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  • Inishowen Peninsula. Fort Dunree - Dun Fhraoigh in Irish means, “Fort of the Heather” and indicates that this site has been an important defensive site down through history.
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  • Fort Rinella is a Victorian fortification where the employees dressed as 19th Century British soldiers provide a tour of the fort that combines lecture and live re-enactment.
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  • Fort Rinella is a Victorian fortification where the employees dressed as 19th Century British soldiers provide a tour of the fort that combines lecture and live re-enactment.
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  • Inishowen Peninsula. Fort Dunree - Dun Fhraoigh in Irish means, “Fort of the Heather” and indicates that this site has been an important defensive site down through history.
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  • Fort Rinella is a Victorian fortification where the employees dressed as 19th Century British soldiers provide a tour of the fort that combines lecture and live re-enactment.
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  • Fort Rinella is a Victorian fortification where the employees dressed as 19th Century British soldiers provide a tour of the fort that combines lecture and live re-enactment.
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  • Dubrovnik. The Pile Gates, still the main entrance to the Old City, are a well-fortified complex with multiple doors, defended by Fort Bokar. At the entrance gate to the Old Town, on the western side of the land walls, there is a stone bridge between two Gothic arches, AOver the arch of town's principal gateway, there is a statue of city patron Saint Blaise is the main entrance to Dubrovnik's Old City. In Game of Throne was used for the riot in season 2.
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  • Dubrovnik. The Lovrjenac Fort that rises 37 meters high on the sea. This was one of the most important locations in Dubrovnik for Game of Thrones
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  • Dubrovnik. The Lovrjenac Fort that rises 37 meters high on the sea. This was one of the most important locations in Dubrovnik for Game of Thrones, the set for Blackwater Bay. The small pier of West Harbour has been utilised in many frames of Game of Thrones.
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  • Fort Rinella is a Victorian fortification built to contain a single gun weighing 100 tons which is still in place. The British felt the need for such large guns as a response to the Italians having, in 1873, built the battleships Duilio and Dandalo with 22 inches of steel armour and four similarly large 100-ton Armstrong guns per vessel.  The British were seeking to ensure the vital route to India through the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal.
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  • Vittoriosa, or Birgu, the walled entrance to the town on the south side of the Grand Harbour. <br />
When the Knights arrived in 1530, they made Birgu the capital city of Malta and improved the fortification at Fort St Angelo and of the whole area. Birgu was never captured during the hostilities between the Knights and the Ottoman Empire.
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  • Vittoriosa, or Birgu, the walled entrance to the town on the south side of the Grand Harbour. <br />
When the Knights arrived in 1530, they made Birgu the capital city of Malta and improved the fortification at Fort St Angelo and of the whole area. Birgu was never captured during the hostilities between the Knights and the Ottoman Empire.
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  • Dubrovnik. The Pile Gates, still the main entrance to the Old City, are a well-fortified complex with multiple doors, defended by Fort Bokar. At the entrance gate to the Old Town, on the western side of the land walls, there is a stone bridge between two Gothic arches, AOver the arch of town's principal gateway, there is a statue of city patron Saint Blaise is the main entrance to Dubrovnik's Old City. In Game of Throne was used for the riot in season 2.
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  • Dubrovnik. The Lovrjenac Fort that rises 37 meters high on the sea. This was one of the most important locations in Dubrovnik for Game of Thrones
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  • Dubrovnik. Pile Bay. The Lovrjenac Fort that rises 37 meters high on the sea. On the left Bokar fortress. This was one of the most important locations in Dubrovnik for Game of Thrones, the set for Blackwater Bay. The small pier of West Harbour has been utilised in many frames of Game of Thrones.
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  • san Miguel spanish fort.
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  • san Miguel spanish fort.
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  • Vizzavona’s old Genoese Fort.
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  • Ring of Kerry. Staigue Forta stone ringfort. The fort is thought to have been built during the late Iron Age, probably somewhere between 300 and 400 AD, as a defensive stronghold for a local lord or king.
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  • Salvador / Bahia: fort of Monte Serrat.
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  • Dubrovnik. The Lovrjenac Fort that rises 37 meters high on the sea. This was one of the most important locations in Dubrovnik for Game of Thrones
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  • san Miguel spanish fort.
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  • Ring of Kerry. Staigue Forta stone ringfort. The fort is thought to have been built during the late Iron Age, probably somewhere between 300 and 400 AD, as a defensive stronghold for a local lord or king.
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  • Caherconnell Fort is an ancient and exceptionally well-preserved Celtic stone ringfort (500 to 1500 CE) in the Burren.<br />
From summer 2010, Caherconnell has been home to an archaeological field school where students can learn archaeological techniques from leading archaeologists
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  • Caherconnell Fort is an ancient and exceptionally well-preserved Celtic stone ringfort (500 to 1500 CE) in the Burren.<br />
From summer 2010, Caherconnell has been home to an archaeological field school where students can learn archaeological techniques from leading archaeologists
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  • Caherconnell Fort is an ancient and exceptionally well-preserved Celtic stone ringfort (500 to 1500 CE) in the Burren.<br />
From summer 2010, Caherconnell has been home to an archaeological field school where students can learn archaeological techniques from leading archaeologists
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  • Caherconnell Fort is an ancient and exceptionally well-preserved Celtic stone ringfort (500 to 1500 CE) in the Burren.<br />
From summer 2010, Caherconnell has been home to an archaeological field school where students can learn archaeological techniques from leading archaeologists
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  • Vittoriosa, Forte Sant'Angelo from Upper Barraka Gardens of La Valletta. Forte Sant'Angelo is thought to be the oldest fortification on the Islands.
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  • Vittoriosa, Forte Sant'Angelo from Upper Barraka Gardens of La Valletta. Forte Sant'Angelo is thought to be the oldest fortification on the Islands.
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  • Vittoriosa, Forte Sant'Angelo from Upper Barraka Gardens of La Valletta. Forte Sant'Angelo is thought to be the oldest fortification on the Islands.
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  • Vittoriosa, Forte Sant'Angelo is thought to be the oldest fortification on the Islands.
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  • Vittoriosa, Forte Sant'Angelo from Upper Barraka Gardens of La Valletta.
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  • Vittoriosa, Forte Sant'Angelo thought to be the oldest fortification on the Islands.
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  • Forte Sant'Angelo (Vittoriosa) from stone tower of La Vedette (Sanglea).
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  • Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender. The Roman camp, nearly intact through the dry climate of the desert, is one of the best survived exemple of Roman military technology.
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  • The old bishop's palace near the medieval city wall.
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by imposing city walls comprising eight monumental gates, 88 watchtowers and more than 2500 turrets, is one of the best-preserved medieval bastions in Spain.
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by imposing city walls comprising eight monumental gates, 88 watchtowers and more than 2500 turrets, is one of the best-preserved medieval bastions in Spain.
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  • Tafraout, one of the last heirs of Illigh princes, rulers of caravan routes of Western Sahara. In the Illigh fortress are still preserved hundreds of old commercial agreements.
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  • Tafraout, one of the last heirs of Illigh princes, rulers of caravan routes of Western Sahara. In the Illigh fortress are still preserved hundreds of old commercial agreements.
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  • View of Senglea from Upper Barraka Gardens of La Valletta.
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  • Saint James Cavalier doorway. The fortress was designed by Laparelli and Cassar as a raised platform on which guns were placed to defend the city against attacks from the land side. <br />
St James is now a "Centre for Creativity", hosting various theatrical and musical performances, also providing installation and gallery space.
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  • Vittoriosa view from the fortress of Upper Barraka Gardens.
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  • The Harbour with the Spanish fortress of San Juan de Ullua.
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  • Porto do Son coastline. Castro de Barona, the excavated site of an old Celtic fortress settlement  situated on a exposed and rugged outcrop of land connected to the mainland by a narrow sandy stretch
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  • Uta Hammam square with the Kasbah, now restored as the Musée de Chefchaouen, was a fortress to fight the Portuguese invasions of northern Morocco.
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  • Tui. The cathedral, is consecrated in 1225 AD but building work of this church-fortress started over a century earlier. The cathedral is a monumental structure on top of a hill at the summit of the town.
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  • Port Louis, the French East India Museum inside the Citadel. At the beginning of the 17th century merchants who were trading with India established warehouses in Port-Louis. In 1664 King Louis XIV established at Port-Louis the French East India Company. In 1770the French government then took over the shipyards as a naval port and arsenal.
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  • Wadi Hadramawt, once was a important  step of the Incense's Road. The old castle of Haynin, made of mud bricks.
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  • Tafraout, the Illigh kasbah for centuries ruled the caravan routes of Western Sahara.
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  • Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures. A tower of the castle.
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  • Hot air balloons  near Uchisar.
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  • Outer Hebrides. Lewis Island, Carlabagh: the old broch, a fortified tower built between 100 and 100 AD.
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  • Outer Hebrides. Lewis Island, Carlabagh: the old broch, a fortified tower built between 100 and 100 AD.
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  • Outer Hebrides. Lewis Island, Carlabagh: the old broch, a fortified tower built between 100 and 100 AD.
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  • Inishbofin, Cromwell's Baarraks.  Inishbofin is a small island off the coast of Connemara, with around 180 inhabitants. It was one of the last Royalist strongholds to fall to Cromwell's army that turned Inishbofin into a prison for Catholic priests arrested elsewhere in Ireland.and to protect the harbour against pirates
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  • Herodion, the man-made, flat mountain, one of the world finest exemples of preserved Roman architecture. Built as fortress and summer palace by king Herod the Great, is also the place where the king was buried. The tomb was discovered in  2007. The cisterns, a network of tunnels and water reservoir under the fortress.
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  • Herodion, the man-made, flat mountain, one of the world finest exemples of preserved Roman architecture. Built as fortress and summer palace by king Herod the Great, is also the place where the king was buried. The tomb was discovered in  2007.
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  • Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender. The cable connecting the fortress.
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  • Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender.
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  • Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender. The Roman camp, nearly intact through the dry climate of the desert, is one of the best survived exemple of Roman military technology.
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  • Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender.
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  • Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender.
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  • Masada. Herod the Great palace built on the rock of the north face of Masada. Under Herod the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender.
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  • The Old Juderia (Jewish quarter) near the cathedral. City walls near the Puerta de San Andrés (Gate of Saint Andrew) is a city gate forming part of the city's medieval fortifications. <br />
The gateway has also been known as the Puerta de la Judería or the Puerta del Socorro. It is located in a strategic position overlooking the Río Clamores
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  • The Old Juderia (Jewish quarter) near the cathedral. The Puerta de San Andrés (Gate of Saint Andrew) is a city gate forming part of the city's medieval fortifications. <br />
The gateway has also been known as the Puerta de la Judería or the Puerta del Socorro. It is located in a strategic position overlooking the Río Clamores
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  • Avila,The convent of St Teresa built over the birthplace of Saint Teresa of Avila. The convent, inaugurated in 1636,
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  • Avila, The cathedral sanctuary is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral sanctuary is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by imposing city walls. The imposing Puerta (gate) de l'Alcazar.
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by the best-preserved medieval bastions in Spain. Some stones came from tombs and ruins of the Roman city.
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  • The old bishop's palace near the medieval city wall.
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  • The old bishop's palace near the medieval city wall.
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  • Davila mansion on the southern medieval walls.
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  • Avila. Northwest of the city, on the road to Salamanca, Los Cuatro Postes provides the best views of Ávila's walls. It also marks the place where Santa Teresa and her brother were caught by their uncle as they tried to run away from home
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  • Avila. Northwest of the city, on the road to Salamanca, Los Cuatro Postes provides the best views of Ávila's walls. It also marks the place where Santa Teresa and her brother were caught by their uncle as they tried to run away from home
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  • Avila. Northwest of the city, on the road to Salamanca, Los Cuatro Postes provides the best views of Ávila's walls. It also marks the place where Santa Teresa and her brother were caught by their uncle as they tried to run away from home
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by imposing city walls comprising eight monumental gates, 88 watchtowers and more than 2500 turrets, is one of the best-preserved medieval bastions in Spain.
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  • San Pietro island,  Carloforte, Santa Teresa fortress. In the 18th century the then-uninhabited San Pietro was colonized by people of Ligurian language and ethnicity, coming from the Republic of Genoa's colony at Tabarka after it had been taken over by the Bey of Tunisia. Today most of the population has retained a variant of Genoese dialect, called Tabarchino,
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  • Qasr Ibrahim,  a massive fortress that dominated the east bank of Nile  today is an island in the middle of Lake Nasser. It is the only archeoloogical place in Nubia that, by its position, still survived in the same place above the waters of the Lake Nasser. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Buncrana, the scenic Grianan of Aileach fortress on the top of a hill. In the oldest times was Dagda's god sanctuary, after a O'Neill chieftains stronghold.
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  • Northeastern Anatolia. Hosap Castle near Guzelsu village, a truck stop village on the road to the Iran and Iraqi borders. Built in 1643 by the local Kurdish chieftain  Mahmudi Suleyman.
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  • Old City, Zion Gate.
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  • Campeche. Puerta del Mar, the bells that alerted against pirates assaults.
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  • Campeche. Baluarte de San Juan (Puerta de Tierra). Son et Lumière of colonial times.
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  • Inishbofin, Cromwell's Baarraks.  Inishbofin is a small island off the coast of Connemara, with around 180 inhabitants. It was one of the last Royalist strongholds to fall to Cromwell's army that turned Inishbofin into a prison for Catholic priests arrested elsewhere in Ireland.and to protect the harbour against pirates
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  • Taroudant. The walls, 15 km long, are the best preserved of Morocco.
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  • In the heart of Victoria, or Rabat, lies the Citadella (Citadel), which has been the centre of activity of Gozo since possibly Neolithic times, but is known to be first fortified during the Bronze Age. It was later developed by the Phoenicians, becoming a complex Acropolis by Roman times.
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  • In the heart of Victoria, or Rabat, lies the Citadella (Citadel), which has been the centre of activity of Gozo since possibly Neolithic times, but is known to be first fortified during the Bronze Age. It was later developed by the Phoenicians, becoming a complex Acropolis by Roman times.
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  • Victoria (or Città Vittoria) with the Citadella (Citadel), the centre of activity of the island since possibly Neolithic times. First fortified during the Bronze Age, it was later developed by the Phoenicians becoming a complex Acropolis by Roman times. Victoria, but Gozitans still often refer to it by its old name, Rabat, is the capital of Gozo island.
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  • View of Senglea from Upper Barraka Gardens of La Valletta.
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  • View of Senglea, with the famous stone Vedette, known as il-Gardjola, from Upper Barraka Gardens of La Valletta.
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  • View of Senglea from Upper Barraka Gardens of La Valletta.
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  • Senglea, Safe Haven Garden. The famous stone Vedette, known as il-Gardjola, served as a look-out post. The sculptured eye and ear above its windows are symbols of vigilance.
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  • Senglea, Safe Haven Garden. The famous stone Vedette, known as il-Gardjola, served as a look-out post. The sculptured eye and ear above its windows are symbols of vigilance.
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  • The Harbour with the Spanish fortress of San Juan de Ullua.
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  • The Harbour with the Spanish fortress of San Juan de Ullua.
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  • The Harbour with the Spanish fortress of San Juan de Ullua.
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  • The Harbour with the Spanish fortress of San Juan de Ullua.
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  • Dubrovnik.Ploče Gate, the east entrance to the Old Town, built in Romanesque style at the end of 14th century. Above the entrance of the Gate there is a statue of Sveti Vlaho, the patron saint of Dubrovnik. The gate consist of inner and outer section and incorporates a stone bridge. In Game of Thrones Cersei Lannister passing over this bridge and enters to the Red Keep after her walk of shame at the end of season five.
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