Aerial view of the site, Qal'at Al-Bahrain Site

Aerial view of Qal'at al-Bahrain with 1 moat, 2 Genoan style bastions, built 1561 AD, 3 Boulevard (baluartes), built to allow troops and artillery movement, 4 spur tower, which protected the keep, 5 towers of the 1st and 2nd fortresses, 6 lower courtyard, 7 drawbridge leading to the lower courtyard, 8 entrance to the fortress from the lower courtyard, 9 keep or captain tower, 10 arsenal, 11 cistern, 12 stables, 13 Portuguese chapel, 14 madbasa, photograph, in the Qal'at Al-Bahrain Site Museum, near Manama in Bahrain. The museum was opened in 2008, displaying artefacts of the history and archaeology of the Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13441945

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45127127

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4724px x 3685px (5.0MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen