Venetian fortifications

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance military architecture ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
fortification system ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
architecturalStyle Renaissance architecture ⓘ
bastion fort ⓘ
trace italienne ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice ⓘ
creator Republic of Venice ⓘ
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 ⓘ
locatedInOrOn Bergamo ⓘ
Candia ⓘ
Cattaro ⓘ
Chania ⓘ
Corfu ⓘ
Crete ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Dalmatian coast ⓘ
Famagusta ⓘ
Heraklion ⓘ
Ionian Islands ⓘ
Kotor ⓘ
Nicosia ⓘ
Palmanova ⓘ
Peschiera del Garda ⓘ
Rethymno ⓘ
Sibenik ⓘ
linked to: Šibenik

Split ⓘ
Verona ⓘ
Zadar ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
notableExample Fortifications of Bergamo ⓘ
Fortifications of Corfu ⓘ
Fortifications of Famagusta ⓘ
Fortifications of Kotor ⓘ
linked to: Kotor Fortress

Fortifications of Palmanova ⓘ
Fortifications of Zadar ⓘ
linked to: Zadar city walls
partOf Venetian maritime empire ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Venice
significantEvent Cretan War ⓘ
Morean War ⓘ
Ottoman–Venetian Wars ⓘ
Siege of Famagusta ⓘ
startTime 16th century ⓘ
timePeriod Renaissance ⓘ
usedFor city defense ⓘ
defense ⓘ
protection of maritime possessions ⓘ

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

Famagusta → knownFor → Venetian fortifications ⓘ
Bergamo → heritageSiteName → Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th centuries ⓘ
linked to: Venetian fortifications
Venetian Walls of Heraklion → category → Venetian fortifications in Crete ⓘ
linked to: Venetian fortifications
Agios Andreas Bastion → category → Venetian fortifications in Greece ⓘ
linked to: Venetian fortifications
Peschiera del Garda → partOf → Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da Mar ⓘ
linked to: Venetian fortifications
Kithira → hasFeature → Venetian castles ⓘ
linked to: Venetian fortifications
Modon → knownFor → Venetian fortifications ⓘ
Kotor, Montenegro → knownFor → Venetian fortifications ⓘ
Ammochostos → knownFor → Venetian walls ⓘ
linked to: Venetian fortifications
Famagusta city walls → operator → Venetian military authorities (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Venetian fortifications
Città Alta → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site (Venetian Works of Defence) ⓘ
linked to: Venetian fortifications