bastion in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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They were about three cubits (42 feet) in height and in shape like bastions.
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The design of the bastion is more suitable for artillery and a better control for the defenders.
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In 1671 work was completed on a pentagonal fortress with bastions at the angles and demi-lunes.
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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.
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The slim turrets were replaced by strong bastions.
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Today the main entrance is through the old south bastion which has been reconstructed using sections of wall arranged in a circle.
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The circular bastion is built on the rocky formation well into the sea.
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In the 17th century, the town was surrounded by fortifications, with a moat, a rampart and five bastions.
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The tops of several of the bastions (the walls) and several of the casemates and magazines beneath them are open to visitors.
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It is enclosed within what has remained of its original fortifications a barbican protecting the main gate, three bastions, and part of the walls.
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