Forts & fortresses of the world
2,723 forts and fortresses across 6 continents and 150 countries — from European star forts and Indian hill forts to colonial-era coastal batteries. Data from Wikidata (CC0); summaries from Wikipedia.
The oldest forts in the world
- Jaigarh FortJaipur, India -1000
- Avranlo FortressTsalka Municipality, Georgia -1000
- Okon castleYenokavan, Armenia -999
- Kirkuk CitadelKirkuk, Iraq -800
- Erebuni FortressErebuni District, Urartu -781
- Ranikot FortJamshoro District, Pakistan -449
- RofalcoFarnese, Italy -350
- Keren Naftali CastleIsrael -201
- Samobor FortressNovo Goražde Municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina 14
- Belgrade FortressBelgrade, Serbia 100
- CharaxGaspra, Ukraine 100
- MangupQ12114283, Ukraine 300
Asia 713
A Famosa Malacca, Malaysia Abbasabad fortress Babek District, Azerbaijan Achala Fort Nashik district, India Afyonkarahisar Castle Afyonkarahisar, Turkey Agnigarh Tezpur, India Agori Fort India Agra Fort Agra, India Ahivant Fort Nashik district, India Ahmednagar Fort Ahilyanagar, India Ajinkyatara Fort Satara district, India Ajlun Castle Ajloun, Jordan Ajman Fort Ajman, United Arab Emirates Akbar's Fort Ajmer district, India Akhnoor Fort Akhnoor, India Akluj Fort Solapur district, India Akola Fort Akola district, India Aktobe Aktobe City Administration, Kazakhstan Akçakale tower Gümüşhane, Turkey Al Mahatta Fort Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Al Wajbah Qatar Al-Jahili Fort Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Al-Ukhaidir Fortress Karbala Governorate, Iraq Alamparai Fort Chengalpattu district, India Alang Fort Nashik district, India Alexandra Fort Razmak Tehsil, Pakistan Alexandreion Jericho Governorate, Palestine Ali Masjid Fort Khyber District, Pakistan Allahabad Fort Prayagraj, India Alorna Fort Pernem taluk, India Alwar Fort Alwar district, India Amami Ōshima Fortress Oshima District, Japan Amasya Castle Amasya, Turkey Amber Fort Jaipur district, India Amberd Byurakan, Armenia Amouda Gökçedam, Turkey Anavarza Castle Adana Province, Turkey Anchuthengu Fort Thiruvananthapuram district, India Ani Kars Province, Turkey Anjanvel Fort Ratnagiri district, India Ankai Fort Nashik district, India Anping Small Fort Anping District, Taiwan Ansi City Haicheng, China Antur Fort Kannad taluka, India Ar Rakiyat Fort Qatar Aranthangi Fort India Ardahan Castle Ardahan, Turkey Arikady Fort India Arippu Fort Arippu, Sri Lanka
See all 713 in Asia → Americas 838
"A" Fort and Battery Hill Redoubt-Camp Early Fairfax County, United States Acushnet Fort United States Alcázar de Colón Dominican Republic Andradas Fort São Paulo, Brazil Apalachicola Fort Site Russell County, United States Barneys Joy Point Military Reservation Dartmouth, United States Battery Cameron Washington, D.C., United States Battery Garesché Arlington County, United States Battery Rodgers Alexandria, United States Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site Pilot Knob, United States Bear Creek Redoubt Clark County, United States Bent's New Fort Bent County, United States Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Otero County, United States Beverly Fort United States Blockhouse No. 1 Manhattan, United States Brewster Islands Military Reservation United States Burlingame's Fort United States Butler Point Military Reservation Marion, United States Calf Island Military Reservation Hull, United States Camp Hudson Texas, United States Camp Nichols Cimarron County, United States Camp Varnum United States Camp on Pawnee Fork Kansas, United States Cantonment Burgwin New Mexico, United States Cantonment Martin United States Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle Brooklyn, United States Castillo San Cristóbal San Juan, United States Castillo San Felipe del Morro San Juan, United States Castillo de Jagua Cienfuegos, Cuba Castillo de San Felipe de Lara Izabal Department, Guatemala Castillo de San Marcos St. Augustine, United States Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Castillo de la Real Fuerza Havana, Cuba Castle Clinton Manhattan, United States Castle Hill Placentia, Canada Castle Pinckney Charleston, United States Castle Williams Manhattan, United States Castle of San Juan de Ulúa Mexico Cerro Fortress Montevideo Department, Uruguay Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo Chagres District, Panama Charles Fort Barbados Chivicura Santa Juana, Chile Cimarron Redoubt Center Township, United States Cove Fort Millard County, United States Eastern Point Fort United States El Cañuelo Toa Baja, United States El Orcoquisac Archeological District Texas, United States Espíritu Santo Chile
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Aarburg Castle Aarburg, Switzerland Acronauplia Nafplio Municipality, Greece Agarani Fortress Tetri Tsqaro Municipality, Georgia Aggersborg Vesthimmerland Municipality, Denmark Akershus Fortress Oslo Municipality, Norway Al-Madinat al-Zahira Córdoba Province, Spain Alba Iulia Fortress Alba Iulia, Romania Alcazaba of Málaga Málaga, Spain Alcazaba y Murallas del Cerro de San Cristóbal Almería, Spain Alexandrov Kremlin Alexandrov, Russia Anacopia Fortress Novyy Afon, Georgia Anevo Fortress Sopot, Bulgaria Arabat Fortress Lenine Raion of Crimea, Ukraine Archcliffe Fort Dover, United Kingdom Asara Fortress Bulgaria Asen's Fortress Asenovgrad, Bulgaria Assos Castle Municipality of Sami, Greece Astrakhan Kremlin Astrakhan, Russia Athenaeum fortress Greece Atskuri Fortress Georgia Austrått Fort Ørland Municipality, Norway Avranlo Fortress Tsalka Municipality, Georgia Azov Fortress Azov, Russia Baba Vida Vidin, Bulgaria Babruysk Fortress Babruysk, Belarus Bakhtrioni Akhmeta municipality, Georgia Bartizan of Porto Pim Angústias, Portugal Bashtovë Fortress Tirana County, Albania Basmo Fortress Marker Municipality, Norway Bastille Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, France Bastion III Kleparz Kraków, Poland Batería de Aspiroz San Fernando, Spain Batería de San Genís San Fernando, Spain Batería de San Melitón de la Calavera Cádiz Province, Spain Batería de Urrutia San Fernando, Spain Batterie de Bouviers Guyancourt, France Bayard's Cove Fort Dartmouth, United Kingdom Bač Fortress Bač, Serbia Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq Redoubt Naxxar, Malta Beacon Hill Battery Harwich, United Kingdom Bebristsikhe Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia Belgrade Fortress Belgrade, Serbia Belogradchik Fortress Vidin, Bulgaria Belvedere Florence, Italy Belém Tower Belém, Portugal Bembridge Fort Bembridge, United Kingdom Bender Fortress Bender, Moldova Berlin Fortress Berlin, Germany
See all 1,024 in Europe → Africa 107
Abu Nafisa fort Sudan An-Nekhel Fortress Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Aniba Aswan Governorate, Egypt Babylon Fortress Cairo Governorate, Egypt Baker's Fort Gulu District, Uganda Bir Hakeim Butnan District, Libya Borj El Kebir Houmt Souk, Tunisia Borj El Ksar Sfax, Tunisia Borj Ennar Sfax, Tunisia Borj Masouda Sfax, Tunisia Borj Nord Fez, Morocco Buhen Northern State, Sudan Casa del Mar Tarfaya, Morocco Castelo Real Essaouira, Morocco Castle of Good Hope City of Cape Town, South Africa Dao Timni Bilma Department, Niger Deir el-Atrash Egypt Duwisib Castle Hardap Region, Namibia El Gamil Port Said, Egypt El Qoseir Fort El-Quseir, Egypt Elmina Castle Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District, Ghana Fasil Ghebbi Gondar, Ethiopia Fort Amsterdam Abandze, Ghana Fort Augustaborg Greater Accra Region, Ghana Fort Batenstein Western Region, Ghana Fort Capuzzo Libya Fort Coenraadsburg Central Region, Ghana Fort Cox South Africa Fort Elize Carthago Ghana Fort Fredensborg Ningo-Prampram District, Ghana Fort Frederick Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa Fort James Greater Accra Region, Ghana Fort James Island The Gambia Fort Jesus Museum Mombasa County, Kenya Fort Julien Rosetta, Egypt Fort Leclerc Libya Fort Lugard Northern Region, Uganda Fort Merensky Middelburg, South Africa Fort Metal Cross Dixcove, Ghana Fort Nassau Central Region, Ghana Fort Nongqayi uMlalazi Local Municipality, South Africa Fort Nottingham KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Fort Orange Western Region, Ghana Fort Patience Central Region, Ghana Fort Pearson South Africa Fort Prinzenstein Volta Region, Ghana Fort Real de São Filipe Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde Fort Ruychaver Ghana
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Alexandra Redoubt Waipa District, New Zealand Fort Ballance Wellington City, New Zealand Fort Banks New South Wales, Australia Fort Buckley Wellington City, New Zealand Fort Cowan Cowan Queensland, Australia Fort Denison New South Wales, Australia Fort Glanville Conservation Park South Australia, Australia Fort Kelburne New Zealand Fort Lytton Queensland, Australia Fort Macquarie New South Wales, Australia Fort Nepean Victoria, Australia Fort Parramatta Porirua, New Zealand Fort Pearce Victoria, Australia Fort Queenscliff Victoria, Australia Fort Resolution Auckland Province, New Zealand Fort Scratchley New South Wales, Australia Fort Takapuna / O Peretu Auckland Region, New Zealand Green Hill Fort Queensland, Australia Malabar Battery City of Randwick, Australia Pope's Eye Victoria, Australia Princess Royal Fortress City of Albany, Australia Ripapa Island Canterbury Region, New Zealand South Channel Fort Victoria, Australia Spanish Fort Colonia, Federated States of Micronesia Upper Hutt Blockhouse Upper Hutt City, New Zealand