John Sheldon's photos with the keyword: Fortress

Almuñécar, on the Spanish coast. The white buildings of the 'old town' viewed from inside the remains of the even older fortress. The area was used as a look-out point by Phoenician settlers who arrived about 1500 BC. The fortress building was started by the Romans after 49 BC and continued to be used and developed by the Moors until 1489 AD. The Moors called the town Hizn Al-Munekhab, which is believed to mean “Fortress on the hill”, and which then became “al-Munekkab”.

Spinalonga island, just north of Crete, was an important strategic site for many centuries. deaths and casualties incurred attacking and defending it total hundreds of thousands. Venetians occupied the island between c1550 and 1715 when they were succeeded by the Ottoman Empire.