Sentence examples for fortress into from inspiring English sources

In 1604 Fulke Greville took possession and converted the castle from a fortress into a dwelling.

Nearly half the population are Russian speakers (the legacy of half a century as a Soviet satellite) and the weathered brick buildings recall the Prussian merchants who transformed this Teutonic fortress into a wealthy Hanseatic port.

A1 Jail Makes Room for Retail New York City's Correction Department has decided to convert part of the Brooklyn House of Detention, a forbidding razor wire fortress, into retail shopping space.

Here, Santo Loquasto's set exudes a similar, if more cluttered, look of diabolical whimsy, turning the captain's island fortress into a haunted house jointly designed by Dali and Disney.

Fani Mallouchou-Tufano's description of the transformation of the Athenian Acropolis from a fortress into a public monument shows how crucial archaeology has been to the self-conception of the modern Greek state from the very beginning.

1-5 June, week ticket €195, day tickets €80, primaverasound.es Formed by Serbia's student movement as the country moved into the post-Milošević era, Exit has grown into an astonishing international event that transforms Novi Sad's Petrovaradin Fortress into a party site for 200,000 people.

During that same period, the fortress fell into the hands of invading Afghan armies, and much of the population fled.

After capturing Saint-Malo in June 1940, the Nazis turned the old fortress port into a key brick in their "Atlantic Wall" against any allied invasion.

After 20 minutes a hilltop fortress came into view, its red-stone battlements hovering over a village that spilled down the hillside toward a river.

Once a fortress built into the old city walls, the museum's space has been gorgeously repurposed and is now all smooth concrete walls and high ceilings.

bohinj.si ID5922212 If you go to Postojna to see the amazing caves, don't miss Predjama Castle, a fortress built into a cave mouth 10km away.