Part 5: Vienna’s outer defenses

                                                Map, courtesy of Robert Hall Vienna’s defenses reflected the growing influence of the trace italienne, a system of fortification that evolved in Italy between 1450-1520s and included angled walls and arrow-shaped bastions. This superseded the medieval style of turrets placed on the ends of walls. Bastions not […]

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