| Show c carton u s old 1 d n churches Chure hes brior eifle I 1 the th e fortified t d church of the old be clevers at kosareff Koma Roma reff russia probably was and still Is the strongest fortified church in europe this sect was tor for a long time cruelly persecuted and at intervals something approaching civil war was waged they had several churches and these were fortified and turned into castles several times were the churches besieged but in every case they successfully resisted th the attempts of the czars azars troops to capture them with the exception of the kosareff Koma reff church the fortifications have been allowed to tall fall into decay but this place is still maintained in such a manner as to resist a siege large guns being mounted in points of vantage and ammunition being kept within the walls the fortress church of luz irr in the french department of hantes hautes pyrenees Pyre nees is surrounded by a thick wall fifteen feet in height having strong battlements on the top and loopholes through which shots or missiles could be hurled against the enemy large guns were placed in position on the root roof while inside the church was a store of rifles pistols cutlasses cut lasses etc this church which belonged to the knights Temp lars was planted at luz to guard the frontier and formed an outpost of christians against the saracens saracena Sara cens at first and afterwards against the spaniards |
