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fortification

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Destination Kotor A closeup look at Kotor's Stari Grad, or Old Town, from the Port of Kotor. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Kotor A medieval battlement, with narrow slits for weapons, along the 1,350-step trail rising above Kotor. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Croatia A medieval-era turret shows signs of its age atop the fortifications of Old Dubrovnik. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Croatia A view of the fortress from a watchtower along the top of Old Dubrovnik's perimeter. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Croatia A close-up of the fortress atop a promenade guarding Dubrovnik. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Croatia A fortress served as the first line of defense, just outside the main walls of Old Dubrovnik. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Croatia The fall of Constantinople in 1453 lit a fire under the locals to start fortifying Old Dubrovnik. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Croatia A cannon is part of the defense Old Dubrovnik used throughout the ages. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Croatia A look at the lookout tower at the top of the Old Dubrovnik fortress. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Croatia Dubrovnik as seen through a guard's watchtower. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Croatia A medieval-era turret shows signs of its age atop the garrison at Old Dubrovnik. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Croatia A lookout point along the medieval battlements of Old Dubrovnik. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Croatia Stone walls served as the first line of defense around the perimeter of Old Dubrovnik. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Croatia A medieval tower and battlements that once stood guard over Dubrovnik, City of Stone and Light. The walls rise 25 meters high (82 feet) in some places. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Cairo Qaitbay Citadel, a defensive fortress on the Mediterranean coast in Alexandria, Egypt, was established in 1477 AD. Photo: kmf164 · Creative Commons BY-SA
Destination Saint Kitts and Nevis Brimstone Hill Fortress on St. Kitts was built largely from quarried blackened basalt rock from 1690 to 1790. Photo: Phaewilk · Brisbane Productions
Ship Silver Spirit Inside Brimstone Hill Fortress on St. Kitts. It's the second-biggest fortification in the Caribbean. Photo: Phaewilk · Brisbane Productions