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fort 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'' ...

s 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

Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the List of cities in Texas by population, fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population, 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, T ...

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Antigua and Barbuda

* Fort James, Antigua

Armenia

Amberd Amberd ( hy, Ամբերդ) is a 10th-century fortress located above sea level, on the slopes of Mount Aragats at the confluence of the Arkashen and Amberd rivers in the province of Aragatsotn, Armenia. The name translates to "fortress in the clo ...

Bjni Fortress Bjni Fortress ( hy, Բջնի Բերդ), is a medieval Armenian fortress located in the village of Bjni in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It sits upon the top and along the sides of a mesa that divides the village nearly in half. The larger por ...

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 Ertij is a fort built during the 13th century. It is situated upon a hill adjacent to the village of Arpi in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. Nearby in the gorge carved by the Arpa River is the cave shrine A shrine ( la, scrinium "case ...

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. Hist ...

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 * Odzaberd * Proshaberd * 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 ...

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 sea ...

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 * Fort Denison * Fort Kirribilli *

Fort Macquarie Fort Macquarie was a square castellated battlement fort built in 1798 at Bennelong Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the site where the Sydney Opera House now stands. It was demolished in 1901 to make way for the Fort Macquarie Tra ...

Georges Head Battery The Georges Head Battery, also called the Georges Head Military Fortifications, is a heritage-listed former military fortification located on the Georges Head on Chowder Bay Road, Georges Heights, in the suburb of Mosman, in the Mosman Counci ...

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 con ...

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, Austr ...

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 ...

;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 emplace ...

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 Wale ...

* 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 Heritag ...

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 Poi ...

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 for ...

* Fort Philip *

Fort Queenscliff Fort Queenscliff, in Victoria, Australia, dates from 1860 when an open battery was constructed on Shortland's Bluff to defend the entrance to Port Phillip. The Fort, which underwent major redevelopment in the late 1870s and 1880s, became the he ...

* Fort Scratchley * Henry Head Fort *

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

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 defenc ...

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 Sydn ...

* 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 ...

* Swan Island Fort * Wallace Battery

Barbados

* St Ann's Fort

Bahamas

* Fort Charlotte * Fort Fincastle * Fort Montagu *

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 nort ...

Bahrain

* Arad Fort *

Riffa Fort Riffa Fort ( ar, قلعة الرفاع, Qal'at ar-Rifa') is a fort in Riffa, Bahrain. History It was built during the reign of Sheikh Salman bin Ahmed Al Fateh Al Khalifa in 1812. In the 19th century the fort was a residence for Sheikh Sa ...

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 *

Idrakpur Fort Idrakpur Fort is a river fort situated in Munshiganj, Bangladesh. The fort was built approximately in 1660 A.D. According to a number of historians, the river fort was built by Mir Jumla II, a Subahdar of Bengal under the Mughal Empire, to estab ...

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 Jinjira Palace ( bn, জিঞ্জিরা প্রাসাদ), also spelt Zinzira Palace, is a late 17th century Mughal-era palace in Keraniganj, Bangladesh on the southern banks of the Old Ganges or Buriganga River. It was built by Ibrah ...

(also used as a fort) *

Lalbagh Fort Lalbagh Fort ( bn, লালবাগ কেল্লা) is a fort in the old city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its name is derived from its neighborhood Lalbagh, which means Red Garden. The term Lalbagh refers to reddish and pinkish architecture from ...

Sonakanda Fort Sonakanda Fort is a river fort situated in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on the eastern bank of Shitalakshya River. Though the time of its establishment could not be ascertained, historians believe that the river fort was built by Mir Jumla II, a S ...

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 exa ...

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 " ...

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 b ...

* 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 ...

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

Fort de Tancrémont The Fort de Tancrémont is a Belgian fortification located about south of Pepinster. The fort was built in the 1930s as part of the fortified position of Liège, augmenting the twelve original forts built to defend Liège in the 1880s with fo ...

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. Na ...

(1914, clockwise from E, right bank of Meuse River) *

Fort de Maizeret The Fort de Maizeret 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 d'Andoy The Fort d'Andoy 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 Dave *

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 f ...

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 ...

* Fort de Cognelée *

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 Fr ...

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, in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda. Successively redeveloped, the fort was used fir ...

* 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 wi ...

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, includin ...

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 São Diogo *

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 ...

* São Marcelo Fort

Ceará

Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção is a fort located in Fortaleza, Ceará in Brazil. See also *Military history of Brazil The military history of Brazil comprises centuries of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Brazil, and ...

Pará

* Forte do Castelo de Belém

Paraná

* Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres

Paraíba

Forte de Santa Catarina Forte de Santa Catarina is a fort located in Cabedelo, Paraíba in 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 ...

Pernambuco

Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios is a fort located on the island of Fernando de Noronha (in the archipelago and municipality of the same name) in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. See also *Military history of Brazil The military history of ...

Fort Orange Fort Orange ( nl, Fort Oranje) was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland; the present-day city of Albany, New York developed at this site. It was built in 1624 as a replacement for Fort Nassau, which had been built on nearb ...

* 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 The Forte dos Reis Magos or Fortaleza dos Reis Magos (Fortress of the Three Wise Men) is a fortress located in the city of Natal in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is one of the states of Brazil. It is ...

Santa Catarina

Fortaleza de Santa Cruz de Anhatomirim Fortaleza de Santa Cruz de Anhatomirim is a fort 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 deriv ...

* Fortaleza de São José da Ponta Grossa

São Paulo

* Forte de São João da Bertioga

Bulgaria

Anevo Fortress The Anevo Fortress ( bg, Аневско кале, ''Anevsko kale'') or Kopsis (Копсис) is a medieval castle in central Bulgaria, the ruins of which are located some from the village of Anevo in Sopot Municipality, Plovdiv Province. Const ...

, Sopot Municipality *

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 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'' (; el, Στενήμαχος), it was ...

* Baba Vida castle,

Vidin Vidin ( bg, Видин, ; Old Romanian: Diiu) is a port city on the southern bank of the Danube in north-western Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Romania and Serbia, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as ...

* Belogradchik fortress,

Belogradchik Belogradchik ( bg, Белоградчик ) is a town in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of the homonymous Belogradchik Municipality. The town, whose name literally means "small white town," is situated in the fo ...

* Bozhenishki Urvich, near

Botevgrad Botevgrad ( bg, Ботевград ) is a town in western Bulgaria. It is located in Sofia Province and is close to Pravets. Botevgrad lies 47 km from Sofia. History and name The village was called Samundzhievo (Самунджиево) unti ...

* Castra Martis

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: * Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lett ...

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 Vidi ...

* Cherven fortress, Cherven, Ruse Province * Hisarya fortress, Hisarya * Kaliakra cape castle,

Bulgarian Black Sea Coast The Bulgarian Black Sea Coast (), also known as the Bulgarian Riviera, covers the entire eastern bound of Bulgaria stretching from the Romanian Black Sea resorts in the north to European Turkey in the south, along 378 km of coast ...

* Kovachevsko kale, Kovachevets *

Kyustendil Kyustendil ( bg, Кюстендил ) is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of the Kyustendil Province, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. The town is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, ...

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 Ivaylovgrad ( bg, Ивайловград, "city of Ivaylo") is a town in Haskovo Province in the south of Bulgaria set near the river Arda in the easternmost part of the Rhodope Mountains, and is the administrative centre of the homonymous Ivayl ...

* Markeli Roman fortress,

Karnobat Karnobat ( bg, Карнобат ) is a town in the Burgas Province, Southeastern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Karnobat Municipality. According to the 2021 census, the town has a population of 16,483 inhabitants.h ...

* Oescus Roman fortress,

Gigen Gigen ( bg, Гиген, ) is a village in northern Bulgaria, part of Gulyantsi Municipality, Pleven Province. It is located near the Danube River, close to the place where the Iskar River empties into it, opposite the Romanian town of Corabia. ...

Pliska Pliska ( , cu, Пльсковъ, translit=Plĭskovŭ) was the first capital of the First Bulgarian Empire during the Middle Ages and is now a small town in Shumen Province, on the Ludogorie plateau of the Danubian Plain, 20 km northeast o ...

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 ...

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 the r ...

, Hisar Kapia and

Nebet Tepe Nebet Tepe is one of the hills of Plovdiv where the ancient town was founded. The earliest settlements on Nebet Tepe are dated back to 4000 BC.Детев П.Известия на музейте в Южна Българият. 1 (Bulletin des muse ...

* Preslav capital city castle and fortress * Nesebar town fortress *

Nicopolis ad Istrum Nicopolis ad Istrum ( el, Νικόπολις ἡ πρὸς Ἴστρον) or Nicopolis ad Iatrum was a Roman and Early Byzantine town. Its ruins are located at the village of Nikyup, 20 km north of Veliko Tarnovo in northern Bulgaria. The ...

Roman fortress and town, Nikyup,

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 Nicopolis ad Nestum ( grc, Νικόπολις ἡ περὶ Νέσσον) or Nicopolis ad Mestum is a ruined Roman town in the province of Thracia (Thrace) near to the modern village of Garmen on the left bank of the Mesta river, in Garmen Muni ...

Roman fortress and town,

Garmen Garmen ( bg, Гърмен) is a village in Blagoevgrad Province in Bulgaria and is the seat of Garmen Municipality. It is located in southwestern Bulgaria in the Western Rhodope Mountains in the Chech region 75 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgr ...

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 * Rachovets fortress,

Gorna Oryahovitsa Gorna Oryahovitsa ( bg, Горна Оряховица ) is a town in northern Bulgaria, situated in Veliko Tarnovo Province, from Veliko Tarnovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality. According to t ...

* 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 h ...

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 *

Sostra Sostra is an ancient Roman fort and settlement near the village of Lomets, Bulgaria. Impressive remains have been excavated and partially restored. Sostra was strategically situated along the major Roman road (the Via Traiana) linking ancient ...

Lomets Lomets is a village in Troyan Municipality, Lovech Province, northern Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank ...

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 ...

, Pleven * Trajan's Gate Roman fortress, near

* Trapezitsa fortress,

* Tsarevets fortress and castle, Veliko Tărnovo *

Tsepina Tsepina ( bg, Цепина) or Tzepaina ( el, Τζέπαινα) was a castle and town in the western Rhodope mountains, southern Bulgaria, now in ruins. It is from the Dorkovo village in the north-eastern part of the Chepino Valley. Tsepina is ...

Dorkovo Dorkovo ( bg, Дорково; rup, Dorcova) is a village in the Rakitovo municipality, Pazardzhik Province, western Bulgaria. The population of the village is 2,955. Aromanians live in the village. Geography Dorkovo is situated in the western Rh ...

, near

Velingrad Velingrad ( bg, Велинград ) is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, located at the western end of Chepino Valley, part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Velingrad Municipality a ...

, Western Rhodope Mountains * Urvich 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 northern and

western Canada Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West or the Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada as the West, is a Canadian region that includes the four western provinces just north of the Canada� ...

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 di ...

, 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

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, 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 Fort San Miguel was a Spanish fortification at Yuquot (formerly Friendly Cove) on Nootka Island, just west of north-central Vancouver Island. It protected the Spanish settlement, called Santa Cruz de Nuca, the first colony in British Columbia ...

Macaulay Point Battery The Macaulay Point Battery is a historic gun emplacement in Victoria, British Columbia. A fort was built here between February 1894 and October 1897. The site is now a park. See also * Fleming Bay * Barrett Point * Stanley Park Stanley Park ...

* 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 wa ...

New Brunswick

Fort Beauséjour Fort Beauséjour (), renamed Fort Cumberland in 1755, is a large, five-bastioned fort on the Isthmus of Chignecto in eastern Canada, a neck of land connecting the present-day province of New Brunswick with that of Nova Scotia. The site was strateg ...

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 * 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 Site of Canada in present-day Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It was located strategically up the Saint John River and clos ...

Fort Gaspareaux Fort Gaspareaux (later Fort Monckton) was a French fort at the head of Baie Verte near the mouth of the Gaspareaux River and just southeast of the modern village of Port Elgin, New Brunswick, Canada, on the Isthmus of Chignecto. It was built durin ...

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 Naval Station Argentia is a former base of the United States Navy that operated from 1941 to 1994. It was established in the community of Argentia in what was then the Dominion of Newfoundland, which later became the tenth Canadian province, Ne ...

Fort Pepperrell Pepperrell Air Force Base, previously known as Fort Pepperrell, is a decommissioned United States military base located in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada which operated from 1941 to 1961. The base was named in honour of Sir William Pepperr ...

Fort Plaisance Fort Plaisance was a French fort built in the 17th century on the island of Newfoundland at the time of the New France. In 1662, the French established a strategic trading post in a well protected cove overlooking Placentia Bay that separates Aval ...

Fort Royal Fort-de-France (, , ; gcf, label= Martinican Creole, Fodfwans) is a 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 Caribbean. Histo ...

* 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 thi ...

* 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 Anne (first established in 1629 as the Scottish Charles Fort) is a four-bastion fort built to protect the harbour of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The fort repelled all French attacks during the early stages of King George's War. Now desig ...

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 Ellis was a United States Army fort established August 27, 1867, east of present-day Bozeman, Montana. Troops from the fort participated in many major campaigns of the Indian Wars. The fort was closed on August 2, 1886. History The fort wa ...

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 *

Fortress of Louisbourg The Fortress of Louisbourg (french: Forteresse de Louisbourg) is a National Historic Site and the location of a one-quarter partial reconstruction of an 18th-century French fortress at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Its two siege ...

* Georges Island *

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 The Prince of Wales Tower is the oldest martello tower in North America and is located in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was built in 1796 by Captain James Straton and was used as a redoubt and a p ...

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 Redou ...

Ontario

* Bois Blanc Blockhouse *

Fort Amherstburg Fort Amherstburg was built by the Royal Canadian Volunteers at the mouth of the Detroit River to replace Fort Detroit, which Britain was required to cede to the United States of America in 1796 as a result of the Jay Treaty. Built in the years ...

* 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 traditio ...

* Fort George * Fort Henry * Fort Malden *

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 Fort York (french: Fort-York) is an early 19th-century military fortification in the Fort York neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The fort was used to house members of the British and Canadian militaries, and to defend the entrance of t ...

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 ...

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

Prince Edward Island

Fort Amherst Fort Amherst, in Medway, South East England, was constructed in 1756 at the southern end of the Brompton lines of defence to protect the southeastern approaches to Chatham Dockyard and the River Medway against a French invasion. Fort Amherst is ...

Quebec

* Citadel of Montreal *

Citadelle of Quebec The Citadelle of Quebec (french: Citadelle de Québec), also known as ''La Citadelle'', is an active military installation and the secondary official residence of both the Canadian monarch and the governor general of Canada. It is located atop C ...

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 s ...

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 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 M ...

Fort Lennox Fort Lennox is a National Historic Sites of Canada occupying most of Île aux Noix, an island in the middle of the Richelieu River in the parish of Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, Quebec, near the Canada-U.S. border. The fort features restored ...

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 ...

* Fort Trois-Rivières *

Fort Ville-Marie Fort Ville-Marie was a French fortress and settlement established in May 1642 by a company of French settlers, led by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, on the Island of Montreal in the Saint Lawrence River at the confluence of the Ottawa River, i ...

* Lévis Forts

Exploratory forts

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

, 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 Fran ...

, 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. 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 Fort Whoop-Up was the nickname (eventually adopted as the official name) given to a whisky trading post, originally Fort Hamilton, near what is now Lethbridge, Alberta. During the late 19th century, the post served as a centre for trading activ ...

British Columbia

* Fort Defiance *

Fort Langley Fort Langley is a village community in Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of approximately 3,400 people. It is the home of Fort Langley National Historic Site, a former fur trade post of the Hudson's Bay Company ...

* 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 Douglas Camp Douglas was established in October 1862, during the American Civil War, as a small military garrison about three miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah, to protect the overland mail route and telegraph lines along the Central Overland Route. In ...

Fort Ellice Fort Ellice was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post operated from 1794 to 1892. First established on the Qu'Appelle River, the post was rebuilt in 1817 on the south bank of the Assiniboine. Another iteration of the post was built near the first i ...

Fort Garry Fort Garry, also known as Upper Fort Garry, was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in what is now downtown Winnipeg. It was established in 1822 on or near the site of the North West Company' ...

Fort Gibraltar Fort Gibraltar was founded in 1809 by Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield of the North West Company in present-day Manitoba, Canada. It was located at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in or near the area now known as The Forks i ...

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 w ...

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, For ...

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. ...

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 no ...

* Old Fort Providence

Nunavut

Fort Ross Fort Ross ( Russian: Форт-Росс, Kashaya ''mé·ṭiʔni''), originally Fortress Ross ( pre-reformed Russian: Крѣпость Россъ, tr. ''Krepostʹ Ross''), is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America i ...

Ontario

* Fort Douville *

Fort Kaministiquia Fort Kaministiquia (former spellings include Fort Camanistigoyan, Fort Kanastigoya, Fort Kamanastigoya and others), was a French fort in North America. It was located on the north shore of Lake Superior at the mouth of the Kaministiquia River, in ...

Fort Matachewan Fort Matachewan was a trading post set up by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1867, and is located 8 km north of the town of Matachewan, Ontario. This fort was primarily used for the fur trade, and as such the natives of the area often travelled to ...

Fort Rouillé Fort Rouillé was a French trading post located in what is now Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Fort Rouillé was constructed by the French in 1751, building upon the success of a trading post they established in the area a year earlier, known as Fort T ...

Fort Saint Pierre Fort Saint Pierre on Rainy Lake was the first French fort built west of Lake Superior. It was the first of eight forts built during the elder Vérendrye's expansion of trade and exploration westward from the Great Lakes. History In 1688 Jacque ...

Fort Toronto Fort Toronto, also known as Fort Portneuf, was a French trading post that was located near the mouth of the Humber River in what is now Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was constructed in 1750 by French military officer Pierre Robineau de Portneuf, wh ...

* Fort William

Quebec

* Fort Saint Jacques *

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 Carlton was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post from 1795 until 1885. It was located along the North Saskatchewan River not far from Duck Lake. It is in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and was rebuilt by the government of Sas ...

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 Espérance was a North West Company trading post near Rocanville, Saskatchewan from 1787 until 1819. It was moved three times and was called Fort John from 1814 to 1816. There was a competing XY Company post from 1801 to 1805 and a Hudson's ...

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 ...

Law enforcement forts

The North-West Mounted Police (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 Fort Battleford was the sixth North-West Mounted Police fort to be established in the North-West Territories of Canada, and played a central role in the events of the North-West Rebellion of 1885. It was here Chief Poundmaker was arrested, an ...

, Saskatchewan *

Fort Calgary Fort Calgary was a North-West Mounted Police outpost at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers in present-day Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally named Fort Brisebois, after the outpost's first commander, the outpost was renamed ''Fort Calg ...

, Alberta * Fort Livingstone, Saskatchewan *

Fort Walsh Fort Walsh is a National Historic Site of Canada that was a North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) fort and the site of the Cypress Hills Massacre. Administered by Parks Canada, it forms a constituent part of Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. The fo ...

, 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 The Bréhon Tower (Fort Brehon) is accessible only by boat and sits on Bréhon Rock, an island in the Little Russell channel about 1.5 km northeast of St Peter Port, Guernsey, between the port and the islands of Herm and Jethou. Thomas Char ...

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 George is situated in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, and was built to become the main island military headquarters and to protect barracks to house the island garrison for the British Army, in place of Castle Cornet. Planned during the Anglo-Fr ...

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 ;Jersey *

Fort Regent Fort Regent is a 19th-century fortification and leisure centre on Mont de la Ville (Town Hill), in St. Helier, Jersey. The fort is in close proximity to the fortified South Hill Engineers Barracks at La Collette and overlooks the 16th-century E ...

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 Ju ...

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 Espiritu Santo (, ; ) is the largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, with an area of and a population of around 40,000 according to the 2009 census. Geography The island belongs to the archipelago of the New Hebrides in the Pacific regio ...

* Fort de la Encarnación *

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 ...

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 * 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 believe ...

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 no ...

* Pukará de Quitor *

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 it ...

* San Fabián de Conueo * San Ignacio de la Redención *

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 Fort San Pedro ( es, Fuerte de San Pedro) is a military defense structure in Cebu, Philippines, built by the Spanish under the command of Miguel López de Legazpi, first governor of the Captaincy General of the Philippines. It is located in ...

* 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 *

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

China

Beijing

* Baimaguan Fort

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 may refer to: People * Madison Tung, a U.S. Air Force Officer, wrestler, and Rhodes Scholar * Ho-Pin Tung, a dutch race car driver of Chinese descent. * Lola Tung, an actress known for her acting debut on drama series The Summer I Turned ...

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 r ...

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

Pinewood Battery Pinewood Battery is a historic military site in Hong Kong, located above sea level, within Lung Fu Shan Country Park, in the northwestern part of Hong Kong Island. History Construction of the battery started in 1901 and finished in 1905. Duri ...

Stanley Fort Stanley Fort is a military installation on the south side of Hong Kong Island. Built originally to serve the British Armed Forces, it now houses the Hong Kong garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force. It has also been use ...

Macau

All forts in Macau were built during or used during

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

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 The Taku Forts or Dagu Forts, also called the Peiho Forts are forts located by the Hai River (Peiho River) estuary in the Binhai New Area, Tianjin, in northeastern China. They are located southeast of the Tianjin urban center. History The ...

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 popu ...

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 *

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. It is the second largest fortress in Croatia and most significant defensive stronghold,Hrvatska enciklopedija, ...

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, ...

Nesactium Nesactium ( Istrian dialect: ''Vizače'', hr, Nezakcij, it, Nesazio) was an ancient fortified town and hill fort of the Histri tribe. Its ruins are located in southern Istria, Croatia, between the villages of Muntić and Valtura. History ...

* 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 Starigrad Fortress is a 15th-century fortress located near Omiš in Split-Dalmatia county, in Dalmatia, Croatia. The fortress or ''Fortica'' was built during the Croatian–Ottoman wars as a primary defence against the Ottoman Empire. The preci ...

Tvrđa Tvrđa (''Citadel'') is the old town of the city of Osijek in Croatia. It is the best-preserved and largest ensemble of Baroque buildings in Croatia and consists of a Habsburg star fort built on the right bank of the River Drava. Tvrđa has been ...

Congo (Republic of the)

* Fort de Shinkakasa

Cyprus

* Buffavento *

Kantara Castle Kantara Castle ( el, Κάστρο της Καντάρας tr, Kantara 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 Fra ...

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 mount ...

Denmark

Flakfortet Flakfortet, meaning sand-shoal fortress, is a sea fort located on the artificially built island of ''Saltholmrev'', in the Øresund between Copenhagen and Saltholm. The island and fort are simply known as ''Flakfortet''; the name of the island; ' ...

Middelgrundsfortet Middelgrundsfortet or Fort Middelgrund, known as Ungdomsøen (The Youth Island) since 2015, is a sea fort located on an artificial island in the Øresund between Copenhagen and Malmö. The fortress is constructed at a point where the seabed is 7 m ...

Trekroner Fort Trekroner Søfort (literally ''Three Crowns Sea Fortress'') is a sea fort at the entrance to the Copenhagen harbour. From 1713 until after World War I, Trekroner Fort was part of the fortifications of Copenhagen. The original location of Trekr ...

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 The Valjala Stronghold ( la, Castrum Waldia, et, Valjala Maalinn) was a major ringfort on the island of Saaremaa in Estonia. Established in the 12th century, at the time it was the most important Oeselian stronghold. Its surrender in 1227 fina ...

Varbola Stronghold The Varbola Stronghold ( la, Castrum Warbole, et, Varbola Jaanilinn) was the largest circular rampart fortress and trading centre built in Estonia, in Harju County ( la, Harria) in the 10th – 12th centuries. Parts of the ruins of the long ...

*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 Aegna is an Estonian island in the Bay of Tallinn in the Baltic Sea. Administratively it is part of the city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia and is a sub district of the Kesklinn (City center) district. Geography Aegna island has an ...

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 :* Suurupi :*

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 c ...

Finland

Turku Castle Turku Castle ( fi, Turun linna, sv, Åbo slott) is a medieval building in the city of Turku in Finland. Together with Turku Cathedral, the castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use and the largest surviving medieval building in Finland. ...

''(sv: Åbo Slott)'' *

Häme Castle Tavastia Castle or Häme Castle ( fi, Hämeen linna, sv, Tavastehus slott) is a medieval castle in Tavastia Proper, Finland. It is located in Hämeenlinna, the city between Helsinki and Tampere. Originally located on an island, the castle now sit ...

''(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 Vyborg Castle (russian: Выборгский замок, fi, Viipurin linna, sv, Viborgs slott) is a Swedish-built medieval fortress around which the town of Vyborg (today in Russia) evolved. The castle became the stronghold of the Swedish real ...

, 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 Mikke ...

* Suomenlinna ''(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, Loviisa *

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 Kyminlinna (literally, 'the castle of Kymi') is a fortress located in the northern part of island of Hovinsaari in Kotka, on the south coast of Finland. Kyminlinna is part of the South-Eastern Finland fortification system built by Russia afte ...

Bomarsund Fortress The Battle of Bomarsund, in August 1854, took place during the Åland War, which was part of the Crimean War, when an Anglo-French expeditionary force attacked a Russian fortress. It was the only major action of the war to take place at Bomar ...

, Sund, Åland *

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 fro ...

''(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 ...

(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 Lappeenranta (; sv, Villmanstrand) is a city and municipality in the region of South Karelia, about from the Russian border and from the town of Vyborg (''Viipuri''). It is situated on the shore of the Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland, and ...

''(sv. Villmanstrand)'' Fortress *

Kärnäkoski Fortress Kärnäkoski Fortress is a bastion fortress in Finland located in Kärnäkoski, Savitaipale built by Russia between 1791 and 1793 to protect Saint Petersburg. Kärnäkoski fortress as part of the South-Eastern Finland fortification system Kä ...

Savitaipale Savitaipale (; literally translated the "clay passage") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The ...

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 Bitche ( , ; German and Lorraine Franconian: ) is a commune in the Moselle department, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It is the Pays de Bitche's capital city and the seat of the Canton of Bitche and the communauté ...

* Fort Blaye * Fort Bouillon * Fort Boyard * Fort Cambrai * Fort Louvois 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 ...

) *

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 Ch� ...

* Fort Liberia (

Villefranche-de-Conflent Villefranche-de-Conflent (; ca, Vilafranca de Conflent) is historically a town in the Conflent region of Catalonia, and now a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Villefranche-de-Conflent is located in ...

) * Fort Montmédy * Fort Le Quesnoy * Fort Saint-Martin-de-Ré * Fort de Vincennes *

Îles Saint-Marcouf Îles Saint-Marcouf comprise two small uninhabited islands off the coast of Normandy, France. They lie in the Baie de la Seine region of the English Channel and are east of the coast of the Cotentin peninsula at Ravenoville and from the island o ...

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 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 * Fort du Bois d'Oye * Fort de Bourlémont * Fort du Bruissin * Fort de Champigny *

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

* Fort Dubois *

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 de l'Infernet *

Fort de Leveau The Fort de Leveau, also known as Fort Schouller, is located in the commune of Feignies, France. It is part of the fortifications of Maubeuge, located to the northwest of the city, overlooking the railroad to Mons. The Séré de Rivières system ...

* Fort de Liouville *

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 for ...

* Fort du Mont Bart * Fort de Montmorency * Fort de l'Olive *

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 s ...

* Fort de la Pompelle *

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 du Salbert *

Fort de Saint-Cyr The Fort de Saint-Cyr, located in the commune of Montigny-le-Bretonneux, (Yvelines), is one of the forts built at the end of the 19th century to defend Paris. After the first world war the fort was used as an army weather station and arms depot. C ...

* Fort de Sucy * 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 *

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 *

Fort Vaux Fort Vaux (french: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended to protect the city of Verdun. Built from 1881 to 1884 for 1,500,000 francs, it housed ...

* Fort de Villey-le-Sec * Fort de Villiers *

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 Fort de Vézelois, also known as Fort Ordener, was built between 1883 and 1886 near Vézelois, to the southeast of Belfort in northeastern France. It is part of the Fortified region of Belfort, first ring of fortifications around the city of Belfo ...

Maginot Line (Northeast)

Ouvrage Les Sarts Ouvrage Les Sarts 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 an ...

* Ouvrage de Bersillies * Ouvrage La Salmagne * 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 Chesnois, also known as Ouvrage Chênois, is a ''gros ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Montmédy, facing Belgium. The ''ouvrage'' lies between the towns of Montlibert and Thonne-le-Thil. It possesses six ...

Ouvrage Thonnelle Ouvrage Thonnelle is a ''petit ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Montmédy between the towns of Thonnelle and Verneuil-Petit, facing Belgium. It possesses four combat blocks. It is located between ''gros ouvrage ...

* Ouvrage Vélosnes * Ouvrage Ferme Chappy (PO) * Ouvrage Fermont (GO) * Ouvrage Latiremont (GO) * Ouvrage Mauvais-Bois (PO) * Ouvrage Bois-du-Four (PO) *

Ouvrage Bréhain Ouvrage Bréhain is part of the Fortified Sector of the Crusnes of the Maginot Line, located near the community of Bréhain-la-Ville in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department of France. Bréhain is flanked by ''petits ouvrages'' Mauvais Bois and ...

(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 (GO) * Ouvrage Molvange (GO) * Ouvrage Soetrich (GO) * Ouvrage Kobenbusch (GO) * Ouvrage Galgenberg (GO) * Ouvrage Métrich (GO) * Ouvrage Billig (GO) * Ouvrage Immerhof (PO) * Ouvrage Bois-Karre (PO) * Ouvrage Oberheid (PO) * Ouvrage Sentzich (PO) * Ouvrage Hackenberg (GO) * Ouvrage Mont des Welches (GO) * Ouvrage Michelsberg (GO) * Ouvrage Anzeling (GO) * Ouvrage Coucou (PO) * Ouvrage Hobling (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 (PO) * Ouvrage Bovenberg (PO) * Ouvrage Denting (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 (PO) * Ouvrage Kerfent (PO) * Ouvrage Bambesch (PO) * Ouvrage Einseling (PO) * Ouvrage Laudrefang (PO) * Ouvrage Téting (PO) * Ouvrage Haut-Poirier *

Ouvrage Simserhof Ouvrage Simserhof is a ''gros ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, located in the French commune of Siersthal in the Moselle department. It faces the German border and is adjoined by the ''petit ouvrage'' Rohrbach and the ''gros ouvrage'' Schiesseck ...

* Ouvrage Schiesseck * Ouvrage Welschhof * Ouvrage Rohrbach * Ouvrage Otterbiel * Ouvrage Grand-Hohékirkel *

Ouvrage Four-à-Chaux Ouvrage Four-à-Chaux is a ''gros ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line, located in the community of Lembach, France, in the Bas-Rhin département. Four à Chaux was adjoined by ''petit ouvrage'' Lembach and ''gros ouvrage'' Hochwald, and faced the G ...

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

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 Ouvrage Schoenenbourg is a Maginot Line fortification. It is located on the territory of the communes of Hunspach, Schœnenbourg and Ingolsheim, in the French ''département'' of Bas-Rhin, forming part of the Fortified Sector of Haguenau ...

Alpine Line (Maginot Southeast)

* Ouvrage Chatelard (PO) * Ouvrage Cave-à-Canon (PO) * Ouvrage Sapey (GO) * Ouvrage Saint-Gobain (GO) * Ouvrage Saint-Antoine (GO) * Ouvrage Le Lavoir (GO) * Ouvrage Pas du Roc (GO) * Ouvrage Arrondaz (PO) * Ouvrage Les Rochilles (PO) * Ouvrage Janus (GO) * Ouvrage Col de la Buffère (PO) *

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 ...

(PO) * Ouvrage Les Aittes (PO) * Ouvrage Gondran (PO) *

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 ...

(GO) *

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 ...

(GO) *

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 ...

(PO) * Ouvrage Ancien Camp (PO) * Ouvrage Restefond (GO) * Ouvrage Col de Restefond (PO) * Ouvrage Granges Communes (PO) * Ouvrage La Moutière (PO) * Ouvrage Col de Crous (PO) * Ouvrage Rimplas (GO) * Ouvrage Fressinéa (PO) * Ouvrage Valdeblore (PO) * Ouvrage Col du Caire Gros (PO) * Ouvrage Col du Fort(PO) * Ouvrage Gordolon (GO) * Ouvrage Flaut (GO) * Ouvrage Baisse de Saint-Véran (PO) * Ouvrage Plan Caval (PO) * Ouvrage La Béole (PO) * Ouvrage Col d'Agnon (PO) * Ouvrage La Déa (PO) * Ouvrage Col de Brouis (GO) * Ouvrage Monte Grosso (GO) * Ouvrage Champ de Tir (PO) * Ouvrage L'Agaisen (GO) * Ouvrage Saint-Roch (GO) * Ouvrage Barbonnet (GO) * Ouvrage Castillon (GO) * Ouvrage Col des Banquettes (PO) *

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 ...

(GO) * Ouvrage Col de Garde (PO) * Ouvrage Mont Agel (GO) *

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 ...

(GO) * Ouvrage Croupe du Reservoir (PO) *

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-Cap-Martin, Roquebrune, consists of two artillery bl ...

(GO)

Former German fortifications

Fort de Mutzig The Fort de Mutzig, also known as Feste Kaiser Wilhelm II, is located near the town of Mutzig, in the Bas-Rhin department of France. It is one of the fortifications built by Germany at the end of the 19th century to defend Strasbourg. It was the ...

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 *

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 Ehrenbreitstein Fortress (german: Festung Ehrenbreitstein, ) is a fortress in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the east bank of the Rhine where it is joined by the Moselle, overlooking the town of Koblenz. Occupying the position of an ...

* Grauerort fortress *

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

* Moritzburg Fortress * Petersberg Citadel *

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, ...

* Spandau Citadel *

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 The Veste Coburg (Coburg Fortress) is one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses of Germany. It is situated on a hill above the town of Coburg, in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria. Geography Location Veste Coburg dominates the town of C ...

Veste Oberhaus Veste Oberhaus is a fortress that was founded in 1219 and, for most of its time, served as the stronghold of the Bishop of Passau, Germany. It is currently the site of a museum, a youth hostel, and a restaurant, as well as an open-air theatre ...

Mainz Citadel The Mainzer Zitadelle (Citadel of Mainz) is situated at the fringe of , near Mainz Römisches Theater station. The fortress was constructed in 1660 and was an important part of the Fortress Mainz. History The Jakobsberg hill, where the citadel ...

India

Red Fort The Red Fort or Lal Qila () is a historic fort in Old Delhi, Delhi in India that served as the main residence of the Mughal Emperors. Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned construction of the Red Fort on 12 May 1638, when he decided to shift ...

, Delhi *

Amer Fort Amer Fort or Amber Fort is a fort located in Amer, Rajasthan, India. Amer is a town with an area of located from Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Amber city and Amber fort were founded by ruler Alan Singh of Chanda dynasty of Meenas. Located ...

, Rajasthan *

Agra Fort The Agra Fort is a historical fort in the city of Agra in India also known as the Red Fort. Rebuilt by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1565 and completed in 1573, it served as the main residence of the rulers of the Mughal Dynasty until 1638, when ...

, Uttar Pradesh *

Jaisalmer Fort Jaisalmer Fort is situated in the city of Jaisalmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is believed to be one of the very few "living forts" in the world (such as Carcassonne, France), as nearly one fourth of the old city's population still re ...

, Rajasthan *

Daulatabad fort Daulatabad Fort, also known as Devagiri Fort or Deogiri Fort, is a historic fortified citadel located in Daulatabad village near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. It was the capital of the Yadava dynasty (9th century–14th century CE), for a br ...

, Maharashtra *

Golkonda Fort Fort (Telugu: గోల్కొండ, romanized: ''Gōlkōnḍa'') is a historic fortress and ruined city located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It was originally called Mankal. The fort was originally built by Kakatiya ruler Pratāparu ...

, Telangana *

Junagarh Fort Junagarh Fort is a fort in the city of Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. The fort was originally called Chintamani and was renamed Junagarh or "Old Fort" in the early 20th century when the ruling family moved to Lalgarh Palace outside the fort limits. ...

, Bikaner, Rajasthan *

Gwalior Fort The Gwalior Fort commonly known as the ''Gwāliiyar Qila'', is a hill fort near Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. The fort has existed at least since the 10th century, and the inscriptions and monuments found within what is now the fort campus in ...

, Madhya Pradesh *

Jhansi Fort Jhansi Fort or Jhansi ka Kila is a fortress situated on a large hilltop called Bangira, in Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. It served as a stronghold of the Chandela Kings in Balwant Nagar (old name of Jhansi) from the 11th through the 17th cent ...

, Uttar Pradesh *

Chittorgarh Fort The Chittorgarh (literally Chittor Fort), also known as Chittod Fort, is one of the largest forts in India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fort was the capital of Mewar and is located in the present-day city of Chittorgarh. It sprawls o ...

, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan *

Mehrangarh Fort Mehrangarh Fort covers an area of 1,200 acres (486 hectares) in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. The complex is located on a hilltop around 122 metres above the surrounding plain, and was constructed by Rajput ruler Rao Jodha, though most of the ex ...

, Rajasthan *

Diu Fort The Diu Fortress ( Portuguese: ''Fortaleza de Diu'' or formally ''Fortaleza de São Tomé'') is a Portuguese-built fortification located on the west coast of India in Diu. The fortress was built as part of Portuguese India's defensive fortifi ...

, Daman and Diu *

Chapora Fort Chapora Fort (, Devanagari: शापोरा), located in Bardez, Goa, rises high above the Chapora River. The site was the location of a fort built by Muslim ruler Adil Shah called Shahpura, whose name the Portuguese altered to Chapora. It is ...

, Goa *

Pratapgad Pratapgad is a mountain fort located in Satara district, in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra.The fort is situated 24 kilometres from the Mahabaleshwar hill station. The fort is now a popular tourist destination. The fort's historical ...

, Maharashtra *

Palakkad Fort Palakkad Fort is an old fort situated in the heart of Palakkad city of Kerala state, southern India. It was recaptured and rebuilt grandly by Sultan Hyder Ali in 1766 A.D and remains one of the best-preserved forts in Kerala. History The Palak ...

, Kerala *

Jaigarh Fort Jaigarh Fort is situated on the promontory called the Cheel ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) of the Aravalli range; it overlooks the Amer Fort and the Maota Lake, near Amer in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The fort was built by Sawai Jai Singh in 1726 ...

, Rajasthan *

Kumbhalgarh Kumbhalgarh (literally "Kumbhal fort") also known as the Great Wall of India is a Mewar fortress on the westerly range of Aravalli Hills, just about 48 km from Rajsamand city in the Rajsamand district of the Rajasthan state in western India. I ...

, Rajasthan *

Raigad Fort Raigad is a hill fort situated in Mahad, Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the strongest fortresses on the Deccan Plateau. It was previously known as Rairee or Rairy fort. Many constructions and structures on Raigad were ...

, Maharashtra *

Ranthambore Fort Ranthambore Fort lies within the Ranthambore National Park, near the city of Sawai Madhopur in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan, India. the park being the former hunting grounds of the Maharajahs of Jaipur until the time of India's Ind ...

, Rajasthan * Bellary Fort, Karnataka *

Yadgir Fort Yadgir is a city and the administrative headquarters of Yadgir district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the administrative headquarters of Yadgir Taluka, one of the six taluks of Yadgir. Geography Yadgir town covers an area ...

, Karnataka *

Bekal Fort Bekal Fort is a medieval fort built by Shivappa Nayaka of Keladi in 1650 AD, at Bekal. It is the largest fort in Kerala, spreading over . Structure The fort appears to emerge from the sea. Almost three-quarters of its exterior is in con ...

, Kerala *

Purana Qila Purana Qila () is one of the oldest forts in Delhi, India. Built by the second Mughal Emperor Humayun and Surid Sultan Sher Shah Suri, it is thought by many to be located on the site of the ancient city of Indraprastha. The fort formed the in ...

, Delhi *

Warangal Fort Warangal Fort is located in Warangal District, Telangana, India. It was the capital city of Kakatiya dynasty and Musunuri Nayakas. It appears to have existed since at least the 12th century when it was the capital of the Kakatiyas. The fort has ...

, Andhra Pradesh *

Nahargarh Fort Nahargarh Fort stands on the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the city of Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Along with Amer Fort and Jaigarh Fort, Nahargarh once formed a strong defence ring for the city. The fort was originally n ...

, Rajasthan * Taragarh Fort, Rajasthan *

Bhangarh Fort The Bhangarh Fort is a 16th-century fort built in the Rajasthan state of India. The town was established during the rule of Bhagwant Das as the residence of his second son, Madho Singh. The fort and its precincts are well preserved. Geography ...

, Rajasthan *

Fort Aguada Fort Aguada is a well-preserved seventeenth-century Portuguese fort, along with a lighthouse, standing in Goa, India, on Sinquerim Beach, overlooking the Arabian Sea. It is an ASI protected Monument of National Importance in Goa. Origins and ...

, Goa

Indonesia

Java

Batavia Castle Batavia Castle ( nl, Kasteel Batavia, ) was a fort located at the mouth of Ciliwung River in Jakarta. Batavia Castle was the administrative center of Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Asia. Batavia Castle was also the residence of the Governor G ...

(demolished) *

Citadel Prins Frederik The Citadel Prins Frederik, also called Fort Prins Frederik, was a fortification built in 1837 by the Dutch in Batavia (now Jakarta), in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). It was located at Wilhelmina Park, which demolished around 1961 and r ...

(demolished, now

Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta Istiqlal Mosque ( id, Masjid Istiqlal, lit=Independence Mosque) in Jakarta, Indonesia is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia and the sixth largest mosque in the world in terms of worshipper capacity. Built to commemorate Indonesian independenc ...

) * Kotagede's Cepuri * Fort Portuguese * Fort van den Bosch * Fort van der Wijck * Fort Vastenburg *

Fort Vredeburg Fort Vredeburg Museum (official name: ''Museum Benteng Vredeburg Yogyakarta'') was a former colonial Fortification, fortress located in the city of Yogyakarta (city), Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The military complex has b ...

* Fort Willem I * Fort Willem II * Waterkasteel, Batavia (demolished) * Fort Pendem

The Moluccas

* Fort Amsterdam, Ambon *

Fort Belgica Fort Belgica is a 17th-century fort in Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Maluku Islands (the Moluccas), Indonesia; administratively in Central Maluku Regency, Maluku. The fort acted as a fortification system for the islands of Banda which was the only p ...

Fort Kalamata Fort Kalamata is a coastal star fort that was built by the Portuguese on the island of Ternate in Indonesia's Maluku Islands. Formerly known as Benteng Kayu Merah (''Red Wood Fort'') because it is located in Kayu Merah village, Originally the for ...

* Fort Nassau * Fort Oranje, Ternate *

Fort Tolukko Fort Tolukko is a small fortification on the east coast of Ternate facing Halmahera. It was one of the colonial forts built to control the trade in clove spices, which prior to the eighteenth century were only found in the Maluku Islands. It has b ...

Fort Kastela Fort Kastela ( id, Benteng Kastela) is a ruined Portuguese fortress located at the southwest coast of Ternate. It is famous for being the first colonial fortification constructed in the Spice Islands (Maluku) of Indonesia. Built by the Portuguese ...

* Fort Duurstede * Fort Tahula

Papua

Fort Du Bus Fort Du Bus was a Dutch administrative and trading post established in 1828 on Triton Bay on the southwest coast of New Guinea, in the current Indonesian regency of Kaimana, West Papua. Intended to counter British encroachment, it was the first ...

(demolished)

Sulawesi

* Otanaha Fortress *

Fort Rotterdam Fort Rotterdam is a 17th-century fort in Makassar on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is a Dutch fort built on top of an existing fort of the Gowa Kingdom. The first fort on the site was constructed by the a local sultan in around 1634, ...

Buton Palace Fortress Buton Palace Fortress, originally the Wolio Palace, is late 16th century palatial fortress located in Baubau, Southeast Sulawesi. The palace was built in the late 16th century for Sultan Buton III, La Sangaji titled Sultan Kaimuddin (1591-1596) a ...

Fort Somba Opu Fort Somba Opu (Makassarese Baruga Somba Opu, Indonesian Benteng Somba Opu) was a fortified commercial center of the Gowa Sultanate. Its ruins are located in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The fort was the center of the Gowa Sultanate in the ...

Sumatra

Fort de Kock Fort de Kock was a 19th-century Dutch sconce fortification established over a hill in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Around the fortification, a new settlement grew, which eventually grew into the city of Bukittinggi, the second largest c ...

Fort Marlborough Fort Marlborough (Indonesian Benteng Marlborough, also known as Malabero) is a former East India Company fort located in Bengkulu City, Sumatra. It was built between 1713-1719 by the East India Company under the leadership of Governor Joseph Col ...

Fort van der Capellen Fort van der Capellen is a small 19th-century Dutch fort in Batusangkar, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The town of Batusangkar grew considerably around the Fort van der Capellen. The fort was named after the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Go ...

Iran

* Agha Khan Liravi-ye Castle * Alamut Castle * Ardalan Castle * Ardeshir Castle * Arg-e Bam *

Arg of Tabriz Arg of Tabriz ( fa, ارگ تبريز, also known as ''Arg Alishah'', ''Arg-e Alishah'', ''Arch of Alishah'', ''Arg Citadel'', and ''Masjid Ali-Shāh''), is the remnants of a large acropolis fortification (whence the metathetic name or plus ...

Atashgah Castle Atashgah Castle ( fa, قلعه آتشگاه) is a castle in the city of Kashmar, and is one of the attractions of Kashmar. This castle was built by the Sasanian government and it was famous in ancient times. Location The location of the castle ...

Babak Fort Pāpak Fort ( fa, دژ بابک) or Babak CastleBurke, Andrew and Elliott. Mark (2008) ''Iran'' Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria, Australiapage 159 ( fa, قلعه بابک), ″Ghal’eh-e Baz″ is a large citadel on the top of a mountai ...

* Bakhtak Leylan Castle * Chaleshtar Castle * Chanef Castle * Ernan Castle * Espakeh Castle *

Fort of Our Lady of the Conception The Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, also known as the Portuguese Castle, is a red stone fortress on Hormuz Island, Iran. It is one of the last surviving monuments of Portuguese colonial rule in the Persian Gulf. Ormuz (or Hormuz) was an im ...

* Gabri Castle, Ray * Geli Castle *

Gouged Stronghold The Gouged stronghold is located in the city of Gouged, in the Golpayegan county, in Iran. The city Gouged is located 5 km to the north of Golpayegan. In peacetime, the stronghold was used as a caravansary, but during the war time or when t ...

* Iraj Castle *

Izad-Khast Castle The Izad Khast Castle is located in Izadkhast in the Fars Province, central Iran. The castle was built during the Sassanid Empire (224 to 651 AD) and functioned as fortified walled city on the ancient Silk Road that ran through central Iran. It ...

* 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 Qal'eh Dokhtar or Ghale Dokhtar or Dokhtar Castle or Dezh Dokhtar ( fa, دژ دختر, "The Maiden Castle"), is a castle made by Ardashir I, in present-day Fars, Iran, in 209 AD. It is located on a mountain slope near the Firouzabad-Kavar road. ...

* Rashkan Castle *

Rayen Castle the Rayen Castle ( fa, ارگ راين ''Arg-e Rāyen'') is an adobe castle 100 kilometers south of Kerman province, Iran. It is situated on the outskirts of the Hezar Masjed Mountains. The medieval mudbrick city of Rayen is similar to Arg-e Ba ...

* Rey Castle * Robat Castle *

Rudkhan Castle Rudkhan Castle ( fa, قلعه رودخان, glk, رودخان دژ); also Roodkhan Castle, is a brick and stone medieval fortress in Iran that was built by the Talysh people to defend against the Arab invaders during the Muslim conquest of Persi ...

Sa'dabad Complex The Sa'dabad Complex ( fa, مجموعه سعدآباد – ''Majmue ye Sa’dābād'') is a 110 hectare complex built by the Qajar and Pahlavi monarchs, located in Shemiran, Greater Tehran, Iran. Today, the official residence of the President o ...

Sang Castle Sang Castle ( fa, قلعه سنگ) is a historical castle located in Sirjan County Sirjan County ( fa, شهرستان سیرجان) is located in Kerman province, Iran. The capital of the county is Sirjan Sirjan ( fa, سيرجان, also Rom ...

Sarvestan Palace The Sassanid Palace at Sarvestan ( fa, کاخ ساسانی سروستان ''kakh-eh Sassani-ye Sarvestan'') is a Sassanid-era building in the Iranian city of Sarvestan, some 90 km southeast from the city of Shiraz. The palace was built i ...

Semiran Castle Samiran or Semiran ( fa, سميران) may refer to: * Samiran, Hamadan * Semiran, Kurdistan {{geodis ...

* Shapur Khast * Shavvaz Castle * Zahhak Castle

Israel

Acre The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imp ...

* Arsuf (a.k.a. ''Apollonia'') * 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