A bastion fort or trace italienne (a phrase derived from non-standard French, meaning 'Italian outline') is a fortification in a style developed during the early modern period in response to the ascendancy of gunpowder weapons such as cannon, which rendered earlier medieval approaches to fortification obsolete.

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2023年1月4日 · Famous Star Forts from Around the World. Star-shaped forts are elaborate structures, not as ornate as their gothic predecessors, but complex in their layout and defensive architectural elements. They’ve certainly left their mark on history as one of the most notable defensive structures of all time and are dotted across the Eurasian continent ...

Starforts.com exists because starforts are really cool! Their symmetric beauty and historic nature make them absolutely fascinating.

2021年1月14日 · Star-shaped forts were a common design used in Europe beginning in the 1500s. There were a number of star-shaped, masonry forts built in the American colonies and in the early years of the country, including Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida, Fort McHenry in Baltimore and reconstructed Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York.

Though vaguely similar in appearance to Fort Macon in North Carolina, Fort Barrancas is unique among American forts of this size in that it was not designed to house a garrison: It is essentially a beefy raised gun platform with an infantry gallery looped around inside its base, surrounded on two sides by counterscarp galleries. The fort has no ...

The Star Fort (Sinhala: මාතර තාරකා කොටුව Mathara Tharaka Kotuwa; Tamil: விண்மீன் கோட்டை, romanized: Viṇmīṉ Kōṭṭai) is a fort in Matara, Sri Lanka, located on the eastern bank of the Nilwala River, approximately 350 metres (1,150 ft) from the gate to the Matara fort.It was constructed by the Dutch in 1765, and was originally ...

2019年3月25日 · Could the US flag/ East India Co. flag be an echo of Star Forts? by settdigger » Tue Feb 18, 2020 5:26 pm ... Last post by ranman Wed Feb 19, 2020 4:43 am The general layout of a Star Civ city. by Fenton » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:46 am 0 Replies 24386 Views Last post by Fenton Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:46 am Hedgehogs. by Fenton » Mon ...

2019年1月24日 · It looks as though a mud flood is intimately linked to the fate of much of the StarCiv structures. Both Colm and I are convinced that a fair amount of the StarCiv simply got buried by it at some point. This is particularly obvious in Russia.

Carambola, also known as star fruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to tropical Southeast Asia. [1] [2] [3] The edible fruit has distinctive ridges running down its sides (usually 5–6). [1] When cut in cross-section, it resembles a star, giving it the name of star fruit.