I really like Vauban style forts. The gateways are usually understated things almost hidden away surmounted by sculptures of weapons and trophies. Not so popular in the British Isles as on the continent. One of the best examples in England is at Tilbury - in Scotland Fort George and Ireland Charles Fort at Kinsale. I was reading an account of the Americans in WW2 trying to blow open a gate of one of these fortress gates and nothing, including howitzers, tanks firing point blank range made a dent - in the end they satchel charged the surrounding masonry.
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