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Noun Concept
Categories: Italian inventions, Articles with short description, Warfare of the Early Modern era, Star forts
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bastion fort  star fort  star-shaped fortress  star fortress  trace italienne
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A fortification composed of many projecting triangular bastions (usually from five to eight), specifically designed to cover each other; first seen in the mid-15th century in Italy. Open English WordNet
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A fortification composed of many projecting triangular bastions (usually from five to eight), specifically designed to cover each other; first seen in the mid-15th century in Italy. Open English WordNet
A bastion fort or trace italienne is a fortification in a style that evolved during the early modern period of gunpowder when the cannon came to dominate the battlefield. Wikipedia
Fortification Wikidata
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Star forts were employed by Michelangelo in the defensive earthworks of Florence, and refined in the sixteenth century by Baldassare Peruzzi and Scamozzi. Open English WordNet
IS A
fortress
architectural style
fort
HAS PART
bastion
hornwork
crownwork
HAS KIND
Goryōkaku
Bourtange Fortress
HAS INSTANCE
Goryōkaku
Fort Cornwallis
Fort Manoel
Fort Saint Elmo
Fort McHenry
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Open English WordNet
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trace italienne, star-shaped fortress, star fort, bastion fort, star fortress
Wikipedia
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bastion fort
Wikidata
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star fort
Wikipedia Redirections
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bastion fortress, bastion forts, Dead zone (military), Italianate-style fortifications, star-shaped fortress, star fort, star fortress, Star fortresses, star forts, trace bastion, trace italienne, Vauban fortification, Vauban fortress
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bastion fort

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