fortress 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'' ...

is a fortification, a defensive military construction. Fortress or The Fortress may also refer to:

Places

* Fortress Pass, a pass on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada *

The Fortress (Alberta) The Fortress () is a mountain located SE of Gusty Peak in the Kananaskis River Valley of Kananaskis Park of the Canadian Rockies. When viewed from Highway 40, the north face presents a fortress like appearance. The Fortress should not be confus ...

, a mountain in Canada ** Fortress Mountain Resort, Alberta * The Fortress (Antarctica), a geological formation

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''The Fortress'' (1947 film), written by

George Zuckerman George Zuckerman (August 10, 1916 – September 30, 1996) was an American screenwriter and novelist. Zuckerman began his career writing short stories for ''Cosmopolitan'', ''Collier's Weekly'', and '' Esquire'' in the 1940s. He wrote the st ...

* ''Fortress'' (1985 film), an Australian thriller film directed by Arch Nicholson * ''Fortress'' (1992 film), a science fiction action film starring Christopher Lambert directed by Stuart Gordon * ''The Fortress'' (1979 film) (Az erőd), a 1979 Hungarian science fiction film * ''The Fortress'' (1994 film) (Pevnost), a 1994 Czech film by Drahomíra Vihanová * ''Fortress'' (2012 film), a war film directed by Michael R. Phillips * ''The Fortress'' (2017 film) (Namhan Sansong), a 2017 South Korean film * ''Fortress'' (2021 film), an American film starring Bruce Willis

Games

* Fortress (chess), an endgame drawing technique *

Fortress (solitaire) 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'' ...

, a solitaire or patience playing card game * ''Fortress'' (1983 video game) for the Atari 8-bit family and Apple II * ''Fortress'' (1984 video game) for the BBC Micro * ''Fortress'' (2001 video game) for the Game Boy Advance * ''Fortress'' (2001 online video game), South Korean online game * ''Fortress'' (cancelled video game), code name for a cancelled game circa 2008 * "Fortress," the English translation of the Yagura opening in shogi

Literature

* ''Fortress'', a 1980 novel by

Gabrielle Lord Gabrielle Craig Lord (born 1946) is an Australian writer who has been described as Australia's first lady of crime.Pressley, Alison (2007) "Lord and lady" in ''Good Reading Magazine'', April 2007, pp. 22–23 She has published a wide range ...

, on which the 1985 film was based * ''The Fortress'' (''Die Festung''), a 1962 semi-autobiographical prison novel by

Henry Jaeger Karl-Heinz Jaeger (1927–2000) was a German author, reformed criminal, and journalist, best known for his semi-autobiographical prison novel '' The Fortress'' (1962) which was filmed in 1964 as '' Condemned to Sin''.Thomas Sutter Lesen und Gefan ...

* ''The Fortress'' (''Tvrđava''), a 1970 Yugoslav novel by Meša Selimović * ''The Fortress'', a 1956 book by

Raleigh Trevelyan Walter Raleigh Trevelyan (6 July 1923 – 23 October 2014) was a British author, editor, and publisher and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He resided at both Shepherd Market in Mayfair, London, and in Cornwall. His Spanish partner R ...

* ''The Fortress'', a 1932 novel by Hugh Walpole * Fortress Press, an imprint of

1517 Media 1517 Media, formerly Augsburg Fortress Press, is the official publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), also publishing for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) as ''Augsburg Fortress Canada''. Headquart ...

Music

* ''Fortress'' (Alter Bridge album), 2013 * ''Fortress'' (Miniature Tigers album), 2010 * ''Fortress'' (Protest the Hero album), 2008 * ''Fortress'' (Sister Hazel album), 2000 * "Fortress" (Thee Oh Sees song), 2016 * "Fortress", a song by Bloc Party from ''Hymns'' * "Fortress", a song by Dala from '' This Moment Is a Flash'' * "Fortress", a song by Illenium from ''Ashes'' * "Fortress", a song by Robert Forster from ''

Warm Nights ''Warm Nights'' is the fourth album by Robert Forster. It was released on LP and CD by Beggars Banquet in 1996 and was highlighted with a new version of the Go-Betweens' "Rock 'n' Roll Friend", which was a single B-side in 1988. Forster lat ...

Television

* "The Fortress" (''Flashpoint''), an episode of ''Flashpoint'' * "The Fortress" (''How I Met Your Mother''), a 2013 episode of ''How I Met Your Mother'' * "The Fortress" (''Joe 90''), an episode of ''Joe 90''

Other uses

Fortress (programming language) Fortress is a discontinued experimental programming language for high-performance computing, created by Sun Microsystems with funding from DARPA's High Productivity Computing Systems project. One of the language designers was Guy L. Steele Jr., ...

, a Sun Microsystems language * Fortress Investment Group, an asset management firm