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21Laughton Place — is an historic building near Lewes, Sussex owned by the Landmark Trust. The Pelham family bought Laughton Place, an old fortified manor, in 1466; it was rebuilt in 1534 by William Pelham. Laughton Tower was restored under the supervision of… …
22Castle — This article is about medieval fortifications. For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). For a list of all castles, see List of castles. For similar but unrelated structures in Japan, see Japanese castle …
23Mahasthangarh — মহাস্থানগড় Location …
24Caesar's invasions of Britain — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Caesar s invasions of Britain partof=Caesar s Gallic Wars caption=Edward Armitage s reconstruction of the first invasion date=55 and 54 BC place=Kent, the Thames, and Essex casus= territory=None |result=Nominal… …
25Fukuoka Castle — (福岡城 jō) is a Japanese castle located in Chūō ku, Fukuoka, Japan. The castle is also known as Maizuru Castle (舞鶴城 jō) or Seki Castle (石城 jō). Completed in the early Edo period for tozama daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa, it has been decreed a historic site …
26fort — fort, fortress, citadel, stronghold, fastness denote in common a structure or place offering resistance to a hostile force. A fort is an enclosed, fortified structure occupied by troops. A fortress is a large fort of strong construction intended… …
27garrison — [gar′ə sən] n. [ME garison < OFr < garir (see GARRET); meaning infl. by assoc. with ME & OFr garnison, a garrison, provisions < garnir, to furnish: see GARNISH] 1. troops stationed in a fort or fortified place 2. a fortified place with… …
28Islāmic world — Introduction prehistory and history of the Islamic community. Adherence to Islām is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to 40 countries, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and along a belt that stretches across northern… …
29borough — O.E. burg, burh a dwelling or dwellings within a fortified enclosure, from P.Gmc. *burgs hill fort, fortress (Cf. O.Fris. burg castle, O.N. borg wall, castle, O.H.G. burg, buruc fortified place, citadel, Ger. Burg castle, Goth. baurgs city ),… …
30Moscow — • The ancient capital of Russia and the chief city of the government (province) of Moscow, situated in almost the centre of European Russia Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Moscow Moscow …
