Siege and garrison artillery were heavy pieces that could be used either in attacking or defending fortified places.

While the name imports a fortified place, nothing is known of its history.

In fact the name itself is thought to have derived from 'Disburg' which meant a sacred and fortified place.

It was an important fortified place and the chief town of the area of Pallars in 1453.

Under the Romans, many of the old fortified places were expanded and refortified.

According to eyewitnesses, only those who took refuge in fortified places escaped the carnage.

Humiliatingly, in 1156, they were forced to relinquish the castle of Castillon and other fortified places.

The village name is unusual as the ending "bury" in English place names usually signifies a fortified place.

The towers in such lines were similar to those used in attacking fortified places, but not so high, and of course not moveable.

A citadel, the dictionary says, is a fortified place or stronghold.