Fortifications are military constructions or buildings designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and also used to solidify rule in a region during peace time. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs. The term is derived from the Latin fortis ("strong") and facere ("to make").
Fortifications
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5Funa Fortress (Ruins)
Funa (in Greek it means “smoky”) – the fortress situated on the rocky hill at the bottom of Demerdgi Mountain. Before, Demerdgi Mount was called Funa.
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8Gagron Fort
The fort of Gagaron is a very good epitome of a fort surrounded by water and thus is popularly known as “Water Fort” and “Jal Durg” in Hindi.
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10Galle
Galle is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, 119 km from Colombo.
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10Gate of Pile, Walls of Dubrovnik
The Pile Gates are a well-fortified complex with multiple doors, defended by Fort Bokar and the moat that ran around the outside section of the city walls.
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3Genoese Fortress (Ruins), Balaklava
Genoese Fortress, Balaklava. In the mid 14th century in the bay of Symbols Genoese merchants have founded the Cembalo castle (the name derives from greek Symbolon). In 1475 Cembalo was taken by the Ottoman Turks who renamed it into Baliq-Uve (Balaqlava).
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3Glanzenberg, Town Monument Reserve, Old Town, Banska Stiavnica
The protective zone of the Town Monument Reserve - Glanzenberg - the Old Town: The fortified premises with the central tower building (from the 12th century) and protecting the mining district (the veins of Spitaler and Bieber), at the turn of the 13th century rebuilt into an extensive castle.
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1Grosskrotzenburg Roman fort
The fort Grosskrotzenburg is a former Roman fort at the Wetterau line of the Upper German-Raetian Limes in Grosskrotzenburg, Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany.
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10Guia Fortress, Macau
The Guia Fortress is a 17th-century colonial military fort, chapel, and lighthouse complex. It is in the St. Lazarus Parish, Concelho de Macau, Macau.
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8Guia Lighthouse, Guia Fortress, Macau
The lighthouse was constructed between 1864 and 1865, the first western style lighthouse in east Asia or on the China coast.
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10Hadrian's Wall (Place 1)
Hadrian's Wall, also called the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Hadriani in Latin, was a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia, begun in 122 AD during the reign of the emperor Hadrian. It ran from the banks of the River Tyne near the North Sea to the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea.
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10Hadrian's Wall (Place 2)
Hadrian's Wall, also called the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Hadriani in Latin, was a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia, begun in 122 AD during the reign of the emperor Hadrian. It ran from the banks of the River Tyne near the North Sea to the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea.
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10Hadrian's Wall (Place 3)
Hadrian's Wall, also called the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Hadriani in Latin, was a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia, begun in 122 AD during the reign of the emperor Hadrian. It ran from the banks of the River Tyne near the North Sea to the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea.
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10Hadrian's Wall (Place 4)
Hadrian's Wall, also called the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Hadriani in Latin, was a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia, begun in 122 AD during the reign of the emperor Hadrian. It ran from the banks of the River Tyne near the North Sea to the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea.
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2Hare Hill, Hadrian's Wall
At Hare Hill in Cumbria is the tallest remaining stretch of Hadrian's Wall, standing up to three metres high. It probably survived because it was later built into the wall of a medieval structure. In the 19th century it was substantially rebuilt, using Roman masonry which was probably retrieved from the surrounding area.
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6Holic Castle (Palace)
Holic Castle (Palace). A perished castle built in 12th century. In the second half of 16th century rebuilt to the Fort. A mansion house was built on its place in 1750.
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1Hunnum (Halton Chesters Roman Fort), Hadrian's Wall
Hunnum (also known as Onnum, and with the modern name of Halton Chesters) was a Roman fort north of the modern-day village of Halton, Northumberland in North East England.
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10Hwaseong Fortress
Hwaseong is the wall surrounding the centre of Suwon, the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. This fortress was built from 1794 to 1796 by King Jeongjo.
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10Imperial City, Hue
The Imperial City is a walled fortress and palace in the city of Huế, the former imperial capital of Vietnam.
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2Kalwaria Paclawska Sanctuary
Kalwaria Paclawska Sanctuary. It was founded by Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro in 1665. The Sanctuary of the Passion of Christ and Our Lady of Calvary, a Franciscan monastery and novitiate, and a pilgrim house are located at the top of the hill, 465 meters above sea level.
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8Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle
Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle is a former Ruthenian-Lithuanian castle and a later three-part Polish fortress located in the historic city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine, in the historic region of Podolia in the western part of the country.
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7Khotyn Fortress
The Khotyn Fortress is a fortification complex located on the right bank of the Dniester River in Khotyn, Chernivtsi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine.
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6Kingston Mills Blockhouse, Kingston, Ontario
Kingston Mils Blockhouse National Historic Site of Canada provides a self-guided discovery of the military lifestyle of 1839 at this restored Blockhouse on Canada’s oldest continuously operating canal.
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5Krasnaya Gorka fort
Krasnaya Gorka is a coastal artillery fortress west of Lomonosov, Russia on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, opposite Kotlin Island and the Baltic Fleet's base at Kronstadt. The nearest settlement is Lebyazhye.
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5Kronshlot Fort
Fort Kronshlot located near Kronstadt. Domenico Trezzini, engineer-fortifier, comes from Moscow in 1704. Fort was built three years, the construction of two thousand guarded detachment, consisting of infantry and cavalry.
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10Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou. Ait Benhaddou is a fortified city, or ksar, along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in present-day Morocco.
