Star fort

Aerial view of Fort Bourtange in the Netherlands. 9GAG

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

I recently wrote about Fraeylemaborg as one of the local off-the-beaten-path sights I like to show overseas visitors. The other sight that’s high on my list is the fortress village of Bourtange. History of Bourtange Did you know that much of what is now the Netherlands was once ruled by Spain? The “Eighty Years’ War” (1566-1648)...

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Next to pasta primavera, star forts have to be one of the coolest things the Italians ever made. Dreamt up in the 15th century to withstand onslaught of a little something called cannonballs, today these hypnotic fortresses appeal to our contemporary imaginations like crossover creations of fantasy genres – Star Wars, but make it Medieval…

Plan of Palmanova Italy, 1851

Star fort of majrabad karnataka india

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