Published 11 months ago by kiyoharu takamura
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Toumi-Banya is a lookout post for monitoring Lake Ashinoko in Edo period.travelers were prohibited by boat across this lake it.So in always 2 soldiers ha...(more)
Published 11 months ago by kiyoharu takamura
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"Hakone sekisho" was a checkpoint for defence of Edo from 1619 to 1869.It was established for monitoring "Tokaido(then major road)" by Tokugawa shoguna...(more)
Published almost 3 years ago by Tom Hurley
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The Col du Portalet marks the top of the Pyrenean pass between the Vallée d'Ossau in France to the north and the Vallée de Tena in Spain to the south...(more)
Published almost 3 years ago by Tom Hurley
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Positioned at the top of the Col du Portalet, this derelict border control sits between the Vallée d'Ossau in France to the north a...(more)
Published about 3 years ago by Oliver Mann
Until 1969, this has been the checkpoint for all traffic, passing from West-Berlin to Western Germany and vice versa. Because of ...(more)
Published about 3 years ago by Oliver Mann
From 1945 to 1990, the checkpoint Marienborn was part of the inner german border, the so called iron curtain. To move from W...(more)
