Venetian fortifications

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Renaissance military architecture cultural heritage fortification system

The Venetian fortifications are massive Renaissance-era defensive walls and bastions, especially notable in Mediterranean port cities like Famagusta, built by the Republic of Venice to protect its strategic maritime possessions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th centuries 1
Venetian fortifications canonical 1
Venetian fortifications in Crete 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance military architecture ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
fortification system ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Renaissance architecture ⓘ
bastion fort ⓘ
trace italienne ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedToCounter artillery ⓘ
gunpowder weapons ⓘ
endTime 17th century ⓘ
hasPart bastions ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
gates ⓘ
moats ⓘ
ravelins ⓘ
sea-facing batteries ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
influenced early modern European fortifications ⓘ
influencedBy Italian school of military architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInOrOn Bergamo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Candia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cattaro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Corfu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crete NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dalmatian coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Famagusta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heraklion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ionian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kotor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicosia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palmanova NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peschiera del Garda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rethymno NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sibenik NERFINISHED ⓘ
Split NERFINISHED ⓘ
Verona NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zadar NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
notableExample Fortifications of Bergamo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fortifications of Corfu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fortifications of Famagusta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fortifications of Kotor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fortifications of Palmanova NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fortifications of Zadar NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Venetian maritime empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent Cretan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morean War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman–Venetian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Famagusta NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 16th century ⓘ
timePeriod Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor city defense ⓘ
defense ⓘ
protection of maritime possessions ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Famagusta → knownFor → Venetian fortifications ⓘ
Bergamo → heritageSiteName → Venetian fortifications ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th centuries
Venetian Walls of Heraklion → category → Venetian fortifications ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venetian fortifications in Crete
Agios Andreas Bastion → category → Venetian fortifications ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venetian fortifications in Greece