Sentence examples for finest fortification from inspiring English sources

It was built in the early 1220s by the Crusader rulers of the Principality of Achaea as their main stronghold, and is perhaps the finest fortification of the early period of Frankish rule in Greece preserved in the country today.

These walls, with their huge bas tions, are among the finest fortifications of their kind left in Europe.

The Cité has the finest remains of medieval fortifications in Europe.

"Food fortification is fine," says Chadare. "But we have a problem in Africa and in most developing countries: a programme is financed and then it stops.

The English put great hopes on this new possession, but, though a fine mole (breakwater) was built and a new fortification erected, the expense of maintaining the city against Moroccan attacks and the Protestant suspicion that it was a centre of Roman Catholicism caused it to be abandoned again in 1684.

When you need a break from exploring Valletta, you can retreat up to the breezy Upper Barakka, a public garden perched on top of the fortifications with a fine view of the Grand Harbour and the medieval townscape.

- Section of Maginot line fortification.

No one wants such fortification now.

Fortification seems set to be permanent there.

In Darius I: Fortification of the empire.

Darius I: Fortification of the empire.