The marshes at the mouth of the Rio Tempisque at Palo Verde National Park are the last stronghold of the jabiru in Central America. |
The interior of the stronghold was as utilitarian as the rest of the base, made of white stone with no attempt at ornamentation. |
It's a 14th Century Norman castle, which gained fame as the last Irish stronghold to submit to Oliver Cromwell's Roundheads. |
It remains a Kurdish stronghold with most people speaking Kurdish as their first language. |
The same stronghold was besieged in 1136, when miners again attempted to demolish the walls. |
The headland it was built on forms a natural stronghold with the sea on three sides and is only approachable from the north. |