The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia (Chronicle) mentions Riga's earliest recorded fortifications upon a promontory, Senais kalns ("ancient hill"), later...

of Zaumel. Michael Andreas's grandfather, Wilhelm Barclay de Tolly, served as the mayor of Riga, while his father served in the Russian army before being...

on the eastern edge of the old town of Latvian capital Riga. In 1856, the ramparts of the Riga Fortress [lv] were demolished, replacing the 'Sand Bastion'...

century. The first duke of Athens (as well as of Thebes, at first) was Otto de la Roche, a minor Burgundian knight of the Fourth Crusade. Although he was...

assisted by merchants from Bremen and Lübeck and a few converts, had built fortifications along the River Düna, where Christians held their religious services...

administration of the Archbishopric of Riga. While there is little information about the construction of these fortifications, while there is considerable evidence...

musketeer, Rimpler fought during the 1656 Siege of Riga and later took an interest in military fortifications. During the 1660s he received an education in...

in 1927. They equipped two platoons of the 1st Tank Company, located in Riga.  Kingdom of Spain  Spanish Army purchased a single example for testing in...

Marshal (1693) Governor-General of Livonia (1696–1702) Fortifications of Gothenburg Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban Menno van Coehoorn Tureholm Castle Cathal...

southern Estonia and northern Latvia) became the governorates of Reval and Riga, when they were conquered by Russia during the Great Northern War, and then...