Sieges
World Heritage Sites connected to 'Sieges':
Agrigento Romans 261BCAleppo By SaladinAncient Nara Taira Clan 1180Ayutthaya Burmese Army in 1569 and 1767Berat and Gjirokastra Siege of Berat 1455Cartagena
British 1741 (lifted)Cartagena
1815, 4 month siege by Spain under Morillo who recaptured the city from the rebels who had declared independence in 1811 Champaner-Pavagadh Of 20 months, by Mahmud BegadaColonia del Sacramento Several times, by the SpanishCuzco Siege of Cuzco (May 6, 1536 – March 1537); linkDubrovnik Yugoslave Peoples army 1991/2 (Lifted)Florence Siege of Florence (1529–1530)Fortifications of Vauban Neuf-Brisach was besieged by the Germans in 1870Granada Ferdinand + Isabella 1492Gwynedd (Harlech Castle) Prince Henry 1409, Edward IV 1461/8Historic Cairo By SaladinHollókö Besieged by the TurksIstanbul (Constantinople) Umayyads 674/8 (lifted) Umayyads 717/8 (lifted), 4th Crusade 1204, Mehmet 1453Kazan Kremlin Russians 1552Kiev Turcic Pechenegs 968 (lifted)Lyon Besieged during the French Revolution. Aug/Sept 1783 at the order of the committee of Public Safety for counter revolutionary activities. French Republican forces laid siege and captured the city and followed up with its partial destruction and execution of many of its citizens.; linkMantua and Sabbioneta Mantua: during The War of the Mantuan Succession in 1630 by an Imperial army of 36,000 Landsknecht mercenariesMasada Romans 73ADMedina of Tunis During the 8th Crusade (1270)Mexico City (Tenochtitlan) Cortez 1521Old City of Acre 2 sieges: first confrontation of the Third Crusade (1189-1191), and an unsuccessful French siege of the Ottoman-defended, walled city of Acre (in 1799) which was the turning point of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and SyriaOld City of Jerusalem Assyrians 721BC (lifted), Romans 70AD, 1st Crusaders 1099, Saladin 1187Old Havana British 1762Paris, Banks of the Seine Vikings 885/6Québec 1690 New Englanders (lifted), General Wolfe 1759Rhodes Demetrius of Macedonia 304/4BC (lifted), Ottomans 1480 (lifted), Ottomans 1522Riga Napoleonic forces 1812 (lifted)Rome At least 6; linkSite of Carthage Romans 149/6BCSolovetsky Islands (Monastery) Tsar v "Old Believers" 1668/76St. Petersburg Siege of Leningrad 1941-44 (lifted) - remains are inscribed as Green Belt of glory and Road of LifeSyracuse Athenians 415BC (lifted), Romans 213/2BC, Arabs 878Toledo Siege of the Alcázar Jul 21 - Sep 27 1936. By the Republicans against the Nationalist force holding the Alcázar The building was largely destroyed by artillery, air bombardment and mining. In late September the building had almost been over-run but held out long enough to be relieved by Franco's forces.; linkTroy Acheans c1200BCTyre Alexander the Great 332BCValetta Turks 1565Vienna Ottomans 1529 (lifted), 1683 (lifted)
