EditorialDenis van Alsloot / 'Skating Masquerade, or Carnival on Ice at the Kipdorppoort Moats in Antwerp', ca. 1620, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 57 cm x 100 cm, P01346.
EditorialTwo-Story Tower with a?Moat, 2nd century?c.e., Earthenware with light green lead-fluxed glaze, 29 15/16 ? 15 in. (76 ? 38.1?cm), Produced in large numbers during the Han dynasty, clay models of towers and other buildings were created for inclusion in t...
EditorialHerstmonceux Castle, Sussex, Samuel Buck, 16961779, British, and Nathaniel Buck, active 17271753, undated, Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 6 13/16 x 14 3/4 inches (17.3 x 37.5 cm), archit...
EditorialThe Great South Taku Fort. 25 Aug 1860. A view of the Great South Taku Fort, showing its defences towards the sea & the river and the scene of the unsuccessful attack by the flotilla of gunboats under the command of Admiral Hope in 1859. Panoramic view...
EditorialPortable bridge for the passage of the ditch from a entrenched entrenchment of insult, Portable bridge to overcome moats, Pl. XV, Tom., III, page 301, to p. 300, 1774, Polybius; Vincent Thuillier; Jean Charles de Folard: Histoire de Polybe. Tome 3; Ams...
EditorialDenis van Alsloot / 'Skating Masquerade, or Carnival on Ice at the Kipdorppoort Moats in Antwerp', ca. 1620, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 57 cm x 100 cm, P01346.
EditorialThe Great South Taku Fort. 25 Aug 1860. A view of the Great South Taku Fort, showing its defences towards the sea & the river and the scene of the unsuccessful attack by the flotilla of gunboats under the command of Admiral Hope in 1859. Panoramic view...
EditorialTang-ku Fort. Thornton Collection: Views in China, Suakin and In. 10 Aug 1860. Tang-ku Fort after its capture by the Allied Army on the 14th of August 1860. Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking across moats and an expanse of mud toward...
EditorialTang-ku Fort. Thornton Collection: Views in China, Suakin and In. 10 Aug 1860. Tang-ku Fort after its capture by the Allied Army on the 14th of August 1860. Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking across moats and an expanse of mud toward...
EditorialThe Great South Taku Fort. 25 Aug 1860. A view of the Great South Taku Fort, showing its defences towards the sea & the river and the scene of the unsuccessful attack by the flotilla of gunboats under the command of Admiral Hope in 1859. Panoramic view...
EditorialCastle of Angers, built 1228-1238 by King Louis IX, the Saint. A fine example of feudal architecture in slate with white ornaments, it has 17 round towers and is surrounded by moats.
EditorialCastle of Angers, built 1228-1238 by King Louis IX, the Saint. A fine example of feudal architecture in slate with white ornaments, it has 17 round towers and is surrounded by moats.
EditorialMalmo as depicted in drawing done by Erik Dahlberg after the Swedish takeover. The castle was reinforced with a system of rampart and moats. Projecting bastions enabled defenders to engage the attacking enemy from the side. City Museum. Malmo. Sweden.
EditorialDenis van Alsloot / 'Skating Masquerade, or Carnival on Ice at the Kipdorppoort Moats in Antwerp', ca. 1620, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 57 cm x 100 cm, P01346.
EditorialThe walls of Aigues-Mortes. In the 13th century, the French Kings did not own a town on the Mediterranean coast. To set sail for his Crusade, King Louis IX the Saint had Aigues-Mortes built as a fortified town surrounded by moats.
EditorialIsland castle of Sterrenberg on the Rhine River, built mid-way across the Rhine. Two moats and two Romanesque-Gothic walls protect the vulnerable side.