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An example of a multi-beam fortress: the Peter and Paul Fortress in the center of St. Petersburg. Luxuriously published souvenir block for the 300th anniversary of the city  |
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After the Treaty of London most of the complex star fortifications of Luxembourg were dismantled; they are shown in the architects' drawing of earlier times on the stamp of 1967. The stamp posted yesterday shows what is left of the fortifications - still an amazing amount. The old part of the city is perched on the red area.  Hi Alexey, Interesting that St. Petersburg was also a star fortress! K. |
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Turkey Tourism in Antalya April 12, 2013 Alanya Castle (Alanya Kalesi) is located in the southern Turkish city of Alanya. The stamp features the medieval red tower and old walls of the fortress on the Mediterranean coast.  |
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Turkey The City of Van July 12, 2011 The Fortress of Van (also known as Van Citadel) is a massive stone fortification built by the ancient kingdom of Urartu during the 9th to 7th centuries BC, and is the largest example of its kind. It overlooks the ruins of Tushpa and Lake Van.  |
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Ukraine Beauty and Greatness of Ukraine - Odessa Region September 2, 2014 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Fortress (also known as Akkerman Fortress) is a historical and architectural monument of the 13th-14th centuries located in southwestern Ukraine. Most historians believe that the Genoese founded the fortress.  |
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Italy Millennium of Gorizia City April 28, 2001 The stamp depicts the medieval castle on a hilltop at the edge of the city.  |
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San Marino Christmas November 13, 1991 Fortress of Guaita was built in the 11th century on top of the Guaita peak which overlooks the city of San Marino.  |
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Cuba Tourism May 4, 2010 The minisheet features Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca, a fortress on the coast of the Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba. It was completed in 1700 AD as a defense against pirates. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is the best preserved and most complete example of Spanish-American military architecture.  |
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France Tourism June 13, 1983 Concarneau is a walled town built in the 15th and 16th century. It sits on a small island linked to Jean Jaurès by a stone footbridge. The stamp shows a birds-eye view of the entire town.  |
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Austria 1983 Scott 1253 300th Anniversary of the relief of Vienna. The imperial city was besieged by 150,000 Ottoman Turkish troops which was defeated by combined Polish and German imperial forces led by King Sobieski of Poland. Beginning in the 1860s the defensive walls and moat was replaced by the Ringstrasse a magnificent boulevard. https://www.wien.info/en/sightseeing/ringstrasse  |
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France Tourism June 12, 1971 Château Fort de Sedan is situated on a headland on the border of Meuse, flanked by the rivers Bièvre and Vra, in the Ardennes département of France. It is one of the largest fortress of medieval Europe.  |
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Egypt World Tourism Day September 27, 2016 Qaitbay Castle is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast in Alexandria, Egypt. The citadel is situated on the eastern side of the northern tip of Pharos Island at the mouth of the Eastern Harbor.  |
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