The fortress of Sarzanello, Liguria, Italy - If you are into Renaissance architecture & the development of advanced artillery fortifications this is where it all starts. It has the first example in the world of a rivellino (ravelin), or bastion built between 1497-1502 by Genoese
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The bastion was probably a response to the French invasion of northern Italy in 1494-5 when Charles VIII of France brought new mobile bronze field artillery into play on many of the older round tower fortifications. The design possibly used drawings by L. da Vinci for inspiration
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