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Walls, citadels and hill forts.
🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
The Castle of Gjon Boçari (Albanian: Kalaja e Gjon Boçarit) is a castle of the 16th and 17th century built during Ottoman times in Tragjas, Albania.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress
Borgeby Castle (Swedish: Borgeby slott) lies in Lomma Municipality, Scania in southern Sweden, beside the Kävlingeån, the largest river in Scania.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
Castelo de Idanha-a-Velha is a castle in Idanha-a-Velha, Idanha-a-Nova municipality, Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.
🇬🇷 Greece · Fortress
medieval fortress and palace of the Knights in the historic center of Rhodes, Greece
🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Gauls
Bibracte, a Gallic oppidum (fortified settlement), was the capital of the Aedui and one of the most important hillforts in Gaul. It was located near modern Autun in Burgundy, France.
🇬🇷 Greece · Fortress
The fortifications of the town of Rhodes are shaped like a defensive crescent around the medieval town and consist mostly of a fortification composed of a huge wall made of an embankment encased in…
Isle of Man · Fortress
Cronk ny Merriu (Manx for 'hill of the dead'), located close to Port Grenaugh, is one of the remains of promontory forts in the Isle of Man.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Al-Sinnabra or Sinn en-Nabra, is the Arabic place name for a historic site on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee in modern-day Israel.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Fortress
Birtha (Greek: Βίρθα) was an ancient fortress on the river Tigris, which was said to have been built by Alexander the Great.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress
Dashtadem Fortress (Armenian: Դաշտադեմի ամրոց)(Qagheni fortress) is a substantial fortress of the 5th to 19th centuries located at the southern outskirts of Dashtadem village in the Aragatsotn…
