This is a list for articles on notable historic forts which may or may not be under current active use by a military. There are also many towns named after a Fort, the largest being

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Antigua and Barbuda

* Fort James, Antigua

Armenia

* Amberd * Bjni Fortress *

Dashtadem Fortress Dashtadem Fortress ( hy, Դաշտադեմի ամրոց) is a substantial fortress of the 10th to 19th centuries located at the southern outskirts of Dashtadem village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. In a cemetery south of Dashtadem, lies ...

* Ertij Fort *

Halidzor Fortress The fortress of Halidzor ( hy, Հալիձորի բերդ) is along a hill overlooking the Voghji River to the north, near the village of Kapan, which is southwest in the Syunik Province of Armenia. Halidzor Fortress is above sea level. Histor ...

Kakavaberd Kakavaberd or Kaqavaberd ( hy, Կաքավաբերդ, Eastern Armenian ''Kak’avaberd''; also known as Geghi Berd, Keghi Berd or Kegh ( hy, Գեղի բերդ ''Gełi Berd'') is a fortress on a ridge overlooking the Azat River gorge at Khosrov For ...

* Kosh Fortress *

Lori Fortress Lori Fortress ( hy, Լոռի բերդ) is an 11th-century Armenian fortress located near the Lori Berd village in Lori Province, Armenia. The fortress was built by David Anhoghin to become the capital of Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget in 1065. The ...

Meghri Fortress Meghri Fortress ( hy, Մեղրու բերդ), is an 11th-century Armenian fortress located in the town of Meghri Meghri ( hy, Մեղրի) is a town and the center of the urban community of Meghri, in Syunik Province in southern Armenia, near t ...

* Odzaberd *

Proshaberd Proshaberd ( hy, Պռոշաբերդ, also Boloraberd) is a fortress built in the 13th century by Prince Prosh Khaghbakian. It is about north of the town of Vernashen in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. Almost one kilometer east is the 14th ...

* Sardarapat Fortress *

Sev Berd Sev Berd or Black Fortress ( hy, Սև բերդ; russian: Чёрная Кре́пость, ''Chornaya Krepost'') is an abandoned Russian imperial fortress in Gyumri, Shirak Province, Armenia. The fortress, which lies from the Turkish border, was b ...

Vorotnaberd Vorotnaberd ( hy, Որոտանաբերդ; also Davit Bek's Castle) is an important fortress along a ridge overlooking the Vorotan gorge, between the villages of Vaghatin and Vorotan in the Syunik Province of Armenia. Vorotnaberd is above se ...

Artsakh

Australia

;Sydney Harbour fortifications *

Beehive Casemate {{redirect, Beehive Bunker, the crisis management command centre under The Beehive in New Zealand, National Crisis Management Centre Beehive Casemate is a historical fortification located on the banks of Obelisk Bay, in Sydney Harbour, New Sou ...

Bradleys Head Fortification Complex The Bradleys Head Fortification Complex is a heritage-listed former mast and defensive battery and military fortification and now war memorial and recreational area located at Bradleys Head Road within the Sydney Harbour National Park in in the ...

Fort Denison Fort Denison, part of the Sydney Harbour National Park, is a protected national park that is a heritage-listed former penal site and defensive facility occupying a small island located north-east of the Royal Botanic Garden and approximat ...

* Fort Kirribilli * Fort Macquarie * Georges Head Battery *

Lower Georges Heights Commanding Position The Lower Georges Heights Commanding Position is located in the urban locality of Georges Heights in the suburb of Mosman, on the shores of Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Lower Georges Heights Commanding Position was cons ...

Middle Head Fortifications The Middle Head Fortifications is a heritage-listed former defence establishment and military fortifications and now public space located at Middle Head Road, Middle Head, in the Mosman Council local government area of New South Wales, Austra ...

Steel Point Battery The Steele Point Battery is a small fort, on the shores of Sydney Harbour in the eastern Sydney suburb of Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. History Talk of the need for harbour defences was noted as far back as 1857, while referencing the ...

;Other fortifications * Bare Island Fort *

Ben Buckler Gun Battery The Ben Buckler Gun Battery is a heritage-listed fortified former gun emplacement and military installation of the late-Victorian period and now public open space located in the locality of Ben Buckler, in the Waverley Municipality of Sydney ...

Breakwater Battery Breakwater ''Battery'', was a coastal defence battery at Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia during World War II. Constructed in 1939 to provide protection for Port Kembla from enemy shipping and submarines. Two 6 inch Mk XI gun emplacement ...

Drummond Battery Drummond Battery, also known as Fort Drummond, is a heritage-listed former coastal artillery fortification and now television station and mushroom farm at 1 Television Avenue, Mt Drummond, Mount Saint Thomas, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, ...

* Flagstaff Hill Fort * Fort Banks *

Fort Glanville Fort Glanville Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia located in Semaphore Park, a seaside suburb of Adelaide consisting of a functional 19th century fort listed on the South Australian Heritage ...

Fort Lytton Fort Lytton is a heritage-listed 19th century coastal fort in the suburb of Lytton in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The name “Fort Lytton” is also used to describe the military base that surrounded the fort. Fort Lytton was built in ...

Fort Nepean Fort Nepean is a former defensive facility occupying part of Point Nepean, Victoria, Australia. It was part of a network of fortifications, commanded from Fort Queenscliff, protecting the narrow entrance to Port Phillip. It is now part of Point ...

Fort Pearce Fort Pearce is a former defensive facility occupying part of Point Nepean, Victoria, Australia. It was part of a network of fortifications, commanded from Fort Queenscliff, protecting the narrow entrance to Port Phillip. Fortifications The forti ...

Fort Philip Fort Philip (also spelled Fort Phillips) was a fort built in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War and rebuilt in 1808, which also served in the War of 1812 to around 1815. It was in Newburyport, Massachusetts on the northern end of Plum Isl ...

* Fort Queenscliff *

Fort Scratchley Fort Scratchley, a former coastal defence installation, is now a museum. It is located in Newcastle East, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales in Australia. It was built in 1882 to defend the city against a possible Russian attack. However, i ...

* Henry Head Fort *

Illowra Battery Illowra Battery is a former Australian Army coastal-artillery artillery battery, battery located at Hill 60, Port Kembla, Hill 60, Port Kembla, New South Wales in Australia, built and in service during World War II. It was also otherwise known as ' ...

Malabar Battery Malabar Battery was a coastal defence battery built in 1943 during World War II at Malabar Headland in Sydney, Australia. The battery is also known as Boora Point Battery. The battery was constructed to complement the existing coastal defence b ...

Old Rainworth Fort Old Rainworth Stone Store is a heritage-listed storehouse and now museum at Wealwandangie Road, Cairdbeign, south of the town of Springsure, Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1862 by George Goldring. It is also ...

Signal Hill Battery The Signal Hill Battery was constructed in 1892–3 at Watsons Bay and is adjacent to the Signal Hill Lighthouse on Old South Head Road. History and description The Battery was one of a set of three coastal defence fortifications in Sydne ...

* Smiths Hill Fort *

South Channel Fort South Channel Fort, also known as South Channel Island, is a 0.7 ha artificial island in southern Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, 6 km north-east of the town of Sorrento. It was part of a network of fortifications protecting the narrow e ...

* Swan Island Fort *

Wallace Battery Wallace Battery was an artillery battery located on the northern side of the entrance to the Hunter River at Stockton, New South Wales, Australia. The battery was part of Fortress Newcastle. Two 6 inch Mk VII guns were installed at Fort Wallace in ...

Barbados

* St Ann's Fort

Bahamas

* Fort Charlotte * Fort Fincastle *

Fort Montagu Fort Montagu is a small fort of four cannon on the eastern shore of New Providence Island (Nassau) Bahamas. Peter Henry Bruce oversaw the construction of the fort that began in 1741 to defend the British possession from Spanish invaders. Co ...

Old Fort of Nassau The Old Fort of Nassau, also known as Fort Nassau, was a fort in Nassau, Bahamas, first built in 1697. The fort lasted for nearly two hundred years with a rich legacy of history until it was finally demolished in 1897. It was located on the nor ...

Bahrain

Arad Fort __NOTOC__ Arad Fort ( ar, قلعة عراد, ''Qal'at 'Arad'') is a 15th-century fort in Arad, Bahrain. Formerly guarding a separate island of its own, the fort and its surroundings have since been joined to Muharraq Island. Arad Fort was built ...

* Riffa Fort *

Qalat Al Bahrain The Qal'at al-Bahrain ( ar, قلعة البحرين; pt, Forte de Barém), also known as the Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, is an archaeological site located in Bahrain. Archaeological excavations carried out since 1954 have unearthed antiqui ...

Bangladesh

Hajiganj Fort Hajiganj Fort also known as Khizirpur fort, situated at Hajiganj locality of Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on the western bank of Shitalakshya. History The exact date of Hajiganj fort is uncertain but it may have been built soon after Subahdar Islam ...

* Idrakpur Fort *

Jangalbari Fort Jangalbari Fort is a fort situated in Jangalbari village under Karimganj Upazila of Kishoreganj District. History After the battle of Egarasindhur, 16th century ruler Isa Khan took over the Janglabari Fort from Laksman Singh Hajra. After Musa ...

* Jinjira Palace (also used as a fort) * Lalbagh Fort * Sonakanda Fort

Belarus

Babruysk fortress The Babruysk Fortress ( be, Бабруйская крэпасць, russian: Бобруйская крепость) is a historic fortress in the city of Babruysk, Belarus that was built between 1810 and 1836. It is one of the best surviving exam ...

Brest fortress Brest Fortress ( be, Брэсцкая крэпасць, '; pl, Twierdza brzeska, russian: Брестская крепость), formerly known as Brest-Litoŭsk Fortress, is a 19th-century fortress in Brest, Belarus. In 1965, the title "H ...

Belgium

Province of Antwerp

;

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

* Fort de Stabroeck * Redoute de Berendrecht * Redoute de Capellen * Fort de Brasschaet * Fort de Schooten * Redoute de Schilde * Fort de Lierre * Forte de Wavre-Sainte-Catherine * Fort de Breendonck * Fort de Liezele * Redoute de Puers * Fort de Bornhem * Fort de Steendorp Antwerp (historical) (1914, internal defenses) * Redoute d'Oorderen * Fort de Zwyndrecht

Province of Liège

* Fort d'Aubin-Neufchâteau * Fort de Barchon * Fort de Battice *

Fort de la Chartreuse The Fort de la Chartreuse, which dominates the Amercœur neighborhood of Liège in Belgium, was built between 1817 and 1823 to defend the city. History The fort is built on a strategic height that dominates the valley of the Meuse, which had be ...

* Citadelle of Liège * Fort d'Eben-Emael * Fort d'Évegnée *

Fort de Fléron The Fort de Fléron is one of twelve forts built around Liège, Belgium, in the late 19th century. The overall Fortified Position of Liège was a constituent part of the country's National Redoubt. Fort de Fléron was built between 1881 and 18 ...

Fort de Chaudfontaine The Fort de Chaudfontaine is one of twelve forts built around Liège, Belgium, in the late 19th century. The overall Fortified Position of Liège was a constituent part of the country's National Redoubt. Fort de Chaudfontaine was built between ...

* Fort d'Embourg * Fort de Boncelles *

Fort de Flémalle The Fort de Flémalle is one of twelve forts built around Liège, Belgium, in the late 19th century. The overall Fortified Position of Liège was a constituent part of the country's National Redoubt. Fort de Flémalle was built between 1881 and ...

* Fort de Hollogne * Fort de Loncin * Fort de Lantin * Fort de Liers * Fort de Pontise * Fort de Tancrémont

Province of Namur

Namur Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namu ...

(1914, clockwise from E, right bank of Meuse River) * Fort de Maizeret * Fort d'Andoy *

Fort de Dave The Fort de Dave is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. Contrasting with the French fort ...

Fort de Malonne The Fort de Malonne is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. Contrasting with the French fo ...

Fort de Suarlée The Fort de Suarlée is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. Contrasting with the French f ...

Fort de Cognelée The Fort de Cognelée is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. Contrasting with the French f ...

Fort de Marchovelette The Fort de Marchovelette is one of nine forts built as part of the fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. Contrasting with the Fren ...

Bermuda

Bermuda had around 90 coastal defense forts and batteries scattered all over the island chain. Early colonial defense works constructed before the 19th century were primarily small coastal batteries built of stone having anywhere from two to ten guns. Some of these early forts and batteries are the oldest standing masonry forts in the new world. Later forts constructed by the royal engineers were much larger and more complex. *

Fort St. Catherine Fort St. Catherine, or ''Fort St. Catherine's'' (as it is usually referred to), is a coastal artillery fort at the North-East tip of St. George's Island, Bermuda, St. George's Island, in the Imperial fortress British Overseas Territory, colony of ...

* The Martellos (Towers)/ Ferry Reach * King's Castle *

Fort Victoria, Bermuda Fort Victoria is a disused British Army fort, built to house coastal artillery atop Retreat Hill, within St. George's Garrison, at the North-East of St. George's Island, in the British colony of Bermuda. The fort shares its hilltop location w ...

Brazil

Amapá

* Fortaleza de São José de Macapá

Bahia

Forte de Santa Maria Forte de Santa Maria ( pt, Fort of Saint Mary) is a fort located in Salvador, Bahia in Brazil. It is also known as the Fortim de Santa Maria ( pt, Small Fort of Saint Mary). It retains much of its original structure of the 17th century, including ...

Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra is a fort located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It was constructed to guard the entrance to the Bay of All Saints, during the time of the Portuguese Empire. The first Portuguese fortification erected in Bahia was ...

Forte de Santo Antônio Além do Carmo Forte de Santo Antônio Além do Carmo is a fort located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It is variously known as the Forte da Capoeira, State Prison. The fort defended the northern limit of Salvador at its time of construction 17th century. Early ...

Forte de São Diogo Forte de São Diogo is a fort located in Salvador, Bahia Brazil. See also *Military history of Brazil The military history of Brazil comprises centuries of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Brazil, and the role of the Brazilian ...

Forte de São Lourenço Forte de São Lourenço (English language: ''Fort of Saint Lawrence'') is a fort located in Itaparica, Bahia in Brazil. It sits on a strategic point at the north of Itaparica Island on a site used for whaling in the early 17th century. The Dutch c ...

São Marcelo Fort São Marcelo Fort ( pt, Forte São Marcelo), also known as ''Forte de Nossa Senhora do Pópulo e São Marcelo'' or ''Forte do Mar'', is located in Salvador, Bahia, Salvador in Bahia, Brazil. It is located in small bit of land off the coast in the ...

Ceará

* Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção

Pará

* Forte do Castelo de Belém

Paraná

* Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres

Paraíba

* Forte de Santa Catarina

Pernambuco

* Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios * Fort Orange * Forte de Santo Inácio de Tamandaré * Forte de São João Batista do Brum * Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas

Rio de Janeiro

Fort Copacabana Fort Copacabana ( pt, Forte de Copacabana, ) is a military base at the south end of the beach that defines the district of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. The base is open to the public and contains the ''Museu Histórico do Exército'' (Army Historic ...

* Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Conceição * Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra * Forte de São Domingos de Gragoatá * Fortaleza de São João * Forte de São Luís * Forte de São Mateus do Cabo Frio

Rio Grande do Norte

* Forte dos Reis Magos

Santa Catarina

* Fortaleza de Santa Cruz de Anhatomirim *

Fortaleza de São José da Ponta Grossa Fortaleza de São José da Ponta Grossa is a fortification, fort located on the northern end of Santa Catarina Island in the municipality of Florianópolis, capital of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina state, in South Region, Brazil, southern ...

São Paulo

* Forte de São João da Bertioga

Bulgaria

* Anevo Fortress,

Sopot Municipality Sopot ( sr-cyr, Сопот, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the town has a population of 4,548 inhabitants while the municipality has 20,367 inhabitants. Location Sopot is located on the slo ...

Asen's Fortress Asen's Fortress ( bg, Асенова крепост, ''Asenova krepost''), identified by some researchers as Petrich (Петрич), is a medieval fortress in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains, south of the town of Asenovgrad, on a high rocky ridge ...

Asenovgrad Asenovgrad ( bg, Асеновград ) is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, a town in central southern Bulgaria, part of Plovdiv Province. It is the largest town in Bulgaria that is not a province center. Previously known as ''Stanimaka'' ( ...

* Baba Vida castle, Vidin *

Belogradchik fortress The Belogradchik Fortress ( bg, Белоградчишка крепост, ''Belogradchishka krepost''), also known as Kaleto (Калето, "the fortress" from Turkish ''kale''), is an ancient fortress located on the north slopes of the Balkan M ...

, Belogradchik * Bozhenishki Urvich, near Botevgrad * Castra Martis

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fortress,

Kula, Bulgaria Kula ( bg, Кула, , ) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of Kula Municipality part of Vidin Province. Located just east of the Serbian-Bulgarian border, it is the third largest town in the province after Vidin ...

* Cherven fortress,

Cherven, Ruse Province Cherven ( bg, Червен) is a village in northeastern Bulgaria in the Ruse Province. Cherven is situated in the municipality of Ivanovo. {{As of, 2011, the village had 239 inhabitants. The tributary of the river Rusenski Lom, Cherni Lom (meani ...

* Hisarya fortress, Hisarya * Kaliakra cape castle, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast * Kovachevsko kale, Kovachevets * Kyustendil fortress Hisarlaka *

Lyutitsa Lyutitsa ( bg, Лютица) is one of the largest and best preserved castles in the easternmost part of the Eastern Rhodopes, located 3.5 hours' walk south-west of Ivaylovgrad,Ivaylovgrad * Markeli Roman fortress, Karnobat * Oescus Roman fortress, Gigen * Pliska capital city castle and fortress *

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

fortifications and walls -

Eastern gate of Philippopolis The Eastern gate of Philippopolis is one of the three entrances of the ancient city that have been discovered in Plovdiv. The gate was built on the main road to Byzantium and the Bosphorus. Initially constructed in the 2nd century AD during th ...

, Hisar Kapia and Nebet Tepe *

Preslav The modern Veliki Preslav or Great Preslav ( bg, Велики Преслав, ), former Preslav ( bg, link=no, Преслав; until 1993), is a city and the seat of government of the Veliki Preslav Municipality (Great Preslav Municipality, new B ...

capital city castle and fortress * Nesebar town fortress * Nicopolis ad Istrum Roman fortress and town,

Nikyup Nikyup is a village in Northern Bulgaria, in Veliko Tarnovo Province (Oblast Veliko Tarnovo), 194 km east of Sofia, Bulgaria's capital. The closest airport is in Gorna Oryahovitsa, 15 kilometers southeast. Geography Nikyup is situated on ...

Veliko Tarnovo Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...

* Nicopolis ad Nestum Roman fortress and town, Garmen,

Gotse Delchev, Blagoevgrad Province Gotse Delchev ( bg, Гоце Делчев ), is a town in Gotse Delchev Municipality in Blagoevgrad Province of Bulgaria. In 1951, the town was renamed after the Bulgarian revolutionary hero Gotse Delchev. It had hitherto been called Nevro ...

* Novae Roman fortress,

Svishtov Svishtov ( bg, Свищов ) is a town in northern Bulgaria, located in Veliko Tarnovo Province on the right bank of the Danube river opposite the Romanian town of Zimnicea. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Svishtov Municipalit ...

* Rachovets fortress, Gorna Oryahovitsa * Serdica fortress,

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

Shumen fortress ''Shumenska krepost'' , location = Shumеn, Bulgaria , image = , caption = The main tower of the Shumen fortress , map_type = Bulgaria , coordinates = , map_size = 250 , type ...

Shumen Shumen ( bg, Шумен, also romanized as ''Shoumen'' or ''Šumen'', ) is the tenth largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and economic capital of Shumen Province. Etymology The city was first mentioned as ''Šimeonis'' in 1153 by t ...

* Sostra, Lomets *

Storgosia Storgosia was a Roman road station and later a fortress, located in the modern Kaylaka Park in the vicinity of modern Pleven (North-central Bulgaria). It accommodated detachments of Legio I ''Italicas Novae (modern Svishtov) garrison. The s ...

Pleven Pleven ( bg, Плèвен ) is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria. Located in the northern part of the country, it is the administrative centre of Pleven Province, as well as of the subordinate Pleven municipality. It is the biggest ...

* Trajan's Gate Roman fortress, near

* Trapezitsa fortress,

* Tsarevets fortress and castle, Veliko Tărnovo * Tsepina, Dorkovo, near Velingrad, Western

Rhodope Mountains The Rhodopes (; bg, Родопи, ; el, Ροδόπη, ''Rodopi''; tr, Rodoplar) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern part of the country and the remainder in ...

Urvich Urvich (also known as Kokalyane Urvich because nearest village - Kokalyane) is a medieval fortress in the territory of today's quarter Pancharevo, heir to the village of Glavishevo. It is located on the right riverside of Iskar River, in the hill ...

castle, near

Ustra Ustra ( bg, Устра) is a fortress in the eastern Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria. Its ruins lie southwest of the village of Ustren situated on a hill at approximately above sea level.trading post A trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded. Typically the location of the trading post would allow people from one geographic area to tr ...

that was established by a North American fur trading company. A number of "forts" in

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and

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were also established as exploratory, or policing outposts. A number of municipalities in Canada include the term ''fort'' in their names. The municipalities that use the term ''fort'' in their name do so for historical reasons, with many of these communities resulting from the outgrowth of migrants that settled around the original fort. Many of these municipalities continue to bear use the term ''fort'' in their names, regardless of whether or not the original fortification and/or

trading post A trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded. Typically the location of the trading post would allow people from one geographic area to tr ...

still stands.

Military fortifications

The majority of military fortifications in Canada were built by the British, French, and Canadian armed forces. However, several military fortifications were erected by the

Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business div ...

, whose royal charter required them to fortify

Rupert's Land Rupert's Land (french: Terre de Rupert), or Prince Rupert's Land (french: Terre du Prince Rupert, link=no), was a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin; this was further extended from Rupert's Land t ...

. Other groups that erected military fortifications in Canada includes the First Nations, Spain, and the United States. Although military fortifications were built for strategic, and other military purposes, some military fortifications in Canada also housed trading posts, or was used by fur traders.

British Columbia

Fort Rodd Hill Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site is a 19th-century coastal artillery fort on the Colwood, British Columbia side of Esquimalt Harbour, ( Greater Victoria/ Victoria BC Metropolitan Area). The site is adjacent to Fisgard Lighthouse National Hi ...

* Fort San Miguel * Macaulay Point Battery * Yorke Island * Xudzedzalis

Manitoba

* Fort Rouge *

Prince of Wales Fort The Prince of Wales Fort is a historic bastion fort on Hudson Bay across the Churchill River from Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. History The European history of this area starts with Henry Hudson sailing into Hudson Bay in 1610. The area was re ...

New Brunswick

* Fort Beauséjour *

Fort Boishebert Fort Boishébert (originally known as Fort Nerepis) is a National Historic Site at Woodmans Point outside the Town of Grand Bay–Westfield, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located at the confluence of the Saint John River and Nerepis riv ...

Carleton Martello Tower Carleton Martello Tower in Saint John, New Brunswick, is one of the nine surviving Martello Towers in Canada. The tower dates from the War of 1812 and played a significant role in conflicts until the Second World War. The site now features a resto ...

* Fort Frederick *

Fort Nashwaak Fort Nashwaak (also known as Fort Naxoat, Fort St. Joseph) was the capital of Acadia and is now a National Historic Sites of Canada, National Historic Site of Canada in present-day Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It was located strategically ...

* Fort Gaspareaux *

Fort Howe Fort Howe (1777 — present historic site) was a British fort built in Saint John, New Brunswick during the American Revolution. It was erected shortly after the American siege in 1777 to protect the city from further American raids. The 18th ...

* Fort Meductic *

Fort Menagoueche Fort Menagoueche (french: Fort Menagouèche) (1751, destroyed 1755, present historic site) was a French fort at the mouth of the St. John River, New Brunswick, Canada. French Officer Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot and Ignace-Phi ...

Newfoundland and Labrador

* Cuper's Cove Fort * Fort Frederick * Fort McAndrew * Fort Pepperrell * Fort Plaisance * Fort Royal * Fort Townshend * Fort Saint Louis * Fort Waldegrave * Fort William

Nova Scotia

Connaught Battery Connaught Battery is a World War I era harbour defence battery located north of York Redoubt at Ferguson's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. It took its name from the then Governor General of Canada, the Duke of Connaught, who was Queen Victoria's thir ...

* Cranberry Point Battery *

Devils Battery Devils Battery or Devils Point Battery, Hartlen Point or Hartlen Point Tunnels, was a complex military installation at the mouth of Halifax Harbour in the community of Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, Eastern Passage at Hartlen Point, Canada. It was ...

* Fort Anne *

Fort Clarence 300px, The archway by the fort's drawbridge was demolished in the 1930s. The fort, on the left, is now converted into flats. Fort Clarence is a now defunct fortification that was located in Rochester, Kent, England. History The fort was built b ...

* Fort Edward * Fort Ellis *

Fort Lawrence Fort Lawrence was a British fort built during Father Le Loutre's War and located on the Isthmus of Chignecto (in the modern-day community of Fort Lawrence). Father Le Loutre's War Despite the British Conquest of Acadia in 1710, Nova Scotia rema ...

Fort Sackville During the 18th and early 19th centuries, the French, British and U.S. forces built and occupied a number of forts at Vincennes, Indiana. These outposts commanded a strategic position on the Wabash River. The names of the installations were change ...

* Fort Sainte Anne * Fort St. Louis, Guysborough County * Fort St. Louis, Shelburne County *

Fort Vieux Logis Fort Vieux Logis (later named Fort Montague) was a small British frontier fort built at present-day Hortonville, Nova Scotia, Canada (formerly part of Grand Pre) in 1749, during Father Le Loutre's War (1749). Ranger John Gorham moved a blockhou ...

Fort William Augustus Fort William Augustus (also known as Grassy Island Fort, Fort Phillips) was a British fort built on Grassy Island off of Canso, Nova Scotia during the lead up to Father Rale's War (1720). In the wake of The Squirrel Affair and the British attac ...

* Fortress of Louisbourg *

Georges Island Georges Island, or George's Island, may refer to: Geography *Georges Island (Massachusetts), offshore from the city of Boston, Massachusetts *Georges Island (Nova Scotia), offshore from the community of Halifax in the Halifax Regional Municipali ...

Halifax Citadel Citadel Hill is a hill that is a National Historic Site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Four fortifications have been constructed on Citadel Hill since the city was founded by the English in 1749, and were referred to as Fort George—but only ...

* Prince of Wales Tower *

York Redoubt York Redoubt is a redoubt situated on a bluff overlooking the entrance to Halifax Harbour at Ferguson's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, originally constructed in 1793. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1962. History York Redoub ...

Ontario

* Bois Blanc Blockhouse * Fort Amherstburg * Fort Drummond *

Fort Erie Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. It is directly across the river from Buffalo, New York, and is the site of Old Fort Erie which played a prominent role in the War of 1812. Fort Erie is one of Ni ...

* Fort Frederick *

Fort Frontenac Fort Frontenac was a French trading post and military fort built in July 1673 at the mouth of the Cataraqui River where the St. Lawrence River leaves Lake Ontario (at what is now the western end of the La Salle Causeway), in a location tradition ...

* Fort George * Fort Henry *

Fort Malden Fort Malden, formally known as Fort Amherstburg, is a defence fortification located in Amherstburg, Ontario. It was built in 1795 by Great Britain in order to ensure the security of British North America against any potential threat of American i ...

Fort Mississauga Fort Mississauga National Historic Site is a fort on the shore of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. The fort today consists of a box–shaped brick tower and historic star–shaped ear ...

* Fort Norfolk * Fort St. Joseph *

Fort Wellington Fort Wellington National Historic Site is a historic Fortification, military fortification located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence River at Prescott, Ontario. The military fortification was used by the British Army, a ...

* Fort York *

Gibraltar Point Blockhouse The Gibraltar Point Blockhouse was a blockhouse that was originally built in 1794 and was located on Gibraltar Point at the western end of the Toronto Islands. The first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe, planned defences f ...

New Fort York New Fort York, later the Stanley Barracks, is a former British and Canadian military base in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It was built in 1840–1841 to replace Toronto's original Fort York at the mouth of Ga ...

Sherbourne Blockhouse Following the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837 Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada Sir George Arthur directed the construction of a Sherbourne Blockhouse, and a ring of six other blockhouses -- to guard the approaches to Toronto in case there was ano ...

Prince Edward Island

* Fort Amherst

Quebec

* Citadel of Montreal * Citadelle of Quebec *

Fort Blunder Fort Montgomery on Lake Champlain is the second of two American forts built at the northernmost point of the American part of the lake: a first, unnamed fort built on the same site in 1816 and Fort Montgomery built in 1844. The current massive st ...

Fort Chambly Fort Chambly is a historic fort in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec. It is designated as a National Historic Site of Canada. Fort Chambly was formerly known as Fort St. Louis. It was part of a series of five fortificat ...

Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène The Saint Helen Island Fort (french: Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène), a historic site on Saint Helen's Island in the city of Montreal, Quebec, was constructed in the early 1820s as an arsenal in the defensive chain of forts built to protect Canad ...

Fort Ingall Fort Ingall was originally a British fieldwork built in Cabano, Quebec, Canada in 1839 for the Aroostook War between Great Britain and the United States of America. The site now features a reconstructed 19th-century fort museum containing exhibit ...

Fort Laprairie Fort Laprairie was constructed in 1687, and served as a military fort in New France until 1713. The fort was attacked by Major Peter Schuyler on August 11, 1691, but resisted to the invaders. The British and Dutch colonists were commanded by Ma ...

* Fort Lennox *

Fort Richelieu Fort Richelieu is a historic fort in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The fort is designated as a National Historic Site of Canada. Fort Richelieu was part of a series of five forts built along the Richelieu R ...

* Fort Saint-Jean *

Fort Sainte Thérèse Fort Sainte Thérèse is the name given to three different forts built successively on one site, among a series of fortifications constructed during the 17th century by France along the Richelieu River, in the province of Quebec, in Montérégie. ...

Fort Senneville Fort Senneville is one of the outlying forts of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, built by the Canadiens of New France near the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue in 1671. The property was part of a fief ceded to Dugué de Boisbriant in 1672 by the Sulpicians. A l ...

* Fort Trois-Rivières * Fort Ville-Marie * Lévis Forts

Exploratory forts

Several private entities, most notably the Hudson's Bay Company, established outposts or ''forts'', within

northern Canada Northern Canada, colloquially the North or the Territories, is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics. Politically, the term refers to the three Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada#Territories, territor ...

for the purposes of housing exploratory expeditions to the Arctic. Forts that were built exclusively for the purposes of housing exploratory expeditions include: *

Fort Confidence Fort Confidence, located at the mouth of the Dease River on the eastern tip of the Dease Arm of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, was a Hudson's Bay Company establishment (not a trading post), built in 1837 by Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Si ...

, Northwest Territories *

Fort Conger Fort Conger is a former settlement, military fortification, and scientific research post in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It was established in 1881 as an Arctic exploration camp, notable as the site of the first major northern polar r ...

, Nunavut *

Fort Reliance Fort Reliance is an abandoned trading post in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It stands on the east bank of the Yukon River, downstream of the town of Dawson City. The fort was established in 1874 by François Mercier, Jack McQuesten, and Franci ...

, Northwest Territories

Fur trading forts

A number of trading posts operated by fur trading companies were also referred to as ''forts''. Fur trading companies that operated trading forts in Canada includes the Hudson's Bay Company, and the

North West Company The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what is present-day Western Canada and Northwestern Ontario. With great weal ...

. Many of these were simply stockades, log enclosures for trading posts, although a few were former military installations which was later used by fur trading companies.

Alberta

Fort Edmonton Fort Edmonton (also named Edmonton House) was the name of a series of trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1795 to 1914, all of which were located on the north banks of the North Saskatchewan River in what is now central Alberta, ...

* Fort Victoria * Fort Whoop-Up

British Columbia

* Fort Defiance * Fort Langley * Fort Victoria

Manitoba

Fort Bourbon Fort Bourbon was one of the forts built by La Vérendrye during his expansion of trade and exploration west from Lake Superior. Besides providing support for the important fur trade in what is now Manitoba, La Vérendrye wanted to conduct explora ...

* Fort Dauphin *

Fort des Épinettes Fort des Épinettes was a trading post or posts on the Assiniboine River from 1768 to 1811. It was also called Pine Fort and is not to be confused with Pine Island Fort. It was the first post on the Assiniboine and was closely associated with Bran ...

* Fort Douglas * Fort Ellice * Fort Garry * Fort Gibraltar *

Fort La Reine Fort La Reine was built in 1738 and is one of the forts of the western expansion directed by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, first military commander in the west of what is now known as Canada. Located on the Assiniboine River wh ...

Fort Maurepas Fort Maurepas, later known as Old Biloxi, "Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville" (biography), ''Catholic Encyclopedia'', 1907, webpage: gives dates: 13 Feb. 1699, went to the mainland Biloxi, with fort completion May 1, 1699; sailed f ...

Fort Paskoya Fort Paskoya or Paskoyac or Pasquia was a French fort and trading post on the lower Saskatchewan River above Cedar Lake. Around 1740 La Vérendrye built four forts to control the chain of lakes west of Lake Winnipeg. These were Fort Pascoya, Fort ...

Lower Fort Garry Lower Fort Garry was built in 1830 by the Hudson's Bay Company on the western bank of the Red River, north of the original Fort Garry (now in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada). Treaty 1 was signed there. A devastating flood destroyed Fort Garry in ...

York Factory York Factory was a settlement and Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) factory (trading post) located on the southwestern shore of Hudson Bay in northeastern Manitoba, Canada, at the mouth of the Hayes River, approximately south-southeast of Churchill. Yo ...

Northwest Territories

Fort Collinson Fort Collinson was a trading post operated by the Hudson's Bay Company (Post Number B.405) located on Victoria Island in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is situated on the Prince Albert Peninsula on the north side of Walker Bay, just nort ...

Old Fort Providence Old Fort Providence, located near the mouth of Yellowknife Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada, was one of the first fur trading outposts on Great Slave Lake. Peter Pond of the North West Company first proposed trading with the Dene around Great Sla ...

Nunavut

* Fort Ross

Ontario

* Fort Douville * Fort Kaministiquia * Fort Matachewan * Fort Rouillé * Fort Saint Pierre * Fort Toronto * Fort William

Quebec

Fort Saint Jacques Fort Saint Jacques, Fort Rupert, or Fort Charles was a fur trading post on James Bay at the mouth of the Rupert River. It was located in what is now Waskaganish, Nord-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada. Fort Charles was founded in 1668 in northern ...

Fort Témiscamingue Fort Témiscamingue was a trading post from the 17th century in Duhamel-Ouest, Quebec, near Ville-Marie, Canada, located on the fur trade route on the east shore of Lake Timiskaming. The fort is a National Historic Site, operated as part of ...

Saskatchewan

* Fort Carlton *

Fort de la Corne Fort de la Corne was one of the two French forts established on the Saskatchewan River in the 20 years between the end of La Vérendrye's push west from Lake Superior in 1731–1743 and the fall of New France in 1763. (The other was Fort La Jo ...

* Fort de la Rivière Tremblante * Fort Espérance *

Fort La Jonquière Fort La Jonquière was a French fort built along the Saskatchewan River in the spring of 1751. It was purported to have been the furthest west outpost of New France. The fort was named after the Governor General of New France at the time, Jacque ...

* Fort Pitt *

Fort Sturgeon Fort Sturgeon (1776–1780) was the first trading post on the North Saskatchewan River. It was located about 4 miles west of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It and was also called Peter Pond Fort, Fort Pond, Fort la Prairie, Fort des Prairies, Lower S ...

Pine Island Fort Pine Island Fort and Manchester House were trading posts on Pine Island, a small narrow island on the North Saskatchewan River in Saskatchewan, Canada, from 1786 to 1793. Pine Island Fort was a post of the North West Company while Manchester Hou ...

Yukon

Fort Selkirk Fort Selkirk is a former trading post on the Yukon River at the confluence of the Pelly River in Canada's Yukon. For many years it was home to the Selkirk First Nation (Northern Tutchone). History Archaeological evidence shows that the site has ...

Law enforcement forts

The

North-West Mounted Police The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian para-military police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the 1870 transfer of Rupert’s Land and North-Western Territory ...

(later merged with the

Dominion Police The Dominion Police Force was the federal police force of Canada between 1868 and 1920, and was one of the predecessors of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It was the first federal police force in Canada, formed the year following the Canadian ...

to form the

Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of ...

) established a number of policing outposts in western Canada during the mid to late 19th century, in an effort to provide law enforcement in the region. Forts established by the North-West Mounted Police includes: * Fort Battleford, Saskatchewan * Fort Calgary, Alberta * Fort Livingstone, Saskatchewan * Fort Walsh, Saskatchewan

Channel Islands

;Alderney *

Fort Clonque Fort Clonque is a 19th-century coastal fortress in Alderney, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It was constructed at a time when French naval power was becoming an increasing concern to the British. It is built on a rocky outc ...

;Guernsey * Bréhon Tower *

Fort Hommet Fort Hommet (or Fort Houmet) is a fortification on Vazon Bay headland (or '' houmet'' in Guernésiais) in Castel, Guernsey. It is built on the site of fortifications that date back to 1680, and consists of a Martello tower from 1804, later additio ...

* Fort George, Guernsey *

Fort Grey Fort Grey, colloquially known as the "cup and saucer", is a Martello tower located on a tidal rock in Rocquaine Bay in Saint Peter, Guernsey on the west coast of the island. Château de Rocquaine The French name of the rock is the ''Château ...

Fort Saumarez Fort Saumarez is a Martello tower in Saint Peter (Saint Pierre du Bois), Guernsey, on a headland that forms the northern tip of L'Erée and extends to the Lihou causeway. Martello tower The Martello tower was constructed on the site of an existi ...

;Jersey *

Fort Regent Fort Regent is a 19th-century fortification and leisure centre on Mont de la Ville (Town Hill), in Saint Helier, Jersey, St. Helier, Jersey. The fort is in close proximity to the fortified South Hill Engineers Barracks at La Collette Power Statio ...

Chile

* Arauco *

Fort Bulnes Fuerte Bulnes is a Chilean fort located by the Strait of Magellan, 62 km south of Punta Arenas. It was founded in 1843 on a rocky hill at Punta Santa Ana, and named after President Manuel Bulnes Prieto. The fort was built to further the ...

Fort Chepe Fort Chepe was a fort established in 1603 by Governor Alonso de Ribera on Cerro de Chepe (Chepe Hill) west of Concepcion, Chile on the north bank of the Bio Bio River. It was built for defense of the crossing of the Bio Bio River at this point ...

Chivicura Chivicura was a fort erected in 1593 by the Royal Governor of Chile, Martín García Oñez de Loyola on the south bank of the Biobío River, to the west of the confluence of the Rele River with the Bio Bio, in what is now the commune of Santa Juana ...

Fort Colcura Fort Colcura was a small fort that was the first Spanish settlement that existed in the commune of Lota, Chile. It was on a small height on the edge of the Bay of Arauco, a little more than two kilometers to the southeast of the modern city of Lo ...

* Espíritu Santo *

Fort de la Encarnación Fort de la Encarnación on the Repocura River was built in 1666 by a team overseen by Juan Ignacio de la Carrera and the orders of the Royal Governor of Chile Francisco de Meneses Brito. It was destroyed during a Mapuche rising in 1694 and rebuil ...

Huaca de Chena Huaca de Chena, also known as the Chena Pukara, is an Inca site on Chena Mountain, in the basin of San Bernardo, at the edge of the Calera de Tango and Maipo Province communes in Chile. Tala Canta Ilabe was the last Inca who celebrated Inti Ray ...

Jesus de Huenuraquí Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

Fort Livén Fort Livén was a fort with a small garrison built by Rodrigo de Quiroga in 1575, in the small valley of Livén, nearby the old city of Santa María Magdalena de Villa Rica. In 1585 it fell to the Mapuche cacique Putaén, who was later killed in ...

Fort Lonquén A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

* Nuestra de Señora de Halle * Fort Reina Luisa * Fort Paicavi *

Pucara del Cerro La Muralla Pucará de Cerro La Muralla (Pucara of Wall's Hill) is an Inca Pucara (fortress) in Chile. It is located on a strategic mountain top, five km to the south of San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, near the dry lagoon ( Laguna de Tagua Tagua). This is believed ...

Pukara de La Compañia Pukara (Aymara and Quechuan "fortress", Hispanicized spellings ''pucara, pucará'') is a defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic and historic inhabitants of the central Andean area (from Ecuador to central Chile and nort ...

Pukará de Quitor Pukará de Quitor (also spelled Pucará de Quitor) (Quechua ''pukara'' fortress) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in northern Chile. This stone fortress is located 3 km northwest of the town of San Pedro de Atacama San Pedro de Ataca ...

San Cristóbal de La Paz San Cristóbal de La Paz was a fortress in Chile that was established in 1621 by Governor Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor. It was located five or six kilometers to the southwest of Yumbel on the west shore of the Claro River to the north of its ...

* San Fabián de Conueo *

San Ignacio de la Redención San Ignacio de la Redención was a fort established in 1606 by Alonso García de Ramón, Royal Governor of Chile, in a plain, located in the region of Boroa on the north bank of the Cautín River. In forty days he constructed a large fort, surrounde ...

San Jerónimo de Millapoa San Jerónimo de Millapoa was a fort founded by Alonso de Sotomayor in 1585. It dominated the small valleys of the eastern slopes of the Nahuelbuta Range of Catirai, in the upper part of the Culenco River, in the mountainous area 25 kilometers sou ...

* Fort San Pedro * San Rafael de Coelemu * Santa Bárbara *

Santa Cruz de Oñez Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight ...

* Santa Fe de la Ribera * Fort Santa Margarita *

Santísima Trinidad Santisima Trinidad (meaning ''Most Holy Trinity'' in Spanish) may refer to: Places * Santísima Trinidad (fort), a fortress that once existed on the Bio Bio River in Bio Bío province, Chile * Santísima Trinidad (Asunción), a barrio (district) ...

* Santo Árbol de la Cruz * Fort Talcahuano *

Fort Tolpán Fort Tolpán was built in 1657, by order of governor Pedro Porter Casanate by captain Alonso de Cordova y Figueroa on the Tolpán or Trolpán River. The Tolpán River was the name at that time for what is now the lower part of the Renaico River and ...

Valdivian Fort System The Fort System of Valdivia ( es, Sistema de fuertes de Valdivia) is a series of Spanish colonial fortifications at Corral Bay, Valdivia and Cruces River established to protect the city of Valdivia, in southern Chile. During the period of Spani ...

Fort Virguenco Fort Virhuenco was a Spanish fort located in what is now Araucanía Region of southern Chile. It was first established by Alonso de Ribera in 1613 as part of his system of frontier forts. It was located in the valley of Virhuén southeast of t ...

China

Beijing

Baimaguan Fort Baimaguan Fort () is a fort in the village of Fanzipai (番字牌), north of Beijing and close to the Great Wall of China. It was built in the period of the Yongle emperor (1402-1424) of the Ming Dynasty. The fort consisted of 500 guards and bea ...

Hong Kong

;Chinese (

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

) forts * Buddhist Hall (Tung Lung) Fort *

Fan Lau Fort Fan Lau Fort is a former military fortification located on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Named after the eponymous peninsula it is situated on, it was built in 1729 during the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, a hundred and twelve years before t ...

Kowloon Walled City Kowloon Walled City was an ungoverned and densely populated ''de jure'' Imperial Chinese enclave within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong. Originally a Chinese military fort, the walled city became an enclave after the New Ter ...

* Tung Chung Fort *

Tung Chung Battery Tung Chung Battery is a former artillery battery located on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Named after the eponymous district it is situated in, it was built in 1817, twenty-four years before the British took possession of Hong Kong. It was re ...

;British colonial forts * Devil's Peak fortifications * Lei Yue Mun Fort *

Murray Battery Murray Battery was an artillery battery located on Battery Path, beneath Government Hill in Central, Hong Kong. Named after Sir George Murray, it was built in 1841, shortly after the British took possession of Hong Kong, and served to protect ...

* Pinewood Battery * Stanley Fort

Macau

All forts in Macau were built during or used during Portuguese rule: * Fortaleza da Guia * Fortaleza de Mong Há *

Fortaleza do Monte The Fortaleza do Monte (Portuguese for ''Mount Fortress'', also ''Monte Forte''; officially ''Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora do Monte de São Paulo'', in en, Fortress of Our Lady of the Mount of St. Paul; ; Cantonese Yale: ''daaih paau yìh'') is a ...

Tianjin

* Taku Forts,

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...

Colombia

Castillo San Felipe de Barajas Castillo (Spanish for "castle") may refer to: People * Castillo (surname) Places Geography Dominican Republic * Castillo, Dominican Republic, a town in Duarte Province, Dominican Republic Nicaragua * El Castillo (municipality), a municipali ...

(Muralla de Cartagena de Indias)

Croatia

Brod Fortress The Fortress of Brod is a fortress in Slavonski Brod, Croatia with significant cultural heritage. The fortress was constructed in the 18th century by the Archduchy of Austria to create a defense against the Ottoman Empire. History The city of Slav ...

Dubrovnik Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterran ...

* Glavaš – Dinarić Fortress *

Knin Fortress Knin Fortress ( hr, Kninska tvrđava) is located near the tallest mountain in Croatia, Dinara, and near the source of the river Krka (Croatia), Krka. It is the second largest fortress in Croatia and most significant defensive stronghold,Hrvatska ...

Fort Lovrijenac Fort Lovrijenac or St. Lawrence Fortress, often called "Dubrovnik's Gibraltar", is a fortress and theater outside the western wall of the city of Dubrovnik in Croatia, above sea level.Mirabella Fortress *

Monkodonja Monkodonja/Moncodogno is a hill fort occupied about 1800–1200 BC during the Bronze Age, located near the city of Rovinj in the Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.s ...

* Fort Nečven *

Nehaj Fortress The Nehaj Fortress ( hr, Tvrđava Nehaj ) is a fortress on the hill Nehaj in the town of Senj, Croatia. The name ''Nehaj'' comes from the Croatian term ''Ne hajati'' , which means 'don't care'. In Croatian this fortress has also other names, w ...

* Nesactium * Prevlaka Fortress *

Prozor Fortress Prozor Fortress ( hr, Tvrđava Prozor or ) is a medieval fortress situated in the continental part of Split-Dalmatia County, in inland Dalmatia, just above the town of Vrlika in Croatia. From its origin as a small stronghold built by the ancient ...

* Starigrad Fortress * Tvrđa

Congo (Republic of the)

Fort de Shinkakasa The Fort de Shinkakasa, also called Fort Boma, was a fortification built in the Congo Free State to defend access to the Congo river in 1891. It is located about west of Boma which was the capital of the Free State and later the Belgian Congo f ...

Cyprus

Buffavento Buffavento Castle ( el, Kάστρο Βουφαβέντο, tr, Buffavento Kalesi) is a castle in Northern Cyprus. The exact date of its construction remains unknown, the most plausible theory being the Byzantine period. It combines Byzantine and F ...

* Kantara Castle *

Kyrenia Castle , tr, Girne Kalesi) , image = Kyrenia 01-2017 img02 Castle exterior.jpg , caption = Kyrenia Castle , map_type = Cyprus , coordinates = , location_town = Kyrenia , location_country = De jure De facto , ...

Saint Hilarion Castle The Saint Hilarion Castle lies on the Kyrenia mountain range, in Cyprus. This location provided the castle with command of the pass road from Kyrenia to Nicosia. It is the best preserved ruin of the three former strongholds in the Kyrenia mountain ...

Denmark

* Flakfortet * Middelgrundsfortet * Trekroner Fort

Dominican Republic

Fortaleza San Felipe The Fortaleza San Felipe is a historic Spanish fortress located in the north of Dominican Republic in the province of Puerto Plata. It is also known as ''El Morro'' de San Felipe and was used to protect the City of Puerto Plata from pirates an ...

Egypt

Estonia

Toomemägi Toomemägi (or Toome Hill; et, Toomemägi or et, Toome) is a hill in Tartu, Estonia. Geologically, Toomemägi is part of the Emajõgi's ancient valley. Toomemägi is site of Tartu's beginnings. By the 7th century CE, local inhabitants had ...

Toompea Toompea (from german: Domberg, "Cathedral Hill") is a limestone hill in the central part of the city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The hill is an oblong tableland, which measures about 400 by 250 metres, has an area of and is about 20–30 ...

* Valjala Stronghold * Varbola Stronghold *Fortifications of

Peter the Great's Naval Fortress Peter the Great's Naval Fortress or the Tallinn-Porkkala defence station was a Russian fortification line, which aimed to block access to the Russian capital Saint Petersburg via the sea. The plans for the fortress included heavy coastal artiller ...

:* Aegna :*

Kakumäe Kakumäe ( Estonian for ''"Owl Hill"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Haabersti, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is located at the top of the Kakumäe Peninsula, which is part of the Baltic Klint in the Tallinn Bay. Kakumä ...

Naissaar Naissaar ( sv, Nargö; german: Nargen) is an island in Estonia. It is situated in the Gulf of Finland, northwest of the capital city Tallinn, and is administratively part of the Viimsi Parish, Viimsi parish. The island covers an area of . It is ...

Suurupi Suurupi is a village in Harku Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finlan ...

Viimsi Viimsi (german: Wiems) is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Harju County, Estonia, about northeast of the centre of Tallinn, just north of Tallinn's subdistrict Merivälja. Viimsi is the administrative centre of Viimsi Parish. As of the 2011 ce ...

Finland

* Turku Castle ''(sv: Åbo Slott)'' * Häme Castle ''(sv: Tavastehus)'',

Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of F ...

* Vyborg Castle, Viipuri (now in Russia) *

Olavinlinna Olavinlinna (also known as St. Olaf's Castle; sv, Olofsborg; german: Olafsburg; literally ''Olof's Castle'') is a 15th-century three-tower castle located in Savonlinna, Finland. It is built on an island in the Kyrönsalmi strait that connects the ...

(St. Olaf's Castle),

Savonlinna Savonlinna (, , ; sv, Nyslott, lit=New Castle) is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region, which is why the city is also nicknamed the "Capital of Saimaa". Together with Mikkel ...

Suomenlinna Suomenlinna (; until 1918 Viapori, ), or Sveaborg (), is an inhabited sea fortress the Suomenlinna district is on eight islands of which six have been fortified; it is about 4 km southeast of the city center of Helsinki, the capital of Finla ...

''(sv: Sveaborg)'',

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

* fortress city of

Hamina Hamina (; sv, Fredrikshamn, , Sweden ) is a List of cities in Finland, town and a Municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located approximately east of the country's capital Helsinki, in the Kymenlaakso Regions of Finland, reg ...

, *

Svartholm fortress The Svartholm fortress ( fi, Svartholman merilinnoitus; sv, Svartholms fästning) was built between 1749 and 1764 outside Loviisa in Southern Finland by Augustin Ehrensvärd. The fortress, which lies at the mouth of the Bay of Loviisa, along wi ...

Loviisa Loviisa (; sv, Lovisa ; formerly Degerby) is a municipality and town of inhabitants () on the southern coast of Finland. It is located from Helsinki and from Porvoo. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking. The municipality co ...

Ruotsinsalmi sea fortress Ruotsinsalmi sea fortress ( fi, Ruotsinsalmen merilinnoitus, sv, Svensksund, russian: Морская крепость Руотсинсальми; both names meaning ''Swedish Strait'') is a fortification system in Kotka, Finland. It is part ...

''(sv: Svensksund)'' and Kyminlinna * Bomarsund Fortress,

Sund, Åland Sund is a municipality of Åland. It is an autonomous territory of Finland which is very rich in history and culture, being one of the official 27 National landscapes of Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of w ...

Korela Fortress Korela Fortress (Russian: Корела, Finnish: ''Käkisalmen linna'', Swedish: ''Kexholms slott''), at the town of Priozersk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Origin The original fortification was built by Karelians but the castle seen today is from ...

''(fi: Käkisalmi, sv: Kexholm)'',

Priozersk Priozersk (russian: Приозе́рск; fi, Käkisalmi; sv, Kexholm) is a town and the administrative center of Priozersky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the northwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, at the estuary of the northern a ...

(Now in

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

) * Lappeenranta ''(sv. Villmanstrand)'' Fortress * Kärnäkoski Fortress, Savitaipale

France

* Fort Bergues * Fort Bayonne *

Fort de Bellegarde The ''Fort de Bellegarde'' (''Fort'' or ''Castell de Bellaguarda / Bellaguàrdia'' in Catalan) is a 17th-century bastion fortification located above the town of ''Le Perthus'', in the Pyrénées-Orientales ''département'' of southern France. H ...

* Bitche * Fort Blaye *

Fort Bouillon A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

* Fort Boyard * Fort Cambrai *

Fort Louvois Fort Louvois, which is known locally as Fort Chapus or Fort du Chapus, is a fortification built between 1691 and 1694, during the reign of Louis XIV, on the Chapus islet, and is about offshore in the town of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus in the departme ...

or Fort du Chapus *

Fort Douaumont Fort Douaumont (french: Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun, France, since the 1890s. By 1915, the French General Staff had concluded that even the bes ...

Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Fodfwans) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. It is also one of the major cities in the ...

(on the French Caribbean island of

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...

) *

Fort de Joux The Fort de Joux or Château de Joux is a castle, later transformed into a fort, located in La Cluse-et-Mijoux in the Doubs department in the Jura mountains of France. It commands the mountain pass ''Cluse de Pontarlier''. History The Château ...

Fort Liberia A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

( Villefranche-de-Conflent) * Fort Montmédy * Fort Le Quesnoy * Fort Saint-Martin-de-Ré * Fort de Vincennes * Îles Saint-Marcouf

Vauban

Séré de Rivières system

Fort des Adelphes The Fort des Adelphes, or Fort Richepance, is part of the fortifications of Épinal. It was built near the village of Deyvillers between 1883 and 1885, and was modernized beginning in 1907. It is an example of a Séré de Rivières system fortific ...

* Fort des Ayvelles *

Fort des Basses Perches Fort des Basses Perches, also known as Fort Valmy, was built between 1874 and 1877 in Danjoutin and Belfort in northeastern France. It is part of the first ring of fortifications around the city of Belfort. The Forts des Perches were unique amon ...

Fort de Bois-d'Arcy The Fort de Bois-d'Arcy, also called the Batterie de Bois-d'Arcy, is one of the forts constructed at the end of the 19th century to defend Paris. It is located in the commune of Bois d'Arcy in the Yvelines département of France. The fort is loc ...

Fort de Bois l'Abbé The Fort de Bois l'Abbé, or Fort Poniatowski, is part of the fortifications of Épinal, France. It was built near the village of Uxegney between 1883 and 1885. It is an example of a Séré de Rivières system fortification. It escaped significant ...

Fort du Bois d'Oye Fort Bois d'Oye, also known as Fort Eblé, is located in the commune of Bermont. It was built between 1883 and 1886. It is part of the second ring of fortifications around the city of Belfort in northeastern France. This second ring of forts was ...

Fort de Bourlémont The Fort de Bourlémont, or Fort Choiseul, was built between 1878 and 1881. The fort was built as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications, which were conceived in response to the increasing power and range of artillery. The Fort d ...

Fort du Bruissin The Fort du Bruissin is a fort in Francheville, France, near the city of Lyon. Built between 1878 and 1881, the fort is part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications built in the late 19th century. It has been rehabilitated as a contem ...

Fort de Champigny Fort de Champigny was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located to the southeast of Paris in Chennevières-sur-Marne, the fort was part of an outer ring of fortifications built in response to improvements in the range and ...

Fort de Châtillon (Paris) The Fort de Châtillon was a fortification located about south of Paris in the communes of Châtillon-sous-Bagneux and Fontenay-aux-Roses. It was built in 1874 and was razed beginning in 1957, making way for expansion of the French nuclear resea ...

Fort de Condé-sur-Aisne The Fort de Condé, or Fort Pille, is a fortification of the Séré de Rivières system, built in France between 1877 and 1883 to defend the area between Soissons and Laon. It is located on the heights of the confluence of the Aisne and the Vesle ...

* Fort de Cormeilles-en-Parisis * Fort de la Croix-de-Bretagne *

Fort de Domont The Fort de Domont was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located to the north of Paris in Domont, the fort was part of an outer ring of fortifications built in response to improvements in the range and effectiveness of ar ...

Fort Dubois Fort Dubois is a military construction from the 19th century,fort Dubois on http://www.fortiffsere.fr. located in the town of Hirson in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France. This fort was built between 1877 and 1880. It is the work ...

Fort de Giromagny Fort de Giromagny, also known as Fort Dorsner, was built near Belfort in northeastern France between 1875 and 1879. The fort forms the southern end of the defensive curtain of the Haute Moselle Region, abutting the fortified region of Belfort, whi ...

Fort des Hautes Perches Fort des Hautes Perches was built between 1874 and 1877 in Danjoutin and Belfort in northeastern France. It is part of the first ring of fortifications around the city of Belfort. The Forts des Perches were unique among the first group in their r ...

Fort de l'Infernet The Fort de l'Infernet is a fortification complex near Briançon in the French Alps. It was built as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications in 1876–78 to defend France against invasion from Italy. It specifically overlooks th ...

* Fort de Leveau *

Fort de Liouville The Fort de Liouville, also known as Fort Stengel, located between the communes of Saint-Agnant-sous-les-Côtes and Saint-Julien-sous-les-Côtes, near the town of Commercy in the Meuse departement of France, is one of the forts built at the end ...

Fort de Maulde The Fort de Maulde, also known as Fort de Beurnonville and the Ensemble de Maulde, is located to the south of Maulde, France. It is part of the Fortified Sector of the Escaut, an extension of the Maginot Line. The Séré de Rivières system fort ...

Fort du Mont Bart Fort du Mont Bart is located to the south of Montbéliard, France. It was built between November 1874 and July 1877 as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications. The fort overlooks the valleys of the Doubs and the Allan at an elevat ...

Fort de Montmorency The Fort de Montmorency was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located to the north of Paris in Montmorency, the fort was part of an outer ring of fortifications built in response to improvements in the range and effective ...

Fort de l'Olive The Fort de l'Olive is a fortification in the vicinity of Briançon in the Dauphiné region of southeastern France. Built in 1881 it was originally called the ''Ouvrage du Bois des Gasquets'', it was the third and final fort built near Briançon a ...

Fort de Plappeville The Fort de Plappeville, or Feste Alvensleben, is a military fortification located to the northwest of Metz in the commune of Plappeville. As part of the first ring of the fortifications of Metz, it is an early example of a Séré de Rivières ...

Fort de la Pompelle The Fort de la Pompelle, also known as Fort Herbillon, is one of a number of forts built around Reims after 1870 as part of a fortification belt in the Séré de Rivières system. The forts saw combat during the First World War in the defense of R ...

Fort de Queuleu The Fort de Queuleu is a fortification to the southeast of Metz, near Queuleu, France. Construction began while part of Lorraine was under French rule in 1868. After the interruption of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, the fort was improved b ...

Fort du Replaton The Fort du Replaton is a fortification of the Séré de Rivières system in Modane, France. The fort was built to provide artillery cover for the French end of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel away horizontally. It is connected to Modane by an aerial tra ...

Fort de Roppe Fort de Roppe, also known as Fort Ney, was built between 1875 and 1877. It is part of the second ring of fortifications around the city of Belfort in northeastern France. This set of forts was built as part of the Séré de Rivières system and i ...

Fort du Salbert Fort du Salbert, also known as Fort Lefebvre, was built between 1874 and 1877. It was named after General François Joseph Lefebvre. It forms part of the Séré de Rivières system fortifications in the fortified region of Belfort in northeastern ...

* Fort de Saint-Cyr *

Fort de Sucy Fort de Sucy was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located to the southeast of Paris in Sucy-en-Brie, the fort was part of an outer ring of eighteen major fortifications built in response to improvements in the range and e ...

* Fort du Télégraphe *

Fort de Tournoux The Fort de Tournoux is a fortification complex in the Ubaye Valley in the French Alps. It was built between 1843 and the early 20th century to defend France against invasion from Italy and Savoy. It was described as the "Military Versailles of ...

* Fort du Trou-d'Enfer *

Fort d'Uxegney The Fort d'Uxegney, or Fort Roussel, is part of the fortifications of Épinal. It was built near the village of Uxegney between 1882 and 1884, and was modernized in 1910. It is an example of a Séré de Rivières system fortification. It retains i ...

Fort de Vancia The Fort de Vancia is a former military installation built between 1872 and 1878 in the municipalities of Sathonay-Village and Rillieux-la-Pape, north of Lyon. It is part of the second belt Lyon and more generally the system Sere de Rivieres. This ...

Fort de Vaujours The Fort de Vaujours, located in the commune of Courtry, Seine-Saint-Denis, near the town of Vaujours, is one of the forts built at the end of the 19th century to defend Paris. It became a research center for the Commissariat à l'énergie atomiq ...

* Fort Vaux *

Fort de Villey-le-Sec Fort de Villey-le-Sec, also known as Fort Trévise, is a fortification of the 19th century, built as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications in Villey-le-Sec, France, one of the defenses of Toul. It is a unique example for its tim ...

Fort de Villiers Fort de Villers was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located to the east of Paris in Villiers-sur-Marne, the fort was part of an outer ring of eighteen major fortifications built in response to improvements in the range ...

Fort de Viraysse The Fort de Viraysse is a fortification complex in the Cottian Alps overlooking the Ubaye Valley. It was built between 1885 and 1888 to defend France against invasion from Italy. The position was one of the highest military posts in France at , a ...

* Fort de Vézelois

Maginot Line (Northeast)

* Ouvrage Les Sarts * Ouvrage de Bersillies *

Ouvrage La Salmagne Ouvrage La Salmagne is a ''petit ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, built as part of the "New Fronts" program to address shortcomings in the Line's coverage of the border with Belgium. Like the other three ''ouvrages'' near Maubeuge, it is built on ...

* Ouvrage de Boussois *

Ouvrage La Ferté Ouvrage La Ferté, also known as Ouvrage Villy-La Ferté, is a ''petit ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Montmédy, facing Belgium. The ''ouvrage'' lies between the towns of Villy and La Ferté-sur-Chiers. I ...

* Ouvrage Chesnois * Ouvrage Thonnelle *

Ouvrage Vélosnes Ouvrage Vélosnes is a ''gros ouvrage'' (large work) of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Montmédy between the towns of Othe and Vélosnes, facing Belgium. It possesses four combat blocks and one entrance block. It is locat ...

Ouvrage Ferme Chappy Ouvrage Ferme Chappy is a ''petit ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line in northeastern France. It is located at the western end of the Fortified Sector of the Crusnes near Longuyon in the Meurthe-et-Moselle ''département'', facing Belgium. The ''gro ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Fermont Ouvrage Fermont is a ''gros ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, part of the Fortified Sector of the Crusnes in northeastern France, near the community of Montigny-sur-Chiers. It is located near the commune of Montigny-sur-Chiers, between the ''pe ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Latiremont Ouvrage Latiremont is a ''gros ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of the Crusnes, sub-sector of Arrancy. It lies between the ''gros ouvrage'' Fermont and the ''petit ouvrage'' Mauvais Bois, facing Belgium. The village ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Mauvais-Bois Ouvrage Mauvais-Bois is a ''petit ouvrage'' of the Fortified Sector of the Crusnes on the Maginot Line. It is located between the ''gros ouvrage'' Latiremont and the ''petit ouvrage'' Bois-du-Four, facing the Belgium/Luxembourg border. The ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Bois-du-Four Ouvrage Bois-du-Four is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') in the Fortified Sector of the Crusnes of the Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of a single large combat block without an underground gallery system, and is located between ''petit ouvr ...

(PO) * Ouvrage Bréhain(GO) *

Ouvrage Aumetz Ouvrage Aumetz is a small work, or ''petit ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line. It is part of the Fortified Sector of the Crusnes and is located near the community of Aumetz in the Moselle ''département'' of France. The ''petit ouvrage'' flanked ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Rochonvillers Ouvrage Rochonvillers is one of the largest of the Maginot Line fortifications. Located above the town of Rochonvillers in the French region of Lorraine, the ''gros ouvrage'' or large work was fully equipped and occupied in 1935 as part of the ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Molvange Ouvrage Molvange is a large work, or ''gros ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line. The fortification complex faces the France-Luxembourg border from a height near Entrange in the Moselle department. The complex, armed and occupied in 1935, is located o ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Soetrich Ouvrage Soetrich is a ''gros ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line in north-eastern France. Soetrich is located between ''petits ouvrages'' Ouvrage Immerhof, Immerhof and Ouvrage Bois Karre, Bois Karre, facing the France-Luxembourg border near the town ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Kobenbusch Ouvrage du Kobenbusch is a ''gros ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Thionville in the Cattenom Forest. It possesses seven combat blocks and two entrance blocks, one for ammunition and the other for men. It is loca ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Galgenberg Ouvrage Galgenberg forms a portion of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line. It is situated in the Cattenom Forest, near the ''gros ouvrage'' Kobenbusch and ''petit ouvrage'' Oberheid. The ''ouvrage'' was tasked with control ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Métrich Ouvrage Métrich located in the village of Kœnigsmacker in Moselle, comprises part of the Elzange portion of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line. A ''gros ouvrage'', it is the third largest of the Line, after Hackenberg ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Billig Ouvrage Billig, a ''gros ouvrage'' or large fortification of the Maginot Line, was located in the Fortified Sector of Thionville, Moselle in northern France. It is located between the ''gros ouvrages'' Metrich and Hackenberg, facing Germany. ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Immerhof Ouvrage Immerhof, also known as Ouvrage Ferme-Immerhof, is one of the largest ''petit ouvrages'' of the Maginot Line of north-east, France. Located near the community of Hettange-Grande, it is 7 km north of Thionville between the ''gros ouvr ...

(PO) * Ouvrage Bois-Karre (PO) *

Ouvrage Oberheid Ouvrage Oberheid, also called Ouvrage Oberheide, forms a portion of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line in northeast France. The ''petit ouvrage d'infanterie'' is located on a salient point of the Cattenom Forest between the ' ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Sentzich Ouvrage Sentzich is part of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line. The ''petit ouvrage'' for infantry is located to the south of ''gros ouvrage'' Galgenberg, on the edge of the main road to Luxembourg near the village of Sentzi ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Hackenberg Ouvrage Hackenberg, one of the largest (a ''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line fortifications, is part of the Fortified Sector of Boulay. It is situated twenty kilometres east of Thionville, in the Moselle ''département'', near the village ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Mont des Welches Ouvrage Mont des Welches, a ''gros ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line fortifications, is part of the Fortified Sector of Boulay. It comprises two entrance blocks, one infantry block, one artillery block, one observation block and two combination bloc ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Michelsberg Ouvrage Michelsberg, one of the Maginot Line fortifications, formed part of the Fortified Sector of Boulay as well as the fortified region of Metz. The ''ouvrage'' is located in Moselle (''département'') between the towns of Dalstein and d'E ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Anzeling Ouvrage Anzeling is a ''gros ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, part of the Fortified Sector of Boulay. It is located between ''petit ouvrage'' Bousse and ''petit ouvrage'' Berenbach, facing Germany just to the east of Bockange. With one of ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Coucou Ouvrage Coucou is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Boulay. The ouvrage consists of two infantry blocks, and is located between the ''gros ouvrages'' of Hackenberg and Mont des Welches, ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Hobling Ouvrage Hobling is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Boulay, the ouvrage consists of two infantry blocks and two observation blocks, and is located between ''gros ouvrage'' Michelsberg ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Bousse Ouvrage Bousse, also known as Ouvrage Bois de Bousse, is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line in the Fortified Sector of Boulay. The ''ouvrage'' is located between ''petit ouvrage'' Ouvrage Hobling, Hobling and ''gros ouvrage'' ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Berenbach Ouvrage Berenbach, also known as Ouvrage Behrenbach, is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Boulay, the ''ouvrage'' is located between ''gros ouvrage'' Anzeling and ''petit ouvrage'' Bove ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Bovenberg Ouvrage Bovenberg is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Boulay, the ''ouvrage'' is located between ''petits ouvrages'' Berenbach and Denting, facing Germany. It consists of two infant ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Denting Ouvrage Denting is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line. Part of the Fortified Sector of Boulay, the ouvrage consists of three infantry blocks, and is located between ''petits ouvrages'' Bovenberg and Village Coume, near the ...

(PO) * Ouvrage Village de Coume (PO) * Ouvrage Annexe Nord de Coume (PO) *

Ouvrage Coume Ouvrage Coume is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Boulay, the ''ouvrage'' consists of two infantry blocks, and was located between ''petits ouvrages'' Coume Annexe Nord and Coume Ann ...

(PO) * Ouvrage Annexe Sud de Coume (PO) *

Ouvrage Mottenberg Ouvrage Mottenberg is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line. Part of the Fortified Sector of Boulay, the ouvrage consists of one entrance block and two infantry blocks, and is located between ''petits ouvrages'' Coume Annexe Sud ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Kerfent Ouvrage Kerfent is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Faulquemont, the ouvrage consists of three infantry blocks and an observation block, and is located between ''petits ouvrages'' Motte ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Bambesch Ouvrage Bambesch is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Faulquemont, the ouvrage consists of three infantry blocks, and is located between ''petits ouvrages'' Kerfent and Einseling, facin ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Einseling Ouvrage Einseling is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Faulquemont, the ouvrage consists of one infantry block (''béton armé''), and is located between ''petits ouvrages'' Bambesch and ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Laudrefang Ouvrage Laudrefang is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Faulquemont, the ouvrage consists of one infantry block, and is located between ''petits ouvrages'' Einseling and Teting, facing ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Téting Ouvrage Téting is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Faulquemont, the ouvrage consists of one infantry block and two observation blocks, and is located facing Germany between ''petits ouvr ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Haut-Poirier Ouvrage Haut-Poirier is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry and three infantry blocks, and is located between the Saare valley and ''petit ouvrage'' Welschhof, facing Germany. It is the only ...

* Ouvrage Simserhof *

Ouvrage Schiesseck Ouvrage Schiesseck is a ''gros ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, located near Bitche in the French ''département'' of Moselle. Schiesseck is adjoined by ''gros ouvrage'' Simserhof and ''petit ouvrage'' Otterbiel, all part of the Fortified Sector ...

Ouvrage Welschhof Ouvrage Welschhof is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line, located near Rohrbach-lès-Bitche in the Moselle department of northeastern France. Located in the Fortified Sector of Rohrbach, the ouvrage consists of three infantry bl ...

Ouvrage Rohrbach Ouvrage Rohrbach (or Fort Casso) is a ''petit ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line located in the community of Bettvillier, near Rohrbach-lès-Bitche in the Moselle ''département'', facing Germany. The Fortified Sector of Rohrbach was built somewhat ...

* Ouvrage Otterbiel *

Ouvrage Grand-Hohékirkel Ouvrage Grand-Hohékirkel is a ''petit ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, located near Bitche in the French ''département'' of Moselle. Grand-Hohékirkel is adjoined by ''gros ouvrage'' Otterbiel to the west and ''petit ouvrage'' Lembach at some d ...

* Ouvrage Four-à-Chaux *

Ouvrage Lembach Ouvrage Lembach is a ''petit ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line. Lembach is adjoined by ''petit ouvrage'' Grand Hohekirkel at some distance to its west and ''gros ouvrage'' Four-à-Chaux immediately to its east. It faces the German frontier, and w ...

Ouvrage Hochwald Ouvrage Hochwald is a ''gros ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, one of the largest fortifications in the Line. Located on the Hochwald ridge in the Fortified Sector of Haguenau in the community of Drachenbronn-Birlenbach in the Bas-Rhin department ...

* Ouvrage Schoenenbourg

Alpine Line (Maginot Southeast)

Ouvrage Chatelard Ouvrage Chatelard is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. Begun in 1938, the ouvrage consists of one infantry block about one kilometer northeast of Bou ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Cave-à-Canon Ouvrage Cave-à-Canon is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. Started in 1937, the ouvrage consists of one infantry block about one kilometer east of Bourg St. Maurice, on the south bank of t ...

(PO) *

Ouvrage Sapey Ouvrage Sapey is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, three artillery blocks and one observation block two kilometers w ...

(GO) *

Ouvrage Saint-Gobain Ouvrage Saint-Gobain is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, one infantry block, one artillery block, one observation block and one combination block. Located ...

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Ouvrage Saint-Antoine Ouvrage Saint-Antoine is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, one infantry block and one artillery block overlooking Modane on the way to the Col du Mont Ceni ...

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Ouvrage Le Lavoir Ouvrage Le Lavoir Is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of two entry blocks, one infantry block, three artillery blocks and one observation ...

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Ouvrage Pas du Roc Ouvrage Pas du Roc is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry blocks, one infantry block, two artillery blocks and one observation block south of Modane and east of ...

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Ouvrage Arrondaz Ouvrage Arrondaz is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, one infantry block, and one observation block fin the v ...

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Ouvrage Les Rochilles Ouvrage Les Rochilles is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, in the high Alps about southwest of Modane. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, two infantry blocks and one observation bloc ...

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Ouvrage Janus Ouvrage Janus is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, located to the east of Briançon on near the Col de Montgenèvre. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, two infantry blocks, two artillery bloc ...

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Ouvrage Col du Granon Ouvrage Col du Granon is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, one infantry block and one observation block covering the Col du Granon as part of the ...

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Ouvrage Les Aittes Ouvrage Les Aittes is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, three infantry blocks and one observation block, about two kilometers east of Cervières, H ...

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Ouvrage Gondran Ouvrage Gondran is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, one infantry block and one observation block. Gondran was commenced in June 1933, and was intend ...

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Ouvrage Roche-la-Croix Ouvrage Roche-la-Croix is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, two infantry blocks, one artillery block and two obser ...

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Ouvrage Saint Ours Haut Ouvrage Saint Ours Haut is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block, one artillery block, two observation blocks and one c ...

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Ouvrage Plate Lombard Ouvrage Plate Lombard is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, two infantry blocks and one observation block. Unusually for an ''ouvrage'', Plate-Lomb ...

(PO) * Ouvrage Fontvive Nord-ouest (PO) * Ouvrage Saint Ours Nord-est (PO) *

Ouvrage Saint Ours Bas Ouvrage Saint Ours Bas is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block. The location is unusual in lacking the underground galleries typical of a Maginot f ...

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Ouvrage Ancien Camp Ancien Camp is an ''abri'' or infantry shelter associated with the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The position consists of two entry blocks. Neither block was armed. One machine gun cloche and embrasures for a heavy twin machi ...

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Ouvrage Restefond Ouvrage Restefond is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one artillery block and three observation blocks at the summit of the Col de la Bonette. The entry block and an artill ...

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Ouvrage Col de Restefond Ouvrage Col de Restefond is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of three infantry blocks. It is located directly adjacent to the Col de Restefond road at an altitude of . ...

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Ouvrage Col de Crous Ouvrage Col de Crous is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block at an altitude of . Additional blocks were planned but not built. Description *Block ...

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Ouvrage Rimplas Ouvrage Rimplas is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, known also as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, two infantry blocks and three artillery blocks at an altitude o ...

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Ouvrage Fressinéa Ouvrage Fressinéa, also known as Fraisinéa or Frassinéa is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, one infantry block and one observation block at an ...

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Ouvrage Valdeblore Ouvrage Valdeblore is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, one infantry artillery block and one observation block at an altitude of . Valdeblore was b ...

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Ouvrage Col du Caire Gros Ouvrage Col du Caire Gros is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of two entry blocks at an altitude of . Additional blocks were planned but not built. Description *Bloc ...

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Ouvrage Col du Fort Ouvrage Col du Fort is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block and one observation block at an elevation of . An additional block was planned but not b ...

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Ouvrage Gordolon Ouvrage Gordolon is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one and two infantry blocks at an altitude of . Gordolon was built by Borie cont ...

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Ouvrage Flaut Ouvrage Flaut is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, one infantry block and one artillery block at an altitude of . The p ...

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Ouvrage La Béole Ouvrage La Béole is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block and two observation blocks at an altitude of . The ''ouvrage'' consists of two entry blocks a ...

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Ouvrage Col d'Agnon Ouvrage Col d'Agnon is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of two entry blocks and one observation block facing Italy at an altitude of . The ''ouvrage'' was manned by 5 ...

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Ouvrage Col de Brouis Ouvrage Col de Brouis is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block and two artillery blocks facing Italy at an altitude of . ...

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Ouvrage Monte Grosso Ouvrage Monte Grosso is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, four artillery blocks and two observation blocks facing Ita ...

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Ouvrage Champ de Tir Ouvrage Champ de Tir, also known as Champ de Tir de l'Agaisen (Agaisen firing range) is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. It is located at an altitude of , less than 1 kilometer to the nort ...

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Ouvrage L'Agaisen Ouvrage L'Agaisen is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, two artillery blocks and one observation block above Sospel. ...

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Ouvrage Saint-Roch Ouvrage Saint-Roch is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. Small for a ''gros ouvrages'', the ouvrage consists of one entry block, one artillery block and two o ...

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Ouvrage Barbonnet Ouvrage Barbonnet is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block and one infantry block facing Italy. The ''ouvrage'' was built ...

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Ouvrage Castillon Ouvrage Castillon is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, two infantry blocks, and two artillery blocks in a narrow ridge ...

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Ouvrage Sainte-Agnès Ouvrage Sainte-Agnès was a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The fortification was built between 1932 and 1938. The site is at the south edge of the hill tow ...

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Ouvrage Col de Garde Ouvrage Col de Garde is a lesser work (''petit ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of two entry blocks, one infantry block and one observation block, sligh ...

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Ouvrage Mont Agel Ouvrage Mont Agel is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The 1930s ''ouvrage'' was built in and around the earlier mountaintop Fortress of Mont Agel. The ''ouv ...

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Ouvrage Roquebrune Ouvrage Roquebrune is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, two artillery blocks and one observation block facing Italy. The fortification is located on the he ...

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Ouvrage Cap Martin Ouvrage Cap Martin is a work (''gros ouvrage'') of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage, located on high ground in Roquebrune, consists of two artillery blocks and one combinati ...

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Former German fortifications

* Fort de Mutzig

Moselstellung

Fort d'Illange The Fort d'Illange is a fortification located to the south of Thionville in the Moselle (department), Moselle department of France. It was built by Germany next to the town of Illange in the early 20th century after the annexation of the Moselle ...

Fort de Guentrange The Fort de Guentrange dominates Thionville in the Moselle department of France. It was built by Germany next to the town of the same name in the late 19th century after the annexation of the Moselle following the Franco-Prussian War. The Fort ...

Fort de Koenigsmacker The Fort de Koenigsmacker (Koenigsmaker, Königsmachern or Kœnigsmacker) is a fortification located to the northeast of Thionville in the Moselle department of France. It was built by Germany next to the town of the same name in the early 20th ...

Fort Jeanne d'Arc Fort Jeanne d'Arc, also called Fortified Group Jeanne d'Arc, is a fortification located to the west of Metz in the Moselle department of France. It was built by Germany to the west of the town of Rozérieulles in the early 20th century as part ...

Germany

Ayers Kaserne Ayers Kaserne at Kirch-Göns, Germany (coordinates: 50° 28' 46.08" N 8° 38' 41.83" E) was a U.S. Army installation built in 1952 as part of the major construction efforts under the U.S. Army troop augmentation program of the early 1950s, occupie ...

Wildenstein Castle (Leibertingen) Burg Wildenstein ( Leibertingen), a fortified spur castle, built between 1200 and 1300 A.D., is situated above the Danube break-through at the Swabian Alb in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It functions now as a hostel of the German Youth Hostel Asso ...

* Ehrenbreitstein Fortress *

Grauerort fortress Grauerort fortress is a German artillery fort on Elbe river about 9 km (5.6 mi) north of Stade which was built between 1869 and 1879 to defend the Port of Hamburg. Its shape is hexagonal, taking advantage of the topography of the area a ...

Königstein Fortress Königstein Fortress (german: Festung Königstein), the "Saxony, Saxon Bastille", is a hilltop fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, above the town of Königstein, Saxony, Königstein on the left bank of the River Elbe. It is one ...

* Moritzburg Fortress *

Petersberg Citadel Petersberg Citadel (German:''Zitadelle Petersberg'') in Erfurt, central Germany, is one of the largest and best-preserved town fortresses in Europe.Stadtverwaltung Erfurt (17 November 2017) ''Petersberg'' Retrieved 23 December 2017 The citadel was ...

Saalburg The Saalburg is a Roman fort located on the main ridge of the Taunus, northwest of Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany. It is a cohort fort, part of the Limes Germanicus, the Roman linear border fortification of the German provinces. The Saalburg, loca ...

Spandau Citadel The Spandau Citadel (german: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and ...

Fortress of Ulm The fortress of Ulm (''Bundesfestung Ulm'') was one of five federal fortresses of the German Confederation around the cities of Ulm and Neu-Ulm. With its 9 km polygonal main circumvallation Ulm had the biggest fortress in Germany in the 19th ...

* Veste Coburg * Veste Oberhaus * Mainz Citadel

India

* Red Fort, Delhi * Amer Fort, Rajasthan * Agra Fort, Uttar Pradesh * Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan * Daulatabad fort, Maharashtra * Golkonda Fort, Telangana * Junagarh Fort, Bikaner, Rajasthan * Gwalior Fort, Madhya Pradesh * Jhansi Fort, Uttar Pradesh * Chittorgarh Fort, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan * Mehrangarh Fort, Rajasthan * Diu Fort, Daman and Diu * Chapora Fort, Goa * Pratapgad, Maharashtra * Palakkad Fort, Kerala * Jaigarh Fort, Rajasthan * Kumbhalgarh, Rajasthan * Raigad Fort, Maharashtra * Ranthambore Fort, Rajasthan * Bellary Fort, Karnataka * Yadgir Fort, Karnataka * Bekal Fort, Kerala * Purana Qila, Delhi * Warangal Fort, Andhra Pradesh * Nahargarh Fort, Rajasthan * Taragarh Fort, Ajmer, Taragarh Fort, Rajasthan * Bhangarh Fort, Rajasthan * Fort Aguada, Goa

Indonesia

Java

* Batavia Castle (demolished) * Citadel Prins Frederik (demolished, now Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta) * Kotagede, Kotagede's Cepuri * Fort Portuguese * Fort van den Bosch * Gombong, Fort van der Wijck * Fort Vastenburg * Fort Vredeburg * Fort Willem I, Ambarawa, Fort Willem I * Fort Willem II, Ungaran, Fort Willem II * Waterkasteel (Batavia), Waterkasteel, Batavia (demolished) * Benteng Pendem (Cilacap), Fort Pendem

The Moluccas

* Fort Amsterdam, Ambon * Fort Belgica * Fort Kalamata * Fort Nassau, Banda Islands, Fort Nassau * Fort Oranje (Ternate), Fort Oranje, Ternate * Fort Tolukko * Fort Kastela * Fort Duurstede * Fort Tahula

Papua

* Fort Du Bus (demolished)

Sulawesi

* Otanaha Fortress * Fort Rotterdam * Buton Palace Fortress * Fort Somba Opu

Sumatra

* Fort de Kock * Fort Marlborough * Fort van der Capellen

Iran

* Agha Khan Liravi-ye Castle * Alamut Castle * Ardalan Castle * Ardeshir Castle * Arg-e Bam * Arg of Tabriz * Atashgah Castle * Babak Fort * Bakhtak Leylan Castle * Chaleshtar Castle * Chanef Castle * Ernan Castle * Espakeh Castle * Fort of Our Lady of the Conception * Gabri Castle, Ray * Geli Castle * Gouged Stronghold * Iraj Castle * Izad-Khast Castle * Junqan Castle * Jushin Castle * Kalat Ahram Castle * Kangelo Castle * Keshit Castle * Leshtan Castle * Lisar Castle * Machi Castle * Mansur Kuh Castle * Manujan Castle * Mozaffarabad Castle * Naryn Castle, Meybod * Qahqah Castle * Qal'eh Dokhtar * Rashkan Castle * Rayen Castle * Rey Castle * Robat Castle * Rudkhan Castle * Sa'dabad Complex * Sang Castle * Sarvestan Palace * Semiran Castle * Shapur Khast * Shavvaz Castle * Zahhak Castle

Israel

* Acre, Israel, Acre * Arsuf (a.k.a. ''Apollonia'') * Mevaseret Zion, Belveer * Belvoir Fortress, Belvoir (a.k.a. ''Kochav Ha-Yarden'' كوكب الهوى kawkab al hwa) * Beit Guvrin, Israel, Beth Gibelin * Beit She'an, Besan * Burgata, Burj al Ahmar, (a.k.a. ''khirbet Burgata'') * Ein Bokek, Bokek Stronghold * Antipatris, Binar Bashi (a.k.a. ''Antipatris Fortress'') * Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea * Cafarlet (a.k.a. ''HaBonim Fortress'') * Azor, Casal des Plains * Mi'ilya, Castellum Regis * Château Pèlerin (a.k.a. ''Atlit Fortress عتليت etlit'') * Latrun لطرون * Le Destroit * Kal'at Al Mina (a.k.a. ''Ashdod-Yam Fortress'') قلعة اسدود * Masada (''Metzada'' in Hebrew) * Migdal Afek, Mirabel (a.k.a. ''Migdal Afek'' or ''Migdal Tsedek'' or majdal yaba in Arabic) * Montfort Castle * Nimrod Fortress (a.k.a. ''Qal'at Namrud'') * Qaqun, Qaqun Fortress * Tower of David مسجد القلعه * Sepphoris صفوريه * Battle of Jacob's Ford, Vadum Iacob (a.k.a. ''Ateret Fortress'') * Yehiam, Yehiam Fortress

Italy

Abruzzo

* Forte Spagnolo, L'Aquila

Aosta Valley

* Fort Bard, Bard, Italy, Bard

Apulia

* Forte a Mare, Brindisi

Liguria

* Walls of Genoa#The fortresses, Walls of Genoa * Priamar Fortress, Savona

Marche

* Fortress of San Leo, Marche

Piedmont

* Fenestrelle Fort, Piedmont

Tuscany

* Belvedere (fort), Belvedere, Florence

Japan

* Goryōkaku, Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Hakodate, Hokkaidō

Kenya

* Fort Jesus

Libya

* Fort Capuzzo * Fortress of Ghat

Lithuania

* Apuolė * Aukštupėnai mound * Karmazinai mound * Kernavė * Molavėnai * Napoleon's Hill * Pilėnai * Ukmergė * Voruta Kaunas Fortress fortifications (listed in order of number) * Seventh Fort * Ninth Fort

Malaysia

* Fort Cornwallis * Porta de Santiago or Fort A'Famosa * Fort Margherita * Fort Sylvia * Kota Lukut * Kota Belanda or Kota Dindingh * Kota Ngah Ibrahim

Malta

* Fort Benghisa * Fort Binġemma * Cambridge Battery, Fort Cambridge * Fort Campbell (Malta), Fort Campbell * Fort Chambray * Fort Delimara * Fort Leonardo * Fort Madalena * Fort Manoel * Fort Mosta * Fort Pembroke * Fort Ricasoli * Fort Rinella * Fort St Angelo, Fort Saint Angelo * Fort Saint Elmo * Fort San Lucian * Fort Saint Michael * Fort Saint Rocco * Fort San Salvatore * Spinola Battery, Fort Spinola * Fort Tas-Silġ * Fort Tigné * Fort Verdala

Nepal

The Netherlands

* Aardenburg, Fort Nassau * Bourtange (fort), Fort Bourtange

Forts on the Dutch Water Line

* Pampus, Fort Pampus * Fort de Roovere * Wierickerschans

Forts on the Stelling van Amsterdam

* Fort along Den Ham * Fort near De Kwakel * Muiden Fortress * Fort Vijfhuizen * Vuurtoreneiland

New Zealand

* Fort Ballance * Fort Buckley * Fort Jervois * Gate Pā * Harington Point * North Head, New Zealand * Ruapekapeka * Stony Batter * Wrights Hill Fortress

Norway

Pakistan

* Lahore Fort, Lahore city * Rohtas Fort, Jhelum * Altit Fort, Hunza Valley * Baltit Fort, Karimabad * Khaplu Fort, Khaplu * Ranikot Fort, Jamshoro * Rawat Fort, Islamabad * Faiz Mahal, Khairpur * Umerkot Fort, Umerkot

Panama

* Fort Amador * Fort De Lesseps * Fort Kobbe * Fort Randolph (Panama) * Fort Sherman

Peru

* Saksaywaman

Philippines

* Cuyo Fort, Cuyo Island, Palawan * Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City * Fort Del Pilar, Baguio City * Fort Drum (Philippines), El Fraile Island * Fort Hughes, Caballo Island * Fort Frank, Carabao Island * Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija * Fort Mills, Corregidor Island * Fuerte de la Concepcion y del Triunfo, Fort of the Conception and the Triumph, Ozamiz City * Fort Pilar, Zamboanga City * Fort San Pedro, Cebu City * Iloilo City, Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City * Fort San Felipe (Cavite), Fort San Felipe, Cavite City * Fort Santa Isabel, Taytay, Palawan * Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila * Gumaca, Quezon, San Diego de Alcala Fortress, Gumaca, Quezon * Cuartel de Santo Domingo, Santa Rosa City, Laguna * Fort Wint, Grande Island, Subic Bay * Idjang, Batanes

Poland

* Kłodzko Fortress * Kraków Fortress * Międzyrzecz Fortification Region * Modlin Fortress * Osowiec Fortress, Osowiec * Poznań Fortress * Toruń Fortress * Warsaw Fortress

Portugal

* Belém Tower, Lisbon * Citadel of Cascais * Forts of Serra da Aguieira, Fort of Aguieira * Forts of Ajuda * Fort of Alqueidão * Fort of Arpim, Bucelas, Loures * Fort of Arrifana * Fort of Carvalha * Fort of Casa * Fort of Cego * Fort of Consolation Beach * Fort of Cresmina * Fort of Feira, Malveira, Mafra, Portugal, Mafra * Fort of Feiteira * Fort of Giribita, Oeiras, Portugal, Oeiras * Fort of Greta (Horta), Fort of Greta, Horta, Azores, Horta * Fort of Guincho, Cascais * Fort of Leça da Palmeira, Porto * Fort of Milreu, Ericeira * Fort of Mosqueiro * Fort of Negrito, Angra do Heroísmo * Fort of Olheiros * Castelo da Póvoa, Póvoa de Varzim * Fort of Nossa Senhora da Encarnação (Carvoeiro), Fort of Nossa Senhora da Encarnação, Lagoa, Algarve, Lagoa * Fort of Nossa Senhora da Guia (Cascais) * Fort of Nossa Senhora das Mercês de Catalazete, Oeiras, Portugal, Oeiras * Fort of Nossa Senhora da Rocha (Porches), Fort of Nossa Senhora da Rocha, Lagoa, Algarve, Lagoa * Fort of Paimogo * Fort of Pessegueiro Island, Sines * Fort of Ponta da Bandeira, Lagos, Portugal * Fort of Ribas * Fort of Santa Catarina (Portimão), Fort of Santa Catarina, Portimão * Fort of Santo António de Belixe, Sagres (Vila do Bispo), Sagres * Fort of Santo Amaro do Areeiro, Oeiras, Portugal, Oeiras * Fort of São Bruno, Oeiras, Portugal, Oeiras, Lisbon District * Fort of São João Baptista (Berlengas), Fort of São João Baptista, Berlengas, Peniche, Portugal, Peniche * Fort of São João do Arade, Lagoa, Algarve, Lagoa * Fort of São Jorge at Oitavos * Fort of São Julião da Barra, Oeiras, Portugal, Oeiras, Lisbon District * Fortress of São João Baptista (Angra do Heroísmo), Fort of São João Baptista, Angra do Heroísmo * Fort of São Pedro do Estoril, Cascais * Fort of São Sebastião de Caparica, Almada * Fort of São Tiago, Funchal, Madeira * Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira, Estoril * Fort of São Vicente, Torres Vedras * Forts of Serra da Aguieira * Fort of Subserra * Fort of Zambujal, Mafra, Portugal, Mafra * Peniche Fortress * Valença, Portugal#Attractions, Valença Fortress, Valença, Portugal, Valença

Russia

* Alexandrov Kremlin * Astrakhan Kremlin * Fort Alexander (St. Petersburg) * Gdov Kremlin * Ivangorod fortress * Kazan Kremlin * Kolomna Kremlin * Kronstadt, Russia, Kronstadt * Moscow Kremlin * Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin * Novgorod Kremlin * Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg * Por-Bazhyn, Tuva Republic * Tobolsk Kremlin * Tula Kremlin * Vladivostok Fortress

Saint Kitts and Nevis

* Brimstone Hill, Brimstone Hill Fortress

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

* Fort Charlotte, Saint Vincent, Fort Charlotte

Saudi Arabia

* Masmak fort, Maskmak Fortress

Serbia

Singapore

* Fort Canning * Fort Pasir Panjang * Fort Siloso * Fort Tanjong Katong

Sri Lanka

South Africa

* Fort Amiel Museum, Fort Amiel, KwaZulu-Natal * Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape * Fort Cox, Eastern Cape, Fort Cox, Eastern Cape * Fort de Goede Hoop, Western Cape * Fort Merensky, Mpumalanga * Johannesburg Fort, Gauteng * Pretoria Forts, Fort Klapperkop, Gauteng * Pretoria Forts, Fort Schanskop, Gauteng * Pretoria Forts, Fort Wonderboompoort, Gauteng * Redoubt Duijnhoop, Western Cape

South Korea

* Hwaseong Fortress, Suwon

Spain

A Coruña

* Muralla de Santiago de Compostela

Albacete

* Castle of Chinchilla, Fort Chinchilla

Badajoz

* Jerez de los Caballeros, Fort Jerez de los Caballeros

Burgos

* Cartagena, Spain, Fort Cartagena

Cádiz

* Batería de Aspiroz * Muelle de Gallineras * Fuerte de Punta Carnero * Fuerte de San García * Batería de San Genís * Castle of San Marcos (El Puerto de Santa María), Fort San Marcos * Batería de San Melitón de la Calavera * Castle of Sancti Petri, Fort Sancti Petri (San Fernando) * Batería de Urrutia

Province of Castellón

* Peníscola, Fort Peníscola

Córdoba

* Molina de Aragón, Fort Molina de Aragón

Coria, Cáceres

* Coria, Cáceres, Fort Coria

Girona

* Sant Ferran Castle, Fort Sant Ferran (Figueres)

Huelva

* Cartaya, Fort Cartaya * Niebla, Huelva, Fort Niebla * Cortegana, Fort Cortegana

Málaga

* Muralla urbana de Marbella

Menorca

* St. Philip's Castle, Fort San Felipe

Murcia

* Caravaca de la Cruz, Fort Caravaca de la Cruz

Navarre

* Palacio Real de Olite, Fort Olite * Fort San Cristóbal (Spain), Fort San Cristóbal

Palma de Mallorca

* Bellver, Fort Bellver

Segovia

* Alcázar of Segovia

Soria

* Berlanga de Duero, Fort Berlanga de Duero

Toledo

* Toledo, Spain, Fort Toledo

Valladolid

* Encinas de Esgueva, Fort Encinas de Esgueva * Peñafiel Castle, Fort Peñafiel * Simancas, Fort Simancas * Villalba de los Alcores, Fort Villalba de los Alcores

Zaragoza

* Aljaferia

Sweden

* Boden Fortress, Bodens fästning * Carlsten * Bohus Fortress, Bohus Fästning * Karlsborg Fortress

Taiwan (Republic of China)

* Cihou Fort * Eternal Golden Castle * Fort Provintia * Fort Santo Domingo * Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan), Fort Zeelandia * Huwei Fort * Uhrshawan Battery

Turkey

* Anadoluhisarı * Dardanelles Fortified Area Command * Diyarbakır Fortress * Rumelihisarı * Şeytan Castle * Trapessac * Walls of Constantinople * Yedikule Fortress

Ukraine

* Dubno Castle * Kyiv fortress * Kodak Fortress * Letychiv Fortress * Lutsk Castle * Lysa Hora (Kyiv), Lysa Hora * Medzhybizh Fortress * Okopy Świętej Trójcy * Ostroh Castle * Sevastopol * Zaporizhian Sich

United Arab Emirates

* Al Baithnah Fort * Al Fahidi Fort * Al Mahatta Fort * Al Jahili Fort * Fujairah Fort * Qasr al-Hosn * Sakamkam Fort * Sharjah Fort

United Kingdom

See also the List of castles#Castles in the United Kingdom, list of castles, as many early forts were called castles, and many castle sites were reused for later fortifications. Also Palmerston Forts lists the many British fortifications built in the 1860s.

England

General

* Maunsell Sea Forts

SE England

* Dymchurch Redoubt * Eastbourne Redoubt * Fort Burgoyne * Admiralty Pier Turret * Dover Western Heights * Littlehampton Fort * Newhaven Fort * Saxon Shore forts * Shoreham Redoubt

Thames

* Coalhouse Fort * Cliffe-at-Hoo#Cliffe Fort, Cliffe Fort * New Tavern Fort * Shornmead Fort * Slough Fort * Tilbury Fort

Medway

* Fort Horsted * Fort Amherst * Fort Borstal * Fort Bridgewood * Fort Clarence * Fort Darnet * Fort Luton * Fort Hoo * Fort Pitt, Kent, Fort Pitt * Garrison Point Fort * Grain Fort & Grain Tower Battery

Solent

;Portsdown Hill ** Crookhorn Redoubt ** Fort Fareham ** Farlington Redoubt ** Fort Nelson, Portsmouth, Fort Nelson ** Fort Southwick ** Fort Purbrook ** Fort Wallington ** Fort Widley ;Gosport ** Fort Blockhouse ** Fort Brockhurst ** Fort Elson ** Fort Gilkicker ** Fort Grange ** Fort Monckton ** Fort Rowner *Portsmouth ** Fort Cumberland (England), Fort Cumberland ** Lumps Fort *Sea Forts ** Horse Sand Fort ** No Mans Land Fort ** Spitbank Fort ** St Helens Fort *Isle of Wight

SW England

*Bideford **Chudleigh Fort * Berry Head * Bristol Channel ** Brean Down Fort *Dartmouth, Devon, Dartmouth ** Bayard's Cove Fort *Plymouth ** Royal Citadel, Plymouth, Royal Citadel ** St Budeaux#Agaton Fort, Agaton Fort ** Plymouth Breakwater#Plymouth Breakwater Fort, Breakwater Fort ** Cawsand Fort ** Crownhill Fort ** Ernesettle#Ernesettle Fort, Ernesettle Fort ** Fort Bovisand ** Picklecombe Fort ** Polhawn Fort ** Fort Scraesdon ** Fort Tregantle ** Whitsand Bay#Whitsand Bay Fortifications, Whitesand Bay Battery ** Woodlands Fort *Isle of Portland ** Verne Citadel ** East Weare Battery ** High Angle Battery ** Blacknor Fort * Weymouth Bay, Weymouth ** Nothe Fort

East Anglia

* Bath Side Battery * Beacon Hill Battery * Harwich Redoubt * Landguard Fort * Shotley Battery

NW England

* Liscard Battery#History, Liscard Battery * Fort Perch Rock#Fort Perch Rock, Fort Perch Rock

NE England

* The Humber Forts * Fort Paull * The Tyne Turrets

Scotland

* Fort Charlotte (Shetland), Fort Charlotte, Shetland * Fort George, Scotland

Wales

*Milford Haven ** Dale Fort ** Fort Hubberstone ** Popton Fort ** Pill Fort ** Chapel Bay Fort ** South Hook Fort ** Scoveston Fort, Fort Scoveston ** Stack Rock Fort ** Thorn Island, Thorn Island Fort * St Catherine's Island, St Catherine's Fort * Fort Belan

United States

Alabama

* Fort Armstrong (Alabama), Fort Armstrong * Fort Bainbridge * Fort Bibb * Fort Bowyer * Fort Carney * Fort Claiborne * Fort Crawford (Alabama), Fort Crawford * Fort Dale * Fort Decatur (Alabama), Fort Decatur * Fort Gaines (Alabama), Fort Gaines * Fort Harker (Alabama), Fort Harker * Fort Jackson (Alabama), Fort Jackson * Fort Louis de la Mobile * Fort McClellan * Fort Mims massacre, Fort Mims * Fort Mitchell Historic Site, Fort Mitchell * Fort Morgan (Alabama), Fort Morgan * Fort Rucker * Fort Sinquefield * Fort Stoddert * Fort Strother * Fort Williams (Alabama), Fort Williams

Alaska

*Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park, Fort Abercrombie *Fort Davis, Alaska, Fort Davis *Fort Egbert *Fort Gibbon *Fort Greely *Fort Liscum *Fort McGilvray *Fort Randall Army Airfield *Fort Raymond (Alaska) *Fort Richardson (Alaska), Fort Richardson *Sitka Naval Operating Base and U.S. Army Coastal Defenses, Fort Rousseau *Fort St. Michael *Fort Schwatka *Fort Wainwright *Fort William H. Seward *Fort Yukon

Arizona

* Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Fort Apache * Fort Bowie * Fort Buchanan, Arizona, Fort Buchanan * Fort Crittenden * Fort Defiance, Arizona, Fort Defiance * Fort Grant, Arizona, Fort Grant * Fort Huachuca * Fort Lowell * Fort McDowell, Arizona, Fort McDowell * Sharlot Hall Museum#Overview, Fort Misery * Fort Mojave * Joseph City, Arizona#Images of Joseph City, The Old Fort (Mormon) * Fort Tyson * List of historic properties in Mesa, Arizona#Old Fort Utah, Fort Utah * Fort Verde State Historic Park, Fort Verde * Fort Whipple, Arizona, Fort Whipple * Fort Yuma

Arkansas

* Fort Lookout (Arkansas), Fort Lookout

California

Colorado

Connecticut

* Fort Griswold * Fort Nathan Hale * Fort Trumbull

Delaware

* Fort Casimir * Fort Christina * Fort Delaware * Fort DuPont * Fort Miles * Fort Saulsbury

Florida

* Fort DeSoto

Georgia

*Fort Benning *Fort Gaines, Georgia, Fort Gaines *Fort Gordon *Fort Frederica *Fort Gillem *Fort Hawkins *Fort James Jackson (aka Old Fort Jackson or Fort Oglethorpe), historic fort open to the public *Fort King George *Fort McAllister *Fort McPherson *Battle of Fort Peter, Fort at Point Petre, aka Fort Point Peter *Fort Pulaski *Fort Screven *Fort Stewart

Hawaii

* Fort DeRussy Military Reservation, Fort DeRussy * Fort Hase * Fort Kamehameha * Fort Ruger * Russian Fort Elizabeth * Schofield Barracks * Fort Shafter

Idaho

* Fort Boise * Camp Connor * Fort Hall * Fort Lapwai

Illinois

* Fort Armstrong, Illinois, Fort Armstrong * Fort de Chartres * Fort Dearborn * Fort Johnson * Fort Kaskaskia * Fort Massac

Indiana

* Fort Benjamin Harrison * Forts of Vincennes, Indiana, Fort Sackville * Forts of Vincennes, Indiana, Fort Knox * Forts of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Miami * Fort Ouiatenon * Forts of Vincennes, Indiana, Fort Patrick Henry * Forts of Vincennes, Indiana, Fort Vincennes * Forts of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Wayne

Iowa

* Fort Atkinson State Preserve, Fort Atkinson * Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School, Fort Des Moines I, II, and III * Fort Dodge * Fort Madison

Kansas

* Fort Aubrey * Aubry's Post * Fort Bain * Barnesville's Post * Fort Belmont * Fort Blair (Fort Scott) * Fort Brooks * Burlingame's Fort * Camp Ben Butler * Fort de Cavagnial * Chapman's Dugout * Fort Clifton (Kansas), Fort Clifton * Fort Clinton * Coldwater Grove's Post * Council Grove's Post * Camp Defiance * Fort Dodge (United States Army Post), Fort Dodge * Fort Drinkwater * Camp Drywood * Eggert House * Fort Ellsworth (Kansas), Fort Ellsworth * Fort Folly * Fort Harker (Kansas), Fort Harker * Fort Hays * Fort Henning * Camp Hunter * Indian Home Guard Camp (Baxter Springs) * Fort Insley * Fort Lane (Kansas), Fort Lane * Fort Larned National Historic Site, Fort Larned * Fort Leavenworth * Fort Lincoln (Kansas), Fort Lincoln * Fort Lincoln blockhouse * Fort Lookout (Kansas), Fort Lookout * Fort McKean * Fort Montgomery (Eureka) * Fort Montgomery (Linn County) * Mount Oread Civil War posts * Fort Riley * Fort Row * Fort Scott National Historic Site, Fort Scott * Fort Simple * Fort Solomon * Fort Sully (Fort Leavenworth) * Fort Sumner * Fort Wallace * Fort Zarah

Kentucky

* Bryan Station * Corn Island (Kentucky), Corn Island * Floyd's Station (Kentucky), Floyd's Station * New Haven Battlefield Site#Fort Allen, Fort Allen * Fort Boonesborough State Park, Fort Boonesborough * Fort Campbell * Fort DeWolf * Fort Duffield * Fort Hill (Frankfort, Kentucky), Fort Hill, Frankfort * Fort Jefferson (Kentucky), Fort Jefferson * Fort Knox * Old Fort Harrod State Park, Fort Harrod * Fort Hartford * Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Fort Heiman * Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park, Fort Nelson, Jessamine County, Kentucky, Jessamine County * Fort Nelson (Kentucky), Fort Nelson, Louisville * Fort-on-Shore * Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Fort Thomas * Fort Vienna * Fort William (Kentucky), Fort William * Low Dutch Station * Newport Barracks * Springs Station, Kentucky, Springs Station

Louisiana

* Fort Jackson, Louisiana, Fort Jackson * Fort Dylan * Fort Pike * Fort Polk * Fort Proctor, Fort Proctor / Fort Beauregard * Fort St. Philip

Maine

*Fort Allen (Maine), Fort Allen *Fort Baldwin *Fort Edgecomb *Fort Foster (Kittery, Maine), Fort Foster *Fort George (Castine, Maine), Fort George *Fort Gorges *Fort Halifax (Maine), Fort Halifax *Fort Kent (fort), Fort Kent *Fort Knox (Maine), Fort Knox *Fort Levett *Fort Lyon (Maine), Fort Lyon *Fort McClary *Fort McKinley (Maine), Fort McKinley *Fort O'Brien *Fort Pentagouet *Peaks Island Military Reservation *Fort Popham *Fort Preble *Fort Scammel *Fort Sullivan (Maine), Fort Sullivan *Fort Sumner (Maine), Fort Sumner *Fort Western *Fort Williams (Maine), Fort Williams *Fort William Henry (Pemaquid Beach, Maine), Fort William Henry

Maryland

* Fort Armistead * Fort Carroll * Fort Cumberland (Maryland), Fort Cumberland * Fort Defiance (Maryland), Fort Defiance * Fort Detrick * Fort Frederick State Park, Fort Frederick * Fort George G. Meade * Fort Marshall * Fort McHenry * Fort Severn * Fort Washington Park, Fort Washington

Massachusetts

* Acushnet Fort * Fort Andrew * Fort Andrews * Fort Banks (Massachusetts), Fort Banks * Beverly Fort * Cow Fort * Fort Dawes * Fort Defiance (Massachusetts), Fort Defiance * Fort Devens * Fort Duvall * East Point Military Reservation * Eastern Point Fort * Gilbert Heights Fort * Fort Glover * Fort Heath * Fort Independence (Massachusetts), Fort Independence * Fort Juniper * Fort Lee (Salem, Massachusetts), Fort Lee * Long Point Battery * Fort Miller (Massachusetts), Fort Miller * Fort Nichols (Massachusetts), Fort Nichols * Old Stone Fort (Massachusetts), Old Stone Fort * Fort Philip * Fort Phoenix * Fort Pickering * Fort Revere * Fort Ridiculous * Fort Rodman * Fort Ruckman * Fort at Salisbury Point * Stage Fort * Fort Standish (Boston, Massachusetts), Fort Standish (Boston) * Fort Standish (Plymouth, Massachusetts), Fort Standish (Plymouth) * Fort Strong * Fort Rodman, Fort Taber * Fort Useless * Fort Warren (Massachusetts), Fort Warren * Fort Washington (Massachusetts), Fort Washington * Fort Winthrop

Michigan

* Fort de Buade * Fort Detroit * Fort Holmes * Fort Mackinac * Fort Miami (Michigan), Fort Miami * Fort Michilimackinac * Fort St. Joseph (Niles, Michigan), Fort St. Joseph (Niles) * Fort St. Joseph (Port Huron), rebuilt as Fort Gratiot * Fort Wayne (Detroit)

Minnesota

* Fort Beauharnois * Fort Duquesne (Minnesota), Fort Duquesne * Fort L'Huillier * Fort Ridgely * Fort Ripley (Minnesota fort), Fort Ripley * Fort St. Charles * Fort Snelling

Mississippi

* Fort Massachusetts (Mississippi), Fort Massachusetts * Fort Maurepas

Missouri

* Fort Bellefontaine * Fort Cap au Gris * Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Fort Leonard Wood * Fort Osage * Jefferson Barracks Military Post, Jefferson Barracks

Montana

* Fort Assinniboine * Fort C. F. Smith (Fort Smith, Montana), Fort C. F. Smith * Fort Ellis * Fort Keogh * Fort Parker * Fort William Henry Harrison * Fort Missoula

Nebraska

* Fort Atkinson (Nebraska), Fort Atkinson * Camp Atlanta * Bordeaux Trading Post * Cabanne's Trading Post * Fort Calhoun * Fort Carlos * Columbus Post * Fort Cottonwood * Offutt Air Force Base#Camp Crook, Fort Crook * Fontenelle's Post * Grand Island, Nebraska, Post at Grand Island * Fort Heath * Fort Kearny * Fort Kiowa * Fort Lisa (Nebraska), Fort Lisa * Fort McPherson, Nebraska, Fort McPherson * Fort Mitchell, Nebraska, Fort Mitchell * Fort Niobrara * Omaha Quartermaster Depot * Fort Omaha * Pilcher's Post * Ponca Fort (Nanza) * Fort Robinson * Camp Sheridan (Nebraska), Camp Sheridan * Camp Sheridan (Nebraska), Fort Sheridan * Sherman Barracks * Fort Sidney

Nevada

* Fort Churchill State Historic Park, Fort Churchill * Fort McDermit * Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park, Old Mormon Fort * Fort Ruby * Fort Schellbourne

New Hampshire

* Fort Constitution * Fort Dearborn (New Hampshire), Fort Dearborn * Fort at Number 4 * Fort Stark * Fort Wentworth * Fort William and Mary

New Jersey

*Fort Billingsport *Fort Dix *Highlands Military Reservation *Fort Lee Historic Park, Fort Lee *Fort Hancock, New Jersey, Fort Hancock *Fort Mercer *Fort Monmouth *Fort Mott (New Jersey), Fort Mott *Fortifications of New Netherland *Fort Nonsense (Morristown, New Jersey), Fort Nonsense

New Mexico

* Fort Bascom * Bayard, New Mexico, Fort Bayard * Fort Craig * Fort Cummings * Fort Fauntleroy (aka Fort Wingate) * Fort Fillmore * Fort Marcy (New Mexico), Fort Marcy * Fort Selden * Fort Stanton * Fort Sumner * Fort Tularosa * Fort Union National Monument, Fort Union * Fort Wingate (aka Fort Lyon)

New York

*Fort Amsterdam *Castle Clinton *Fort Clinton *Fort Columbus *Fort Crown Point *Fort Drum *Fort Gansevoort *Fort Gibson (New York and New Jersey), Fort Gibson *Fort Greene Park, Fort Greene *Fort Hamilton *Camp Hero *Fort Jay *Fort Lafayette *Fort Lévis *Madison Barracks, begun as Fort Pike *Fort Michie *Fort Montgomery (Hudson River) *Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain) *Forts of New Netherland *Fort Niagara *Fort Ontario *Fort de La Présentation *Fort Schuyler *Fort Slocum (New York), Fort Slocum *Fort Stanwix, reconstructed living history museum *Fort Terry *Fort Ticonderoga *Fort Tilden *Fort Totten (New York), Fort Totten *Gardiners Point Island, Fort Tyler *Fort Wadsworth *Fort Washington (New York), Fort Washington *Fort William Henry *Castle Williams *Fort Wood (New York), Fort Wood *Fort H. G. Wright

North Carolina

*Fort Bragg (North Carolina), Fort Bragg *Fort Caswell *Fort Fisher *Fort Greene, North Carolina, Fort Greene *Fort Hampton *Fort Johnston (North Carolina), Fort Johnston *Fort Macon

North Dakota

* Fort Abercrombie * Fort Abraham Lincoln * Fort Buford * Fort Clark Trading Post State Historic Site, Fort Clark * Fort Mandan * Fort Ransom, North Dakota, Fort Ransom * Fort Stevenson * Fort Totten State Historic Site, Fort Totten * Fort Union (North Dakota), Fort Union

Ohio

Oklahoma

* Fort Arbuckle (Oklahoma), Fort Arbuckle * Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, Fort Cobb * Fort Gibson * Camp Gruber * Fort McCulloch * Camp Nichols, Fort Nichols * Fort Reno (Oklahoma), Fort Reno * Fort Sill * Fort Supply (Oklahoma), Fort Supply * Fort Towson * Fort Washita * Fort Wayne (Indian Territory), Fort Wayne

Oregon

* Fort Astoria * Fort Clatsop * Fort Dalles * Fort Hoskins * Fort Klamath * Fort Lane (Oregon), Fort Lane * Fort Stevens (Oregon), Fort Stevens * Fort William (Oregon), Fort William * Fort Yamhill

Pennsylvania

* Fort Allen (Pennsylvania), Fort Allen * Fort Antes * Fort Augusta * Fort Bedford * Fort Black * Fort Bosley * Fort Deshler * Fort Dickinson * Fort Dupuy * Fort Duquesne * Fort Gaddis * Fort Granville * Fort Halifax (Pennsylvania), Fort Halifax * Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania, Fort Hunter * Fort Hyndshaw * Fort Indiantown Gap * Fort Jones (Mount Oliver) * Fort Juniata Crossing * Fort Lafayette (Pennsylvania), Fort Lafayette * Fort Laughlin * Fort Le Boeuf * Fort Ligonier * Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania), Fort Loudoun * Fort Machault * Fort McIntosh (Pennsylvania), Fort McIntosh * Fort Mifflin * Fort Necessity * Fort Piper * Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania), Fort Pitt * Fort Presque Isle * Fort Prince George * Fort Robert Smalls * Fort Roberdeau * Fort Shirley * Fort Venango * Forty Fort * Harbor Defenses of the Delaware * Light's Fort * List of forts in Washington County, Pennsylvania * Redstone Old Fort * Spark's Fort (Pennsylvania), Spark's Fort

Puerto Rico

* Fort Amezquita * Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico * El Cañuelo * Castillo San Cristóbal (San Juan), Castillo San Cristóbal * Fort San Felipe del Morro * Fortín de San Gerónimo * Fuerte de Vieques

Rhode Island

*Fort Adams *Goat Island (Rhode Island), Fort Anne *Fort Barton Site, Fort Barton *Fort Burnside *Fort Church (Rhode Island), Fort Church *Fort Dumpling *Fort Getty *Fort Greble (Rhode Island), Fort Greble *Fort Greene (Narragansett, Rhode Island), Fort Greene (Narragansett) *Fort Greene (Newport, Rhode Island), Fort Greene (Newport) *Fort Hamilton Historic District, Fort Hamilton *Fort Kearny (Rhode Island), Fort Kearny *Fort Mansfield *Fort Ninigret *Queen's Fort *Fort Varnum *Fort Wetherill *Fort Wolcott

South Carolina

*The Battery (Charleston), The Battery *Fort Charlotte (South Carolina), Fort Charlotte *Fort Fremont *Fort Howell *Fort Jackson (South Carolina), Fort Jackson *Fort Lyttelton Site, Fort Lyttleton, also called Fort Marion *Fort Motte *Fort Moultrie *Ninety Six National Historic Site, Old Ninety Six and Star Fort *Castle Pinckney *Fort Prince George (South Carolina), Fort Prince George *Fort Sumter *Fort Wagner *Fort Walker (Hilton Head), Fort Walker, also called Fort Welles

South Dakota

* Fort Meade (South Dakota), Fort Meade * Fort Randall, South Dakota, Fort Randall * Fort Sully (South Dakota), Fort Sully

Tennessee

Texas

* Alamo Mission in San Antonio, The Alamo * Fort Bliss * Fort Brown * Fort Concho * Fort Crockett * Fort D. A. Russell (Texas), Fort D. A. Russell * Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis * Fort Hood * Fort Saint Louis (Texas), Fort Saint Louis * Fort Wolters * Fort Worth

Utah

* Fort Buenaventura * Cove Fort * Fort Deseret * Fort Douglas * Fort Duchesne, Utah, Fort Duchesne * Fort Cameron * Fort Utah

Vermont

Virginia

*Fort A.P. Hill *Fort Albany (Arlington, Virginia), Fort Albany *Craney Island (Virginia), Craney Island Fort *Fort Ethan Allen (Arlington, Virginia), Fort Ethan Allen *Fort Eustis *Fort Hunt Park, Fort Hunt *Cape Charles Air Force Station, Fort John Custis *Fort Lee (Virginia), Fort Lee *Fort Loudoun (Virginia), Fort Loudoun *Fort Monroe *Fort Nelson (Virginia), Fort Nelson *Fort Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Fort Norfolk *Fort Myer *Fort Pickett *Fort Richardson (Arlington, Virginia), Fort Richardson *Battery Rodgers *Fort Scott (Arlington, Virginia), Fort Scott *Fort Story *Fort Ward (Virginia), Fort Ward *Fort Wool

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

* Fort Christian * Fort Frederik * Fort Segarra

Washington

* Fort Columbia * Fort Colville * Fort Dent * Fort George Wright * Fort Lawton * Fort Lewis (Washington), Fort Lewis * Fort Nez Percés (aka Old Fort Walla Walla) * Fort Nisqually * Fort Okanogan * Fort Simcoe * Fort Vancouver * Fort Walla Walla * Fort Ward (Washington), Fort Ward * Fort Worden

Washington, D.C.

* Fort DeRussy (Washington, D.C.), Fort DeRussy * Fort McNair * Fort Stanton (Washington, D.C.), Fort Stanton * Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.), Fort Stevens * Fort Totten, Washington, D.C., Fort Totten * The Pentagon

West Virginia

* Fort Ashby * White Top, Fort Milroy * Fort Pearsall * Prickett's Fort * Fort Randolph (West Virginia), Fort Randolph

Wisconsin

* Fort Crawford * Fort Howard (Wisconsin), Fort Howard * Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Fort McCoy * Fort Shelby (Wisconsin), Fort Shelby/Fort McKay * Fort Winnebago * Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, Fort Atkinson

Wyoming

* Fort Bridger * Fort Caspar * Fort D.A. Russell (Wyoming), Fort D.A. Russell * Fort Fetterman * Fort Francis E. Warren, now the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base * Fort Halleck (Wyoming), Fort Halleck * Fort Laramie * Fort Phil Kearny * Fort Platte * Fort Reno (Wyoming), Fort Reno * Fort Sanders (Wyoming), Fort Sanders * Camp Stambaugh (Wyoming), Camp Stambaugh * Fort Supply (Utah Territory), Fort Supply * Fort Washakie * Fort Yellowstone

Cities and areas with "Fort" in the name

* Fort Bragg, California * Fort Bridger, Wyoming * Fort Collins, Colorado * Fort Garland, Colorado * Fort Hunt, Virginia * Fort Laramie, Wyoming * Fort Lauderdale, Florida * Fort Lawn, South Carolina * Fort Lee, New Jersey * Fort Lupton, Colorado * Fort Mill, South Carolina * Fort Morgan, Colorado * Fort Myers, Florida * Fort Pierre, South Dakota * Fort Rock, Oregon * Fort Smith, Arkansas * Fort Stockton, Texas * Fort Thomas, Kentucky * Fort Walton Beach, Florida * Fort Washakie, Wyoming * Fort Wayne, Indiana *

References

{{Reflist Forts Lists of forts