What was the strongest fortfication for each era?

[SirDestroyer]

????????

[Salem1]

............ This is like asking what the greatest omelette ever created is. We need to know specifics, what to measure by, what time period, where...

[Lysimachus]

Uhmm....

What about Masada or Alamut? Though I suppose Constantinople rates pretty highly.

[SturmChurro]

Yeah, I agree I remember quotes talking about Constantinople's double walls, and that no one could get through.

[Koelkastmagneet]

Agreed, Constantinople's walls were mighty impressive.

[SirDestroyer]

What was the srongest fortification for each time period and the strongest of those 3?

[Claudius Gothicus]

Maginot Line? I'm sure it classifies as the most useless one too

[DAVIDE]

Palmanova

[MemnonOfRhodes]

A wall can be seen as a fortification too right?....

[Del Valle]

Depends on the era, really.

Krak des Chevaliers was probably the strongest fortification in the world or at least Western Asia during its time.

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Constantinople with its Theodosian walls is another strong contender.

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[uzi716]

I saw a TV show about Constantinople, those defenses were just ridiculous, like 3 walls to get passed...

Also what about that wall that the Romans built in Britain? I forget what it is called but for its time it was revolutionary

[Pious Agnost]

I was going to say Krak de Chevaliers, but I've been beaten to it!

Then again, this question is stupid

Also what about that wall that the Romans built in Britain? I forget what it is called but for its time it was revolutionary

Hadrian's wall

[Lysimachus]

@Ujio

Well duh, since fortifications prior to modern times tended to revolve around large walls.

[MemnonOfRhodes]

@Ujio

Well duh, since fortifications prior to modern times tended to revolve around large walls.

Well i didn't know if he meant that or a Fort... Herr Sarcasm

[Wolfcp11]

The strongest fortifications are young men and women willing to defend their homeland

[uzi716]

The strongest fortifications are young men and women willing to defend their homeland

But fortifications can't hurt

[Farnan]

Cheyenne Mountain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain

Its a mountain. With one entrance. With 25 ton steel doors. With its own lake. Built to withstand Nuclear blast.

Yea, try taking that haha.

[Lysimachus]

The strongest fortifications are young men and women willing to defend their homeland

This thread is not the place for cheesy one-liners like that

Well i didn't know if he meant that or a Fort... Herr Sarcasm

Well if forts don't use walls, then what do they use?

[MemnonOfRhodes]

Well if forts don't use walls, then what do they use?

There is a big difference between a wall around a fort than a wall guarding a border....

[Heavy Weapons Guy]

Constantinople and Vienna...