Festung Rothenberg
Festung Rothenberg is a historic hilltop defensive fortress that is now a mix of ruins and restored museum. The site was built to geometric principles. Because they wanted to avoid blind spots, bastions were built to a star-shaped design. The site of the fortress on a hill ridge resembled that of medieval castles, that were often built on high points that were very difficult to access. In this case, the hillside thus protected the fortress to the south, east and west from being stormed, but not from the powerful siege guns of that time. (Schnaittach, Germany)
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