fortified cities
Defended urban centers
Fortified cities are urban settlements protected by defensive structures—walls, moats, gates, towers.
The term appears most often in historical and biblical contexts, describing ancient centers of power designed to withstand siege: The Israelites feared the fortified cities of Canaan.
Today the phrase evokes antiquity and military architecture rather than modern urban planning.
- citadelsFortified urban defensive structures
- parapetsLow protective walls
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- bastionsFortified defensive positions
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