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glacis

protective slope built into a fortification
Class type of: architectural element Q948008
glacis
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Facts

6 properties

Identity

Instance of
urban green space
More facts +5
Subclass of
architectural element[2]
Part of
fortification[3]
Described by source
Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Different from
Glacis[11]
Said to be the same as
escarpa[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en glacis ar أحدور cs koliště fa شیب حصار he חלקלקה hu bástyatér hu glacis it spalto ja 斜堤 ja グレイシス ko 글라시 ms Glasis pl Przedstok pt declive pt escarpa ru гласис sv Fältvall tr Glasi uk Гласіс
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300003714
BabelNet ID
03198576n
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/glacis
FOIH heritage types ID
1189
Freebase ID
/m/02p0t1w
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
glacis-0
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0112148
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
glacis
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID
Glacis

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Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Different from 1
Glacis
Instance of 1
urban green space
Part of 1
fortification
Said to be the same as 1
escarpa
Subclass of 1
architectural element
← Different from 1
Glacis
← Said to be the same as 1
escarpa
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Summary

glacis is an urban green space[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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