City Walls And Gates

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City Walls And Gates

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Author : CANTERBURY URBAN STUDIES CENTRE.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977

City Walls And Gates written by CANTERBURY URBAN STUDIES CENTRE. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.

Medieval Town Walls

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Author : Oliver Hamilton Creighton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Medieval Town Walls written by Oliver Hamilton Creighton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.

"This book provides an up-to-date study of medieval town defences, mainly in England and Wales but with glances elsewhere, focusing on the period from the Norman Conquest to the English Civil Wars. Emphasis is placed on archaeology and topography but set within an historical framework. Due attention is paid to substantially surviving sites such as Canterbury, Conwy and York, but the extent to which defence extended to much smaller towns is also highlighted. Medieval Town Walls seeks to further understanding of the chronologies, functions and social significance of British town walls and offer an agenda for further academic study. A gazetteer guides the reader through the surviving remains, providing an aid to discovering Britain's urban walled heritage at first hand."--BOOK JACKET.

Circled With Stone

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Author : Mark Stoyle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Circled With Stone written by Mark Stoyle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Architecture categories.

Circled with Stone is the most comprehensive study to date of the fortifications of an early modern English city. The culmination of some twenty years of archaeological and documentary research, it provides a richly detailed portrait of the ancient system of walls, towers and gates which ringed the city of Exeter during the Tudor and early Stuart periods. The book traces the development of the fortifications over time, explores the many purposes which they served, and shows how they were defended against a series of major attacks: most notably during the Prayer Book rebellion of 1549 and the English Civil War. The text is accompanied by a series of extensive transcripts from Exeter's matchless civic archives, inlcuding two newly-discovered documents relating to the Prayer Book rebellion. The book includes a wealth of illustrations and brings together, for the very first time, colour reproductions of all the early maps of Exeter, as well as a series of specially commissioned photographs of the city walls today. Designed to be accessible to the general reader, as well as to the specialist, Circled with Stone paints a uniquely vivid picture of the role which urban fortifications played in everyday life in one of early modern England's greatest cities. Richly detailed, fully illustrated and accessible to the general reader as well as of interest to historians and archaeologists.

Chinese City Walls

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Author : Source Wikipedia
language : en
Publisher: University-Press.org
Release Date : 2013-09

Chinese City Walls written by Source Wikipedia and has been published by University-Press.org this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Gates of Beijing, Walled villages of China, Beijing city fortifications, Chinese city wall, Tiananmen, City Wall of Nanjing, Zhengyangmen, Gate of China, Deshengmen, Xizhimen, Dapeng Fortress, Dongzhimen, Hangzhou City Walls, Chongwenmen, Chaoyangmen, Fortifications of Xi'an, Andingmen, Yongdingmen, Fuchengmen, Jianguomen, Hepingmen, Di'anmen. Excerpt: The city wall of Beijing was a fortification built around 1435. It was 23.5 km long. The thickness at ground level was 20m and the top 12m. The wall was 15m high, and it had nine gates. This wall stood for nearly 530 years, but in 1965 it was removed to give way to 2nd Ring Road and the loop line subway of Beijing. Only in the southeast, just south of Beijing Railway Station, stands one part of the wall. Beijing was the capital city of the last three dynasties (the Yuan, Ming and Qing) as well as two northern dynasties (the Liao and Jin) in the history of China, as such, Beijing is often referred to as an "ancient capital of Five dynasties" ( ). It had an extensive fortification system, consisting of the Palace city, the Imperial city, the inner city and the outer city. Specifically including the many gate towers, gates, archways, watchtowers, barbicans, barbican towers, barbican gates, barbican archways, sluice gates, sluice gate towers, enemy sighting towers, corner guard towers and moat. It had the most extensive defense system in Imperial China. After the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, Beijing's fortifications were dismantled one by one, the Palace city has remained largely intact, becoming the Palace Museum; the Imperial city's fortifications has Tian'anmen and several sections of imperial city wall remaining intact; the inner city with Zhengyangmen's gate tower and watchtower, Deshengmen's watchtower, the southeastern corner guard tower, and a...

Walls Gates And Avenues The Story Of The Town

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Author : Frank Jupo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964

Walls Gates And Avenues The Story Of The Town written by Frank Jupo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Cities and towns categories.

Describes the development of cities throughout history.

The Cambridge Companion To Ancient Athens

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Author : Jenifer Neils
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-02-18

The Cambridge Companion To Ancient Athens written by Jenifer Neils and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-18 with History categories.

This book is a comprehensive introduction to ancient Athens, its topography, monuments, inhabitants, cultural institutions, religious rituals, and politics. Drawing from the newest scholarship on the city, this volume examines how the city was planned, how it functioned, and how it was transformed from a democratic polis into a Roman urbs.

The City Wall Of Imperial Rome

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Author : Ian Archibald Richmond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971

The City Wall Of Imperial Rome written by Ian Archibald Richmond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Architecture categories.

The Walls And Gates Of Peking

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Author : Osvald Sirén
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934

The Walls And Gates Of Peking written by Osvald Sirén and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with categories.

The City Of New Halos And Its Southeast Gate

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Author : H. Reinder Reinders
language : en
Publisher: Barkhuis
Release Date : 2014-09-18

The City Of New Halos And Its Southeast Gate written by H. Reinder Reinders and has been published by Barkhuis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-18 with History categories.

This volume presents a detailed description and analysis of the structure and layout of the Southeast Gate of New Halos, a Hellenistic city in Thessaly (Greece). The gate was excavated in the period 1995-2006. An impressive enceinte, 4.7 km long and fortified with at least 120 towers, surrounded the lower and upper town of Halos. Excavation of a series of houses in the lower town revealed that the city, probably founded in 302 BC by Demetrios Poliorketes, was abandoned after an earthquake around 265 BC. The Southeast Gate, flanked by two towers, gave accessto the city from the south. Numerous artefacts show that after the earthquake the gate complex was used as a large farmstead where agricultural produce was processed and stored. Today, the walls of this well-preserved courtyard gate still stand two to five metres above the bedrock.

China S Walled Cities

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Author : Ronald G. Knapp
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2000

China S Walled Cities written by Ronald G. Knapp and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Architecture categories.

"China's Walled Cities focuses on city walls - the essence and signature of the traditional Chinese city - to bring this cosmic order to light. An overview of the history and importance of Chinese walls leads into extended explorations of Chang'an and Xi'an, Beijing, Nanjing, and the recently preserved city of Pingyao. The author's discussion is complemented by illustrations drawn from his extensive collection of images, as well as historic photographs, maps, and drawings."--Jacket.