Mehrangarh Fort: Of Brick, Mortar & Death
Anonymous
May 19, 2022
In Mehrangarh fort of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, murals lend insight into the infernal past of Hindu traditions. Its imprinted walls and resounding...
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The Citadel of Bam: The World’s Largest Mud Building
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2021
Sometime between 579 and 323 BC during the Achaemenid Persian period, the Citadel of Bam (in Persian Arg-é Bam) was built in southeastern pr...
Wiebbe Hayes Stone Fort
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 27, 2020
The Wallabi Group of islands in the Abrolhos archipelago, off the west coast of Australia, contains two distinct sets of islands. The easter...
The Vitrified Forts of Scotland
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 6, 2019
Throughout the Bronze and the Iron Ages, Europeans have constructed hilltop forts and enclosures made of stone. About two hundred examples o...
Fort Blunder: The Fort That America Mistakenly Built in Canada
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 10, 2018
During the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, between Great Britain and the United States, the border between British Canada an...
Citadelle Laferrière of Haiti
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 21, 2016
The Citadelle Laferrière, located on top of a mountain in northern Haiti, is one of the largest fortresses in the Americas. The Citadel was ...
Fort Alexander, Saint Petersburg
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2016
The city of Saint Petersburg at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, was once protected by a string of forts across the gulf. ...
The Defence Line of Amsterdam
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 22, 2016
The immense firepower of modern artillery witnessed during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 caused great concern among the Dutch, because ...
The Por-Bazhyn Fortress
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2016
In a small island in the center of a remote Lake Tere-Khol, high in the mountains of southern Siberia, close to the Mongolian border, lies t...
The Belogradchik Fortress, Bulgaria
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 2, 2016
Located on the north slopes of the Balkan Mountains, close to the northwestern Bulgarian town of Belogradchik, is the Belogradchik Fortress,...
Would You Live in a Luxury Resort That Was Once a Concentration Camp?
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 21, 2016
That’s the question angered family members of those who were imprisoned at a sea fort in the Adriatic Sea is asking, when the government app...
The Maunsell Sea Forts
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 5, 2015
The Maunsell Sea Forts in the estuaries of rivers Thames and Mersey were built to help defend the United Kingdom during the second World War...
The Great Wall of Kumbhalgarh Fort
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2015
Located 84 km north of Udaipur, in the state of Rajasthan, in western India, Kumbhalgarh Fort is the second most important citadel after Chi...
The Principality of Sealand, or How to Start Your Own Country
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2014
The Principality of Sealand is a micronation located on an abandoned World War II fort, in the North Sea 10 km off the coast of Suffolk in E...
The Melted Bricks of Fort Zverev, in Russia
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2014
Fort Zverev, located on the shores of the Baltic Sea in northern Kronstadt, lies in complete ruins today. One of the several forts of Kronst...
The Fortress Town of Palmanova
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 20, 2014
The town of Palmanova is located in northeastern Italy, close to the border with Slovenia. While Palmanova’s origins can be traced back to t...
7 Magnificent Forts on the French Coast
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 13, 2014
With extensive coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, France has always been prone to attacks from seafaring enemies. T...
Fort Drum: The Concrete Battleship on El Fraile Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 24, 2014
At the mouth of Manila Bay just off the coast of Philippines lies a huge battleship-shaped immovable concrete structure that was built in th...
Prabalgad Fort, India
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 28, 2013
Prabalgad Fort, also known as Kalavantin Durg (Kalavantin’s Fort), is located between Matheran and Panvel in the Indian state of Maharashtr...
Mehrangarh Fort of Jodhpur, India
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2013
Mehrangarh Fort, located in Jodhpur in the state of Rajasthan, is a massive fort located on a hill 400 feet above the city. Its walls are up...
