CityWallandMoat is located in Beirut, Lebanon. Wallandmoat were built atop the Phoenician cemetery, and cut across the ruins of the Phoenico-Persian...
The Benin Moat (Edo: Iyanuwo), also known as the Benin Iya, or Walls of Benin, are a series of massive earthworks encircling Benin City in Nigeria's Edo...
close protection. The Walls of Benin were a combination of ramparts andmoats, called Iya, used as a defence of the capital Benin City in present-day Edo...
towns andcities in pre-modern China. In addition to walls, Chinese city defenses also included fortified towers and gates, as well as moatsand ramparts...
the walls, occasionally filled with water to form a moat. Gate tower: a tower built next to, or on top of the city gates to better defend the city gates...
The city of Xi'an has well-preserved walls with a water filled moat that is a tourist attraction incorporating small parks surrounding a busy and modern...
Buddhist temple (Thai language: Wat) inside the old city (which is contained within the citywallsandmoat) of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand. Wat Chiang...
century. At its height, the city boasted a large earthen citywallandmoat; many of the buildings were built with stone and brick foundations. Remains...
of it was in fact simply an earth dike with moats on both sides. Towards the end of the Ming, the Great Wall helped defend the empire against the Manchu...
old citymoat have been preserved in various locations. It was not until 1320–1325 that the two parts were brought together across the river by walls: the...
incorporated into a comprehensive city-wide defence, with its strengthened northern and western sides becoming part of the Wall which was built around 200....
Europe. The moat that ran around the outside section of the citywalls, which were armed by more than 120 cannons, provided superb city defense capabilities...
lines of wall, concentrated on the defence of the outer wall. The moat was situated at a distance of about 20 m from the outer wall. The moat itself was...
by the construction of a first, partial citywallandmoat. In addition to the small town near Bock Fiels and the Roman road, another settlement was formed...
York Castle, which was formerly surrounded by its own wallsand a moat. A small stretch of wall on the west side of Tower Gardens terminates at Davy Tower...
demolition of the citywallsandmoats. In his decree, he laid out the exact size of the boulevard, as well as the geographical positions and functions of...
Ivan III; the walland the square were separated with a wide defensive moat filled with water diverted from the Neglinnaya River. The moat was lined with...
Siegfried and clergy of Saint Michael's Church. The settlement soon received additional protection by the construction of a partial citywallandmoat. In addition...
rivulet, and later defences may have been moved further east to the line of the Auring. Citywall Herzogenburg - moatCitywall Herzogenburg Citywall Herzogenburg...
houses outside the citywallandmoat. In 1462 the Jews were forced to relocate into these houses. This was the beginning of the isolated and closed off ghetto...
walls. The towers were excavated and rebuilt and the embankments were equipped with moats functioning for both water control and defense. These walls...
The CityWall of Nanjing (Chinese: 南京城墙; pinyin: Nánjīng chéngqiáng) was designed by the Hongwu Emperor (1328–1398) after he founded the Ming Dynasty...