmounted by a quintuple-roof pavilion. en.wikipedia.org

The 5 m high walls form a square; their bastions are at an oblique angle and jut out from the walls at all four corners. en.wikipedia.org

To the west a bastion-like point extends for the placement of light artillery. en.wikipedia.org

It featured a hemicircular lower battery with small buildings protected by a ditch, with a bastion and a drawbridge. en.wikipedia.org

They were about three cubits (42 feet) in height and in shape like bastions. en.wikipedia.org

It consists of a surrounding rampart with numerous bastions, faced by a deep ditch and glacis. en.wikipedia.org

Today the main entrance is through the old south bastion which has been reconstructed using sections of wall arranged in a circle. en.wikipedia.org

Bastions at each corner are merged into one, hence 48 in total. en.wikipedia.org

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