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Fine arts > Architecture > Military architecture > Fortifications

Preferred term

Fortifications

Definition(s)

General term for any works made to oppose a small number of troops against a greater [AAT]; use for sites where the architecture (or part of it) remains; cf. Fortified sites

Broader concept(s)

Military architecture

Narrower concept(s)

Related concept(s)

Synonym(s)

DEFENSE WORKS, FORTIFICATIONS
FORTIFIED SITES, FORTIFICATIONS
SITES, FORTIFIED, FORTIFICATIONS

Notation

122098

In other languages

Fortification

French

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-H0RD8FVX-V

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