Sentences with word «battlements»

The restored battlements of Fort Piscadera Bay lie within the resort.

See the ancient battlements in the beautifully preserved, medieval town of Carcassonne.

Prepare to be challenged (in a good way) to manage a lot of battlefield elements at one time by controlling the battle in real - time, bombarding your enemy's battlements with ballista - projected artillery, managing a fearsome ground attack, and casting powerful spells in epic conflict between Knights and Viking warriors.

(This fact is still visible to us in the thick battlements by which the walled cities of ancient and medieval Europe vainly tried to repel generations of hostile invaders.)

It is the legal equivalent of erecting battlements around a castle.

Set in 100 acres of grounds including a 9 hole links golf course, tennis courts, putting and croquet and historic roman battlements.

Tucked around a bend behind a chain - link fence sits what look like the ruins of a Rhenish castle, complete with decaying battlements and medieval turrets.

The very objects that seemed most secure, the heaviest walls and strongest battlements, are revealed as helpless and imperiled.

Will the People's Army storm the Westminster battlements?

Snyder's office at the University of Sydney is in a Gothic building complete with pointed towers and notched battlements.

Beyond this it's the little things that help to differentiate the title, with enemies attacking battlements as they pass by, requiring cash to be spent to keep them repaired and upgraded, while positioning towers on elevated platforms can increase a towers natural range, giving you tactical advantages where they're needed most.

Or if it was, it was only that for a few short weeks, until the industry forces manning the status - quo battlements got their mind around the fact that the internet wasn't going to go away no matter how many ruby - slippered heel clicks they threw at the damned thing.

WHY: Located in the moat and set against the magnificent fortress battlements, the Tower of London ice rink has surely one of the most stunning central London settings.

The fort has two levels of battlements where cannons are deployed and an observation tower.

With its gray battlements, domes, turrets, jharokhas, and huge gateways, Deogarh Mahal is a stunning sight from the the village below.

The Royal Mile itself offers an array of award winning restaurants with David Banns fantastic vegetarian establishment just off the high street, Fishers in the city, which is a fantastic fish restaurant, Le Sept, an awarding French Restaurant and to top it all The Witchery just along from the castle battlements.

Pick any street to stroll - you'll be wowed by sudden vistas of looming battlements, cold volcanic peaks and hills steeped in memory.

Erected from Roman times as a control structure to defend the important lines of communication which connected Northern Italy to the countries on the other side of the Alps, the Castle has undergone various enlargements over the centuries: it was the residence of a noble Italian family, who surrounded it entirely with imposing Guelph - style decorative battlements and built a central tower.

St. Kitts» principle historic attraction is Brimstone Hill Fortress, dating to 1690; its well - preserved battlements are the centerpiece of a park with walking trails.

Huge cannons sat atop battlements that guarded sprawling walls running the line of the UIR borders.

The following year he had his first overseas solo exhibition, at the Robert Elkon Gallery in Manhattan, whilst the Tate Gallery became the first major public collection to buy his work when they acquired Battlements.

The same relation holds between different levels of archers» platforms and battlements, the inner higher and overlooking the outer.

Lob a Molotov cocktail over the battlements and within moments it comes back to you — redesigned, attractively packaged and priced for Christmas.

There are embrasures through which one shoots poisoned arrows; there are battlements, to be sure, from which one looks down upon those below.

In their minds, there must be a whole mass of Middle America poised to wake up and storm the battlements with them.

Bosnia is also home to one of the most exciting archaeological finds of the Neolithic, a 7,000 - year - old settlement of 3,000 people living in a village surrounded by battlements and trenches, perhaps larger than any other known settlement of that age.

Where others see only sand and scrub, Sarianidi has turned up the remnants of a wealthy town protected by high walls and battlements.

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As Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson), and Ron (Rupert Grint) bring their search for the horcruxes that contain pieces of Voldemort's soul to their alma mater, the movie settles in for an extended siege of the beloved school, its battlements finally useful after all these years.

While one accepts that the violence has been shaped to the constraints of a «12A» certificate, surely the climactic battle between Voldemort and the Hogwarts faithful will prompt some to wonder why hardly any human being dies — not even from the masonry crashing off the battlements.

McRae downshifts through the six - speed gearbox of the Ford Focus ST to flash past Parkes Castle, a curious seventeenth - century colonial manor house adorned with battlements and turrets.

Standing on the battlements in his pajamas, Balthazar Jones looked out across the Thames where Henry III's polar bear had once fished for salmon while tied to a rope.

Known for the custom paint - jobs on tiny figurines and battlements, the franchise made the move to video games some time ago.

In this version, the enemy was so pathetic that, even were the soldiers to find the strength to lift their guns, they had no artillery to help them, and with enough stalwart Romans on the battlements, we could drown them in our piss and mockery as they tried to scale their way upward.

Some traditional writers got caught up in the early brawls, and there was a bit of taunting from the battlements of the Forbidden City.

For a true Scottish experience, attend the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, where kilted pipers play below the battlements of Edinburgh Castle.

During high tides, its slender towers and sky - scraping turrets, encircled by stout ramparts and battlements, appear to rise out of the middle of the bay.

The views of the lake from the castle's battlements are excellent, so it is well worth the climb.

Tourists duck and dive under towering bridges, they tumble down treacherously steep steps and feel the wind whip their noses and cheeks as if they were standing on the battlements.

Perhaps its most impressive highlight is the arrangement of battlements and towers at the peak of Mount Titan offering an impressive view over the rest of the city.

Famous for its grand 13th century castle, the views over the lake from the castle's battlements are truly captivating.

It was named by Captain Cook in 1770 who was struck by the similarities of Castle Rock to the battlements of...