# Hornwork

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{{Short description|Fortification element}}
[[Image:Table of Fortification, Cyclopaedia, Volume 1.jpg|thumb|left|Feature 'f' is a hornwork<ref>From ''[Cyclopaedia](/source/Cyclop%C3%A6dia%2C_or_an_Universal_Dictionary_of_Arts_and_Sciences)''</ref>]]
thumb|right|Hornwork
[[File:Hornwerk.png|thumb|The [Weber Church](/source/Weber_Church) of [Zittau](/source/Zittau) inside a hornwork<ref>''[Europaeum Theatrum](/source/Europaeum_Theatrum)'', Volume 5, plate 12. Published in 1651 in [Frankfurt am Main](/source/Frankfurt_am_Main).</ref>]]
alt=Drawing, showing a hornwork, of the fortress Nya Älvsborg in Gothenburg, Sweden from 1811.|thumb|Drawing, showing a hornwork, of the fortress Nya Älvsborg in Gothenburg, Sweden from 1811.
A '''hornwork''' is an element of the Italian bastion system of [fortification](/source/fortification).  Its face is flanked with a pair of half-[bastion](/source/bastion)s. It is distinguished from a [crownwork](/source/crownwork), because crownworks contain full bastions at their centers. They are both [outwork](/source/outwork)s.

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