A hornwork is an element of the Italian bastion system of fortification. Its face is flanked with a pair of half-bastions. It is distinguished from a crownwork, because crownworks contain full bastions at their centers. They are both outworks.
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Hoornwerk.png/220px-Hoornwerk.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Hornwerk.png/220px-Hornwerk.png)
![Drawing, showing a hornwork, of the fortress Nya Älvsborg in Gothenburg, Sweden from 1811.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/NyaAlvsborg1811.jpg/220px-NyaAlvsborg1811.jpg)
References
edit- ^ From Cyclopaedia
- ^ Europaeum Theatrum, Volume 5, plate 12. Published in 1651 in Frankfurt am Main.