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	Fortified Places > Fortresses > Brouage
		The fortified town of Brouage is located at 3 km from the coast between the river Charente to the north and the river Seudre to the south, facing the straights of Rochefort, alongside the bay of Brouage.
		The town, which today lies in the middle of the marshes, was originally built on the shore of the gulf of Saintonge (now silted up), when the sea went deep inland right up to Broue and Saint Sornin.
		The administration of the fortified town of Brouage was transferred from the Navy to the War ministry but it kept some importance relating to the salt business.
	www.fortified-places.com /brouage.html (1431 words)

	Glogau - LoveToKnow 1911
		GLOGAU, a fortified town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Silesia, 59 m.
		In the beginning of the 11th century Glogau, even then a populous and fortified town, was able to withstand a regular siege by the emperor Henry V.; but in 1157 the duke of Silesia, finding he could not hold out against Frederick Barbarossa, set it on fire.
		In 1252 the town, which had been raised from its ashes by Henry I., the Bearded, became the capital of a principality of Glogau, and in 1482 town and district were united to the Bohemian crown.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Glogau (414 words)

	Chapter 1: Daughters of the Reconquest: Women in Castilian Town Society, 1100-1300
		Even years after a town's foundation or capture, towns repeatedly enjoined married men to bring their wives and children as a sign that the men were committed to stay permanently and therefore qualify for the privileges of living in a town.
		The daughters of a town's founding fathers had wider personal attachments and greater material security than their mothers who moved there, and a privileged municipal daughter lost leverage when she emigrated from her town at marriage, as was expected of a woman when she married a man who did not live or settle there.
		Reconquest towns, with their overriding concerns about permanent settlement, population growth and orderly development, anticipated marriage as the certain future of a townswoman, but it was widely hoped that a daughter and her new husband would stay safely in the bride's home town.
	libro.uca.edu /dillard/dr1.htm (11624 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		As this usually was the residential portion of a town (especially a port) the word had overtones of that.
		In more recent usage, it generally is the proper name of the street of a town which is built upon a highway and was the principal street of the place.
		The name is from the town of Orange on the Rhone in France, which became part of the Nassau principality in 1530, the town so called because it was said to have been a center for importing oranges to northern France and beyond.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=town (1864 words)

	Tour de France 2007 : bienvenue sur le site officiel
		Principal canton town of the Yonne, on the Serein.
		Principal canton town of the Côte d’Or, on the Armançon.
		An old fortified town on the river Durance, it is the heart of a fruit and wine region and is crossed by the Napoleon route.
	www.letour.fr /2007/TDF/presentation/us/villes.html (934 words)

	Abous Nessebar Bulgarian properties for sale (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The town became a popular commercial centre as a variety of goods from the Aegean and the Mediterranean regions were traded there and it also minted its own coins in the 5th century BC.
		In the 1st century BC the town surrendered to Marcus Lukulus' legions and was subjected top Roman domination, during which the construction of a second colony of Messembria began and was finished.
		During the reign of Ivan Alexander the town went thorough a cultural and economic boom, and occupied substantial territories beyond the stretch of the peninsula.
	www.thegreenvalley.info /bulgarian_properties_nessebar.htm (935 words)

	Portugal > Travel > Alentejo > Beja
		There exists here another fable or story that the town was taken from the Moors by the Christian forces with the help of a Princess who was so in love with a Knight that she opened the castle gates to allow the Christians to secretly enter and take the town.
		To the east of this town on the border with Spain is the smaller town of Barrancos.
		This town has gained notoriety in recent years as it is the first location in Portugal where the inhabitants have reverted to the killing the bull in the bullring as is practiced in neighbouring Spain.
	portugal-info.net /alentejo/beja.htm (1261 words)

	Brittany Town Information
		The town is located at the juncture of Route National N 137 and D 156, 40 miles north-northwest of Rennes, 48 miles northeast of Saint-Brieuc, 36 miles west of le Mont-Saint-Michel and 240 miles west of Paris.
		The town of Saint-Servan, to the south, merged with the seaside town of Parmé, to the east, and with Rothéneuf and Saint-Malo to become the municipality of Saint-Malo in 1967.
		The town is located at the juncture of Routes Nationals N 165, N 166 and D 767, 95 miles southeast of Brest, 67 miles northwest of Nantes, 57 miles southwest of Rennes and 339 miles west-southwest of Paris.
	www.french-at-a-touch.com /French_Regions/Brittany/brittany_town_information.htm (3669 words)

	Bible Study Aids on ChristiansUnite.com
		For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
		For you have made a town a waste place: a strong town a mass of broken walls; the tower of the men of pride has come to an end; it will never be put up again.
		For thou hast made of the city a heap, of the fortified town a ruin, the palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built up.
	bible.christiansunite.com /search.cgi?version=all&passage=Isa+25:2 (218 words)

	Island Krk - Tourist places !
		For those arriving on Krk by land, this is the first town on the island; its position and the recent construction of the bridge have greatly favoured its touristic and industrial development.
		After being converted to Christianity, the town of Curicta was a bishopric and had a Basilica, probably built on the foundations of an Illyrian temple subsequently re-consecrated by the Romans.
		The Benedictines stayed in the Abbey of Jurandvor until the fifteenth century, during that period the main town on the hill of Bag, was attacked and destroyed by the Venetians.
	www.krk-croatia.com /eng/tur_sred.htm (2038 words)

	Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
		The town was an active centre of Catharism and suffered cruelty at the hands of those involved in the Inquisition, hunting down the Cathars.
		The village grew to town status over three generations, with over 5,000 inhabitants and it owed its prosperity to the textile and leather industries and to trade and finance.
		For example, during the Renaissance period the town accumulated great wealth thanks to the pastel tradition, the Baroque era left its mark after the Wars of Religion and the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries altered some of the town's architecture and enriched the religious edifices.
	www.toulouse.aeroport.fr /US/pageEdito.asp,UIDcNode,7947CFDC,UIDcRoot,15,IDPAGE,462.rwi.html (256 words)

	The Mediaeval Allure of Monemvasia
		This fortified mediaeval town, built on a dramatic eruption of reddish-brown rock, surrounded by indigo sea, offers visitors a quieter vacation option, with authentic character, although the truth is that it has been getting all the more popular over the past few years.
		The town was probably built in the 6th century AD (around 583) by Byzantine Greeks seeking refuge from the Slavic and Avaric invaders of Greece.
		Once you have entered the fortified town, a stroll down the main cobbled street leads to the main square, where you will find the cathedral, or 'Mitropolis' of Christ in Chains (Elkomenou Christou), which is named after an icon which, however, was stolen and taken to Constantinople during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Isaac Angelos.
	www.helleniccomserve.com /monemvasia.html (2329 words)

	Ston - General information - Croatian National Tourist Board
		The historical small town of Ston, with its famous walls and numerous cultural and historical monuments, is one of the most beautiful examples of a fortified town and Dubrovnik architecture.
		STON, a town and harbour in southern Dalmatia, on the extreme north--west of the Ston Channel and the isthmus of the same name connecting the Peljesac Peninsula with the mainland, 59 km northwest of Du-brov-nik.
		The town was fortified by 980-m long walls, forming an irregular pentagon, with mo-re massive towers on the corners.
	www.croatia.hr /English/Destinacije/Opcenito.aspx?idDestination=160&idProperty=16 (596 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		A burgrave is a count of a castle or fortified town.
		The title is originally equivalent to that of castellan (Latin: castellanus) or chÃ¢telain, meaning keeper of a castle and/or fortified town.
		In Germany, owing to the peculiar conditions of the Empire, though the office of burgrave had become a sinecure by the end of the 13th century, the title, as borne by feudal nobles having the status of princes of the Empire, obtained a quasi-royal significance.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Burgrave (222 words)

	Lesser Town - Prague Hotel Acommodations
		In 1257 New Town was founded Premysl Otakar II under Prague castle in the area, that was relatively densely settled.
		During the establishement of New Town under Charles IV, the King changed the name to the Smaller Town of Prague (Mensi Mesto prazske) in 1348.
		Based on the design of the new town, the immense rectangular central space became a square at the crossroads of major trade routes.
	www.prague-hotel-accommodations.com /cg21-city-guide-lesser-town-prague.html (327 words)

	Brutal divide: fortified town plays on middle class fear of crime \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		The concept is medieval but the execution is very much 21st-century South Africa: a fortified town run as a miniature state.
		Rising from the winelands outside Cape Town, Heritage Park is enclosed by a computer-monitored fence that zaps intruders with 35,000 volts and alerts a corps of security guards.
		To be precise, we have stolen the concept of whole town fortification to create a crime-free state," boasts the website of the developer, George Hazelden.
	www.guardian.co.uk /southafrica/story/0,,1707548,00.html (1022 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		O.E. burg, burh "castle, manor house, fortified place" (related to beorg "hill"), from P.Gmc.
		"town, civic community." Meaning shifted M.E. from "fortress," to "fortified town," to simply "town" (especially one possessing municipal organization or sending representatives to Parliament).
		In U.S. (originally Pennsylvania, 1718) often an incorporated town; in Alaska, however, it is the equivalent of a county.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?term=borough (94 words)

	The Netherlands 2005
		The town was the fiefdom of Gerard de Rossige, whose grandson Gerard IIl of Wassenberg pronounced himself Count of Gelre in 1104.
		Towns such as Middelburg, Zierikzee and Veere and villages such as Nisse, St Anna-ter-Muiden and Dreischor have lots of old buildings, some of which have been restored to their 17th-century grandeur, with attractive features such as bell towers and frescoes.
		The town is still redolent with the atmosphere of the Golden Age, an era during which the Dutch East India Company thrived in the port area along the quay.
	www.rozylowicz.com /retirement/holland2005/holland3.html (1314 words)

	Briancon Town Village visit - by Provence Beyond
		Briançon, the highest town in Europe* is a great fortress town, walled and fortified by Vauban, and it's really something to see.
		The town has two parts: the lower town is at the junction of the Durance and Guisane rivers, where the N84 highway passes through from Embrun/Guillestre towards Grenoble; the upper town is the walled area at the top, fortified by Vauban and including the Fort du Chateau fortress at the peak.
		The town market is here, in front of the ancient (but still active) fire station, at the bottom end of the Parc de la Schappe.
	www.beyond.fr /villages/briancon.html (1238 words)

	Descriptions of the Fortified Town of Plymouth
		We impale our town, taking in the top of the hill under which our town is seated, make four bulwarks or jetties, whence we can defend the whole town; in three whereof are gates, which are locked every night; a watch and ward kept in the day.
		It is doubtful as to whether any of the sixty assisted in building the fort, although it is possible that Pratt and his six companions could have done so before the arrival of the two ships, increasing the number available to build the fort to sixty.
		In the town upon a high mount they have a fort well built with wood, loam and stone, where is planted their ordnance; also a fair watchtower, partly framed, for the sentinel.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /users/deetz/Plymouth/fortdesc.html (2717 words)

	Historic Fortified Town of Campeche - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		Campeche is a typical example of a harbour town from the Spanish colonial period in the New World.
		Criterion (ii): The harbour town of Campeche is an urbanization model of a Baroque colonial town, with its checkerboard street plan; the defensive walls surrounding its historic centre reflect the influence of the military architecture in the Caribbean.
		Criterion (iv): The fortifications system of Campeche, an eminent example of the military architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries, is part of an overall defensive system set up by the Spanish to protect the ports on the Caribbean Sea from pirate attacks.
	whc.unesco.org /en/list/895 (173 words)

	Athens Private Tours. Athens Tours with driver guide
		Ancient Sparta and the Byzantine fortified town of Mystras.
		Ancient Corinth - Mycenea - Nafplion - Epidavros, Ancient Sparta & the Byzantine fortified town of Mystras, Olympia, Delphi, and the Monasteries of Meteora.
		Ancient Corinth - Nemea, Mycenea - Nafplion - Epidavros, Ancient Sparta and the Byzantine fortified town of Mystras, Olympia, Delphi, and the Monasteries of Meteora.
	www.greektaxi.gr /tour.htm (889 words)

	The Newberry Library: Smith Center Publications
		Then the narrow, twisting streets of Lower Town swarmed with sailors, the taverns were filled, and members of the oldest profession plied their trade.
		Quebec had the benefits of natural defenses because most of the town was situated on the heights of Cape Diamond.
		Once the decision was taken to transform the settlement into a major fortified town and naval base, large amounts of royal funds were expended on Louisbourg annually.
	www.newberry.org /smith/slidesets/ss12.html (2775 words)

	Lalinde Town Hall : A Presentation of the Commune
		In 1839-1840 its protective moats and ditches were filled in with waste material from the canal construction (1836-1841) and the town grew northwards and, in particular, westwards outside the town walls which finally disappeared between 1792 and 1824.
		Lalinde was, in the Middle Ages, one of the first towns to be freely governed and, throughout the ages its inhabitants have always fought for freedom.
		La Linde was originally a fishing village which, with the presence of the English in Aquitaine during the 13th century, became a royal bastide; its existence is due to Prince Edward, oldest son of Henry III Plantagenet and governor of Guyenne.
	www.pays-de-bergerac.com /english/town-halls/lalinde/index.asp (648 words)

	Cakovec Town
		Čakovec as a fortified town was explicitly mentioned for the first time in a document passed by King Charles Robert in 1333.
		Several generations of the Zrinskis made the fortified town of Čakovec one of the most luxurious manors in Croatia and Europe at the time.
		The construction of a railroad section, which is one of the first section to have been constructed in this part of the world, caused a strong economical and social development of Čakovec in the second half of 19th century.
	www.cakovec.hr /old_web/en/povijest.htm (356 words)

	Tenby Fortified Town
		The castle and town were destroyed in 1260 by the Welsh.
		The de Valence reconstructed the castle and the town with walls in 1280.
		The wall, which encircles the town, is mostly intact and integrated into the town layout.
	wales.darkisle.com /t/tenby/tenby.html (95 words)

	Topola Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		The two toponymes are not confused with one another in visitors' memories, but the latter outshone the tradition and the significance of the town, as visitors mainly come to see Oplenac and only then is the mutual past of the town and the mausoleum remembered.
		Near the town of Topola, on the wooded hill of Oplenac, there stands a big five-nave church dedicated to Saint George, all in white marble, the endowment of Karadjordje's grandson - King Petar I. This white marbled church was built between 1904 and 1912.
		What remained of Karadjordje's Town are only the two towers on the south part of the town with a residence building located between them, as well as parts of the north and south walls of the town fortification.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Republic_of_Serbia/Topola-719414/Things_To_Do-Topola-BR-1.html (978 words)

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