COLLECTION NAME:
Design Library Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
NCSULIB~1~1
Design Library Image Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
180681
imageid
180681
Accession Number
false
Order Title:
Archivision Addition Module SIX--6,074 images
orderdescription
Archivision Addition Module SIX--6,074 images
Order Title
false
Type of View:
generalView
imagetitletype
generalView
Type of View
false
View Title:
Half or "demi" bastion (Dauphin bastion) facing the harbor
imagetitle
Half or "demi" bastion (Dauphin bastion) facing the harbor
View Title
false
Date of View:
8/20/2001
imagedate
8/20/2001
Date of View
false
Image description:
Louisbourg was also home to six bastions, two of which are reconstructed. Dauphin bastion, commonly referred to as a 'demi-bastion' for its modification, the King's bastion, Queen's bastion, Princess bastion, Maurepas bastion and the Brouillon bastion. On the eastern side of the fort, fifteen guns pointed out to the harbor. The wall on this side was only sixteen feet high and six feet across.
imagedescription
Louisbourg was also home to six bastions, two of which are reconstructed. Dauphin bastion, commonly referred to as a 'demi-bastion' for its modification, the King's bastion, Queen's bastion, Princess bastion, Maurepas bastion and the Brouillon bastion. On the eastern side of the fort, fifteen guns pointed out to the harbor. The wall on this side was only sixteen feet high and six feet across.
Image description
false
Image Rights:
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
imagerights
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image Rights
false
Source Institution:
Archivision, Inc.
sourceinstitution
Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution
false
Collection:
Addition Module SIX
collection
Addition Module SIX
Collection
false
Culture:
Canadian
culture
Canadian
Culture
false
Subject:
Restoration and conservation
subject
Restoration and conservation
Subject
false
Subject:
France--Colonies--America
subject
France--Colonies--America
Subject
false
Work Types:
Architecture; public works; fortifications
worktypes
Architecture; public works; fortifications
Work Types
false
Work Types:
complexes; sites (locations); historic sites
worktypes
complexes; sites (locations); historic sites
Work Types
false
Preferred Title:
Fortress of Louisbourg
worktitle
Fortress of Louisbourg
Preferred Title
false
Agent Display:
Jean Fran¿ois du Verger de Verville (French architect, ca. 1680-1729)
workagentdisplay
Jean Fran¿ois du Verger de Verville (French architect, ca. 1680-1729)
Agent Display
false
Date:
reconstructed 1960's (other)
workdatedisplay
reconstructed 1960's (other)
Date
false
Materials:
stone; wood; brick
workmaterialdisplay
stone; wood; brick
Materials
false
Technique:
construction (assembling)
worktechniquedisplay
construction (assembling)
Technique
false
Alternate Title:
Forteresse de Louisbourg
titletext
Forteresse de Louisbourg
Alternate Title
false
Locations:
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Park, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
locations
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Park, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Locations
false
Location Type:
(site)
locationtype
(site)
Location Type
false
Style/Period:
French Colonial
styleperiod
French Colonial
Style/Period
false
Style/Period:
Eighteenth century
styleperiod
Eighteenth century
Style/Period
false
Classification:
Architecture
classificationterm
Architecture
Classification
false