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Place in a fortification where troops can gather From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A place-of-arms (Italian: piazza d'armi, French: place d'armes) is any place in a fortification where troops can gather. The term has a number of meanings, but it generally refers to an enlarged area of the covertway designed as an assembly point for soldiers, or a square in the centre of a fortress, also known as a parade ground.[1]
There are two types of places-of-arms:[2]
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