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	Bunkertours URL: http://www.bunkertours.co.uk/ ODP description: An extensive photodocumentary of numerous mothballed and redundant underground military installations in Britain and France, including photographs of ROTOR sites, the Maginot Line, and Cold War sites. Also provides reports from physical visits. Page title: Welcome To Bunker Tours - Virtual Tours on the Web Page description: maginot line virtual visit - discover the extraordinary atmosphere of the maginot line today - maginot line, World War, fortifications, forts, military, travel, tourism, line, fortification, system, phony, war, petain, andre, maginot, simserhof, schoenenbourg, hackenberg, museum, france, verdun, toul, montmedy, longwy, metz, thionville, nuclear, bunker, fallout, shelter, rotor, radar, defense, defence, radiation, warning, missile, rocket, ...
	Walled Towns Friendship Circle URL: http://www.walledtowns.com/ ODP description: Includes most of the towns and cities in Europe with surviving town walls. Photographs, information. Page title: Welcome to the Walled Towns Friendship Circle Page description: The Walled Towns Friendship Circle (WTFC) is the international association for the sustainable development of walled towns, walled cities and fortified historic towns.
	UK Fortifications Club URL: http://www.ukfortsclub.org.uk/ ODP description: Researches and records fortified sites throughout the UK. Journal, membership and news. Page title: UKFC - UK Fortifications Club Page description: UKFC United Kingdom Fortifications Club
	Chester: A Virtual Stroll Around the Walls URL: http://www.bwpics.co.uk/chester.walls.index.html ODP description: Steve Howe of the Black and White Picture Place provides a guide around the Roman and medieval city wall. Map, modern and archival images with description and history, including quotations from primary sources. Page title: Welcome to the Chester Virtual Stroll!
	Stephen Wyley's Fortification Pages URL: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/index.html ODP description: Provides introductions with bibliographies to military architecture, siege warfare, castles and Anglo-Saxon burhs. Images and information on sites including Constantinople, Masada, Shiro and Ankara. Page title: Sven skildbiter's Index Page
	The medieval fortified town of Aigues Mortes URL: http://languedoc-france.info/030416_aiguesmortes.htm ODP description: Fortified town in the South of France with its original 13th century walls and towers, built by King Louis IX. Page title: Historic Towns in the Languedoc-Roussillon: Aigues Mortes. Page description: Information about the historic town of Aigues Mortes: description, history, geography, maps, photographs, tourist information, links, trivia
	Coastal Fortification on the Gulf of Mexico URL: http://andy_bennett.home.mindspring.com/coastal.html ODP description: Andrew Bennett provides photographs and history of coastal fortifications of four generations from 1817 to World War II. Page description: Until the late 1940's, coastal fortification was a primary line of defense for the United States. Several distinct generations of coastal fortification have been defined by historians, each a unique insight into a period of U.S. history.
	The Fortress of Neuf-Brisach, France URL: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2000/baroque/indepth6.htm ODP description: Illustrated description from an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, of the fortress town constructed 1698-1720, designed by SÃ©bastien Le Prestre de Vauban. Page title: Military Architecture: Neuf-Brisach - NGA
	Parks Canada: Fortress of Louisbourg URL: http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/louisbourg/ ODP description: History, description, images and visitor information for the reconstructed 18th-century fortified town. Page title: Parcs Canada - Lieu historique national du Canada de la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg / Parks Canada - Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada Page description: Lieu historique national du Canada de la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg / Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
	Fortress of Louisbourg URL: http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/homeeng/default.htm ODP description: The Louisbourg Institute provides history, images, bibliography and visitor information for the fortified town. Page title: English Home: The Official Research Site for the Fortress of Louisbourg ~ Site officiel de recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg
	Fort McHenry, Baltimore, United States URL: http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/baltimore/b1.htm ODP description: Built 1794-1803 on a five-pointed star plan. Description and photographs from National Park Service Baltimore Travel Itinerary. Page title: Baltimore Travel Itinerary-Ft. McHenry National Monument and Shrine Page description: Description and photographs of Fort McHenry.
	Crownhill Fort URL: http://www.crownhillfort.co.uk ODP description: Restored by the Landmark Trust, this elaborate Victorian fortress offers days out for families, schools and historical enthusiasts. It also provides a venue for all kinds of events, conferences and celebrations. Page title: Plymouth's premier attraction and venue. Crownhill Fort the day out for all the family. Page description: Plymouth's premier attraction and venue, Crownhill Fort is THE day out for all the family. If you are in Devon come in and see us.
	Palmerston Forts Society URL: http://www.palmerstonforts.org.uk/ ODP description: An educational charity dedicated to the study of Victorian fortifications in the UK and their artillery. Includes the activities of the group, list of forts and maps and plans.
	Castles In Africa: Ethiopia's 17th CenturyCastles URL: http://www.geocities.com/janicedennie/castletour.html ODP description: Historical information about the 17th-century kings of Ethiopia and their castles in Gondar, former capital of Ethiopia. Page title: Janice L. Dennie Website
	Fort Siloso URL: http://www.fortsiloso.com ODP description: The story of the sole restored coastal artillery fort from Fortress Singapore, 1874 to the present. Page title: Fort Siloso Ã¢â¬â The Sole Restored Coastal Artillery Battery from Ã¢â¬ËFortress SingaporeÃ¢â¬â¢. Page description: Fort Siloso, the sole restored coastal artillery fort in Singapore
	Greystone Court URL: http://www.greystonecourt.com ODP description: This New York stone castle serves as a location rental for film, video and photo shoots. Page title: Greystone Court - Enter
	The South Coast Martello Towers URL: http://www.martello-towers.co.uk/ ODP description: Peter Hibbs charts the history, construction, siting and individual history of each of the 74 English south coast Martello Towers. Page title: Martello Towers Homepage Page description: The South Coast Martello Towers charts the history, construction, siting and individual history of each of the 74 English south coast Martello Towers
	Medieval Fortifications URL: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/medieval_fort.html ODP description: Expandable thumbnail images of Aigues-Mortes, Carcassonne and Pierrefonds in France from Jeffrey Howe's Digital Archive of Architecture.
	The City Wall of Visby, Gotland URL: http://www.bingeby.com/city-wall-eng.html ODP description: An illustrated description and additional photographs by Goran Andersson of the city wall, which has 36 towers still intact. Page title: City wall of Visby, Gotland - Images Page description: The city wall of Visby is 3.4 km long with 36 medieval towers still intact. Armors from the Middle Ages were found in mass graves outside the city wall. Images
	Castles, Fortresses, and Palaces of the World URL: http://glasssteelandstone.com/ByTypeCastles.html ODP description: Images and brief descriptions from Glass, Steel and Stone of a selection of major buildings from medieval to 19th-century. Page title: Global Architecture Encyclopedia - Glass Steel and Stone