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| x York Redoubt |
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York Redoubt is a National Historic Site situated on a bluff overlooking the entrance to Halifax Harbour at Ferguson's Cove, Nova Scotia, originally constructed in 1793. It was a key element in the defence of Halifax Harbour in the 19th and 20th...
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| x Fort Clarence |
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Fort Clarence is a now defunct fortification that was located in Rochester, Kent, England.
The fort was built between 1808 and 1812 to prevent invaders gaining access from Maidstone Road to the River Medway. The work was composed of a long brick...
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| x Fort Charlotte |
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Fort Charlotte in the centre of Lerwick, Shetland, is a five sided (roughly hexagonal) artillery fort, with bastions on each corner.
The first incarnation of the fort was built between 1652-3 during the First Anglo-Dutch War. Little is known of the...
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| x Forts of Vincennes, Indiana |
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During the 18th and 19th centuries, the French, British and American nations built and occupied a number of forts at Vincennes, Indiana. These outposts commanded a strategic position on the Wabash River.
The first trading post on the Wabash River...
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| x Fort Duncan |
Fort Duncan was a U.S. Army post, set up to protect the first U.S. settlement on the Rio Grande near the current town of Eagle Pass, Texas.
Fort Duncan was established on March 27, 1849, when Captain Sidney Burbank occupied the site with companies A...
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| x Grand Battery |
Grand Battery (Grande Batterie, meaning big or great battery) was a French artillery tactic of the Napoleonic wars. It involved massing all available batteries into a single large, temporary one, and concentrating the firepower of their guns at a...
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| x Fort Amherstburg |
Fort Amherstburg was built by the Royal Canadian Volunteers at the mouth of the Detroit River to replace Fort Detroit, which Britain was required to cede to the United States of America in 1796 as a result of the Jay Treaty.
Built in the years...
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| x Fort Erie |
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Fort Erie was the first British fort to be constructed as part of a network developed after the Seven Years' War (or in the United States the French and Indian War) was concluded by the Treaty of Paris (1763) at which time all of New France had been...
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| x Fort Frederick |
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Fort Frederick is a historic military installation in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The Fort consists of earthworks surrounding a Martello tower.
Point Frederick was a strategic location for the defence of the loyalist settlement at Cataraqui (Kingston...
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| x Fort Frontenac |
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Fort Frontenac was a French trading post and military fort built in 1673 in what is now Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It was strategically positioned at the mouth of the Cataraqui River where the St. Lawrence River leaves Lake Ontario in a location...
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| x Fort Henry, Ontario |
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Fort Henry (also known as Fort Henry National Historic Site) is located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada on Point Henry, a strategic point located near the mouth of the Cataraqui River where it flows into the St. Lawrence River, at the upper end of the...
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| x Fort Kaministiquia |
Fort Kaministiquia, located in what is now Northwestern Ontario, Canada, was founded in 1717 by French merchants led by Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, and was to be the first in a series of forts reaching westward to expand trade. It would also...
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| x Fort Malden |
Fort Malden was a fort that stood on the remains of Fort Amherstburg in Amherstburg, Ontario. The original fort was abandoned by the British/Canadians in 1813 when Southwest Ontario fell into American hands. The Americans started building a smaller...
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| x Fort Matachewan |
Fort Matachewan was a trading post set up by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1867, and is located 8 km north of the town of Matachewan, Ontario. This fort was primarily used for the fur trade, and as such the natives of the area often travelled to it to...
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| x Fort Mississauga |
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Fort Mississauga National Historic Site is a fort along the shore of Lake Ontario, not far from the Niagara River in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The fort today consists of a box–shaped brick tower and historic star–shaped earthworks—the only one...
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| x Fort St. Pierre |
Fort St. Pierre was the first La Verendrye fort built west of Fort Kaministiquia. It was built in 1731 when the first western commander started his explorations, fur trading and the search for the western sea. The fort was located at the west end of...
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| x Fort Wellington |
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Fort Wellington National Historic Site is a historic military fortification located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at Prescott, Ontario. It was originally built in 1813 on land owned by Major Edward Jessup, a prominent Loyalist from...
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| x Fort William, Ontario |
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Fort William was a city in Northern Ontario, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. At that...
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| x Fort York |
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Fort York is a historic site of military fortifications and related buildings on the west side of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The fort was built by the British Army and Canadian militia troops in the late 1700s and early 1800s, to defend the...
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| x New Fort York |
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New Fort York was built to replace Toronto's original Fort York at the mouth of Garrison Creek as the primary military base for the settlement. Unlike the older fort, it was not made of wood.
A series of six stone buildings were constructed in what...
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| x Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst |
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Port-la-Joye—Fort Amherst is a National Historic Site in Prince Edward Island Canada commemorating the location's double distinction in hosting both the oldest permanent European settlement on Prince Edward Island and the first military...
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| x Fort Chambly |
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Fort Chambly is a historic fort in the Canadian La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec. The fort is designated as a National Historic Site. Fort Richelieu was part of a series of five forts built along the Richelieu River. Fort...
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| x Citadelle of Quebec |
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The Citadelle—the French name is used both in English and French—is a military installation and official residence located atop Cap Diamant, adjoining the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. This citadel is part of the fortifications...
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| x Fort Battleford |
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Fort Battleford was the sixth North-West Mounted Police fort to be established in the North-West Territories of Canada, and played a central role in the events of the North-West Rebellion / Resistance of 1885. It was there that Poundmaker was...
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| x Fort Carlton |
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Fort Carlton was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trade post from 1810 until 1885. It was rebuilt by the Saskatchewan government as a provincial historic park and can be visited today. It is about 65 kilometers north of Saskatoon. Fort Carlton is located...
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| x Fort de la Corne |
Fort de la Corne was built in 1753 by Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne at the same time that the second Fort Paskoya was built. It was built a little lower than the Saskatchewan River Forks at the mouth of the Peonan Creek, a new...
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| x Fort Le Jonquière |
Fort La Jonquière was established in 1751 as part of the western commanders continued search for a route to the western sea. The commander at that time was Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, who had replaced Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la...
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| x Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan |
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Fort Pitt is a fort built in 1830 by the Hudson's Bay Company and was a trading post on the North Saskatchewan River in Canada. It was built by Chief Factor John Rowand, previously of Fort Edmonton, in order to trade for bison hides, meat and...
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| x Baimaguan Fort |
Baimaguan Fort (simplified Chinese: 白马关; traditional Chinese: 白馬關; pinyin: Báimǎguān) is a fort in the town of Fanzipai, north of Beijing and close to the Great Wall of China. It was built in the period of Emperor Yongle (1402-1424) of the Ming...
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| x Fan Lau Fort |
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Fan Lau Fort (Chinese: 分流炮台) is a fort in Fan Lau, the southwest corner of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. It is a declared a monument of Hong Kong.
Zheng He once travel Fan Lau. According to Macau Gazetteer, the fort was built in 1729 during 7th year...
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| x Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence |
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The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence (traditional Chinese: 香港海防博物館) is a museum in Hong Kong, located in a former coastal defence fort overlooking the Lei Yue Mun channel, near Shau Kei Wan on Hong Kong Island. The fort was built by the British...
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| x Tung Chung Fort |
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Tung Chung Fort (Chinese: 東涌古城, 東涌堡 or 東涌炮台; 東涌所城 during Qing Dynasty) is a fort located near Tung Chung, on Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. Located near Tung Chung Road, the fort is surrounded by villages of Sheung Ling Pei (上嶺皮) and Ha Ling Pei (下嶺皮)...
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| x Guia Fortress |
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The Guia Fortress (Portuguese: Fortaleza da Guia; Chinese: 東望洋炮台) is a historical military fort, chapel, and lighthouse complex in the St. Lazarus Parish of the former Portuguese colony of Macau, in China. The complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site...
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| x Fortaleza do Monte |
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Fortaleza do Monte (Portuguese for Mount Fortress, also Monte Forte, officially Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora do Monte de São Paulo, in English: Fortress of Our Lady of the Mount of St. Paul; Chinese: 大炮台) is the historical military centre of the...
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| x Taku Forts |
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The Taku Forts (Chinese: 大沽炮台; pinyin: Dàgū Pàotái; literally "Taku batteries"), also called the Peiho Forts (Chinese:白河碉堡; pinyin: Báihé Diāobǎo) are forts located by the Hai River (Peiho River) estuary, in Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, in...
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| x Lovrijenac |
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Fort Lovrijenac, also known as Dubrovnik's Gibraltar, is a fortress and theater located outside the western wall of the city of Dubrovnik in Croatia, 37 m above sea level. Famous for its plays and importance in resisting Venetian rule, it...
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| x Babylon Fortress |
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Babylon Fortress was an ancient fortress city or castle in the Delta of Egypt, located at Babylon in the area today known as Coptic Cairo. It was situated in the Heliopolite Nome, upon the right (eastern) bank of the Nile, at latitude 30°N, near the...
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| x Turku Castle |
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The Turku Castle, (Finnish: Turun linna, Swedish: Åbo slott) is a monument of Finnish history situated in the city of Turku in Finland. Together with the Cathedral of Turku, Turku castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use in Finland. Turku...
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| x Suomenlinna |
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Suomenlinna, until 1918 Viapori (Finnish), or Sveaborg (Swedish), is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands (Kustaanmiekka, Susisaari, Iso-Mustasaari, Pikku-Mustasaari, Länsi-Mustasaari and Långören), and which is nowadays part of Helsinki,...
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| x Svartholm fortress |
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The Svartholm fortress (Finnish: Svartholman merilinnoitus; Swedish: Svartholms fästning) was built between 1749 and 1764 outside Loviisa in Southern Finland by general Augustin Ehrensvärd. The fortress, which lies at the mouth of the Bay of Loviisa...
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| x Korela Fortress |
Korela Fortress (Russian: Корела, Finnish: Käkisalmen linna, Swedish: Keksholms fästning), at the town of Priozersk, was founded by the Karelians who named the place Käkisalmi.
It was first mentioned in a Novgorodian chronicle of 1143 as Korela....
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| x Fort Boyard |
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Fort Boyard is a fort located between the Île-d'Aix and the Île d'Oléron in the Pertuis d'Antioche straits, on the west coast of France. It is 61 metres long, 31 metres wide, and its walls are 20 metres high.
The construction of the fort was first...
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| x Fort-de-France |
Fort-de-France is the capital of France's Caribbean département d'outre-mer of Martinique. With a population of 134,727 inhabitants (1999 census) in the urban area, 90,347 of whom live in the city (commune) of Fort-de-France proper, it is also one...
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| x Fort de Joux |
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The Fort de Joux or Château de Joux is a castle, transformed into a fort, located in La Cluse-et-Mijoux, in the Doubs département, in the Jura mountains of France. It commands the mountain pass "Cluse de Pontarlier".
During its long history, Fort de...
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| x Fortress Marienberg |
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Fortress Marienberg (German: Festung Marienberg) is a prominent landmark on the Main river in Würzburg, Germany. The mighty Fortress Marienberg is the symbol of Würzburg and served as a home of the prince-bishops for nearly five centuries. It has...
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| x Spandau Citadel |
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The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) of Berlin, Germany, is one of the best-preserved Renaissance fortresses of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island created by the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was...
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| x Veste Oberhaus |
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Veste Oberhaus is a fortress that was founded in 1219 and, for most of its time, served as the stronghold of the Bishop of Passau, Germany.
The building is located on the mountain crest (St.Georgsberg) between the Danube and the Ilz rivers and...
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| x Zitadelle Mainz |
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The Mainzer Zitadelle (Citadel of Mainz) is situated at the fringe of the Old Town in direct proximity to the railway station "Mainz Römisches Theater". The fortress was constructed in 1660 and was an important part of the Fortress Mainz.
The...
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| x Agra Fort |
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Agra Fort is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Agra, India. The fort is also known as Lal Qila, Fort Rouge and Red Fort of Agra. It is about 2.5 km northwest of its much more famous sister monument, the Taj Mahal. The fort can be more...
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| x Bekal Fort |
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Bekal Fort (Malayalam: ബേക്കല് കോട്ട) is the biggest fort in Kerala, spreading over 40 acres (160,000 m). The important features of this fort are the tank with its flight of steps, the tunnel opening towards the south, the magazine for keeping...
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| x Palakkad Fort |
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Palakkad Fort (Tipu's Fort) is an old granite fort situated in the heart of Palakkad town (Palghaut) of Kerala state, southern India. It was built by Haider Ali in 1766 and remains one of the best preserved forts in Kerala.
The Palakkad Fort is said...
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| x Daulatabad |
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Daulatabad (Marathi दौलताबाद; Persian دولتآباد meaning “City of Prosperity”), is a 14th century fort city in Maharashtra, India, about 16 kilometers northwest of Aurangabad. The place, was once as known as Deogiri, (circa the sixth century AD, when...
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| x Kolaba Fort |
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Kolaba Fort (sometimes Kulaba Fort) is an old military fortification in India. It is situated in the sea at a distance of 1–2 km from the shores of Alibag, 35 km south of Mumbai, in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, India. It is a popular tourist...
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| x Lohagad |
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Lohagad (literally "Iron fort" in Marathi) is one of the many hill forts of Chatrapati Shivaji. It is situated 52 km from Pune in western India. Lohagad is at an elevation of 3,450 feet (1,052 m).
It divides the basins of the Indrayani and Pavna and...
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| x Murud-Janjira |
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Murud-Janjira is the local name for a fort situated at the coastal village of Murud, in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. It is famous for being the only fort along India's western coast that remained undefeated despite Maratha, Dutch and...
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| x Naldurg |
Naldurg is a city and a municipal council in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Tulja Bhavani, revered deity of Maharashtra, at whose feet Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj received inspiration to establish Hindvi Swaraj, is at...
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| x Padmadurg |
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Padmadurg is a fort in Maharashtra, India. It was built by shivaji to northwest of Janjira. Although it is not as big as Janjira but still a sea fort that can be visited by...
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| x Panhala |
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Panhala is a city and a Hill station Municipal Council (3177 feet above sea level) 18 km northwest of Kolhapur, in Kolhapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Panhala is the smallest city in Maharastra and being a Municipal Council the...
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| x Pratapgad |
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Pratapgad (also transcribed Pratapgarh or Pratapgadh) is a large fort located in Satara district, in the state of Maharashtra in India. Significant as the site of the Battle of Pratapgad, the fort is now a popular tourist destination.
Pratapgad is...
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| x Raigad |
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Raigad (Marathi:रायगड) is a hill fortress situated in the modern day Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. The Maratha king Shivaji made the fort his capital in 1674 when he was crowned King of a Maratha Kingdom which later developed into the...
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