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Khotyn fortress is a complex of fortifications situated on the hilly right bank of the Dniester in Khotyn, Ukraine. It consists of a 13th-century stronghold and an 18th-century bastion surrounding it. It is one of the oldest preserved fortifications...

Khotyn Fortress is a 13th-century fortification in Khotyn, Ukraine. It is located on the right bank of Dniester and was an important defence and trade point.

Map of the Khotyn Fortress, published in The Atlas of the Fortresses of the Russian Empire, 1830s.

Ruins of the 18th-century bastion wall, which surrounds the Khotyn Fortress, Ukraine.

The southern part of the courtyard of the Khotyn Stronghold, known as "The yard of warriors". Khotyn fortress, Ukraine.

North Tower and Commandant's Tower of Khotyn Stronghold. Khotyn fortress, Ukraine.

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a four-engined heavy bomber plane used by the air forces of the United States and Britain during the Second World War (1939-45). The B-17 had unusually heavy defensive armament, 13 machine guns in total...

The Battle of Khotyn (1621), oil on canvas painting by Józef Brandt, depicting Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (on the white horse), 1867. National Museum, Warsaw.

The ruins of the Erebuni Fortress located in the suburbs of present-day Yerevan, Armenia date from 782 BCE. In Armenian, the fortress and archaeological site is known as “Arin-Berd” or the “Fortress of Blood,” and the name of this fortress...

Before Amberd Fortress was constructed in the 7th century CE, Stone Age peoples, the Urartians, and even the Romans used and understood the location's strategic advantages, lying at the intersection of the Amberd River and the Arkashen River...