The outer fortifications can be seen in the foreground: glacis, covered way, ravelin and hornwork. | En primer plano las fortificaciones exteriores: glacis, camino cubierto, revellín y hornaquebe. |
The counterguard, hornwork and ravelin were surrounded by a secondary fosse leading into the main fosse and a covered way fitted with a parapet, parade squares and traverses. | Contraguardia, hornabeque y revellín estaban rodeados por un foso secundario que desembocaba en el foso principal y de un camino cubierto dotado de parapeto, plazas de armas y traveses. |
These defence buildings, all of them conserved intact, consist of: a great main hornwork and two other smaller ones, two counter guards, seven ravelins -of different sizes- and five countermine galleries. | Estas obras defensivas, conservadas intactas y en su totalidad, son: un gran hornabeque principal y otros dos menores, dos contraguardias, siete revellines -de diversos tamaños- y cinco galerías de contramina. |
These consisted of a main fosse standing before the wall, a hornwork (1637-39) and a ravelin which protected the curtain of the hornwork. The ravelin and curatin were linked by a double caponier or covered passageway. | Estaban constituidas por un foso principal antepuesto a la muralla, por un hornabeque (1637-39) y por un revellín que protegía la cortina del hornabeque, estableciéndose la comunicación entre los dos últimos por medio de una caponera o pasillo a cubierto. |
