Masada Fortress layout

1. Snake trail gates 2,5,8 rebels dwellings. 3. Byzantine monastic caves. 4. eastern cistern. 6. mikvah. 7. Southern gates 9. southern cistern. 10. Southern tower. 11. swimming pool. 12,15,16 small palaces 13. tower with round columbarium 14. mosaic workshop. 17. public immersion pool.

Western Palace: 18. service area. 19. residential apartment. 20. storehouses. 21. administrative area. 22. tanners' tower. 23. Western gate. 24. columbarium towers. 25. synagogue. 26. Byzantine church. 27. officer barracks.
Northern Palace: 28. main residence. 29. quarries 30. commandant’s apartment. 31. tower. 32. administration building. 33. gate. 34. storerooms. 35. bathhouse. 36. Water gate.
Herod's Palace: 37. upper terrace. 38. middle terrace. 39. lower terrace.

A. place were ostraca cache were found in casemate. B. throne room. C.&colorful mosaic floor. D.Roman breach in fortress wall. E.coins found. F.ostraca cache found. G.three skeletons found.

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Land forts and fortress:
Bip Castle Gatchina Ivangorod Izborsk Kexholm Kirillov Monastery Koporye Novgorod Pechorskiy Monastery Peter&Paul Fortress Porkhov Pskov Schlisselburg Staraya Ladoga Tikhvin Vyborg Hameenlinna Hamina Kastelholm Kymenlinna Lappaenranta Raseborg Castle Savonlinna Tavetti Turku Visby Fredrikstadt Fredriksten Hegra Fort Hoytorp Fort Arensburg Narva Tallinn Antipatris Caesarea Jerusalem Latrun Fort Masada
Sea forts and fortresses:
Alexander Fort Ino Fort Krasnaya Gorka Fort Kronstadt: Kotlin isl. Kronstadt: North Forts Kronstadt: South Forts Trongsund Hanko Svartholm Sveaborg Marstrand Siaro Fort Vaxholm Oscarsborg
Artillery batteries and individual guns:
Coastal Artillery Hemso Fort
Fortified areas and defensive lines:
Karelian Fortified Area (KaUR) KrUR Leningrad Mannerheim Line Nevsky Bridgehead VT Line Harparskog Line Salpa Line Gothland

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