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Walls, citadels and hill forts.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Postclassic Late · Maya K'iche' Quiché
K'iche' empire capital Q'umarkaj (Utatlán) 1400–1524 CE: hilltop plaza with Temple of Tohil 12 m pyramid and 23 palaces, Popol Vuh city burned 1524.
Mandatory Palestine · Fortress
Al-Qastal ("Kastel", Arabic: القسطل) was a Palestinian village located eight kilometers west of Jerusalem and named for a Crusader castle once standing on the hilltop.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Krustpils Castle (German: Kreutzburg, Polish: Krzyżbork) is a castle in Jēkabpils, in the Latgale region of Latvia. It is one of the best preserved medieval castles in Latvia.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Fortress
Samanid 9th c → Ghaznavid–Karakhanid 10th–12th c · Banijurid–Ghaznavid Islamic (Khatlon)
Hulbuk (Qalai Hulbuk) — Islamic palace-fortress (9th–12th c CE) 26 km west Kulob, Khatlon Yakhsu plain, excavated 1953–2010s Yakubov and Akhunov (Tajik Academy).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Danebury Hillfort — Outer Entrance Hornwork in England, Hampshire, Stockbridge, United Kingdom is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attribu…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Burroughston Broch is an Iron Age broch located on the island of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, in Scotland (grid reference HY54062100).
🇺🇸 United States · Fortress
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture; Hopewell
Fort Ancient — North Embankment Gateway (Warren County) in Ohio, Warren County, Fort Ancient, United States is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) for…
🇰🇵 North Korea · Fortress
The Chongam-ri Earthen Castle is a fortification thought to date to the Gojoseon period. Located near Pyongyang, North Korea, it is similar to other earthen fortifications of the period.
🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
Berat Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Beratit), also referred to as the Citadel of Berat and castle quarter, is a fortress overlooking the town of Berat, Albania.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Fortress
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Kot Diji — Citadel East Rampart in Sindh, Khairpur, Kot Diji, Pakistan is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Iron Age fortifie…
🇬🇭 Ghana · Fortress
Atlantic slave trade (1659–1850 Danish) · Danish / Norwegian / Ga / British
Christiansborg Castle (1659 Danish, 1661–1850 Danish–Norwegian slave fort) is on Osu rocky promontory Accra, now Presidential seat (until 2013) and museum.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
The Castle of Penas Roias (Portuguese: Castelo de Penas Roias) is a Portuguese medieval castle in the civil parish of Penas Roias, municipality of Mogadouro, in the Portuguese of district of Bragança.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Citadel of Garh Strath in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) fortress attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Dinaburga Castle (German: Dünaburg), also known as Vecdaugavpils or Vecpils, is a castle located in Naujene Parish, Augšdaugava Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia, east of Daugavpils.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Iron Age (c.900–600 BCE; Mannean–Median–Scythian 750–600) · Mannean → Median → Scythian (Ziwiyeh treasure)
Ziwiyeh is the looted but famous Iron citadel (fortified manor) above a Mannean deposit — 1947 treasure (gold pectoral with Winged genie, ivory plaques with Scy...
🇮🇪 Ireland · Fortress
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Shallow Fortress in County Kerry, Ireland is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) fortress attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Fortress
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Fortress of Midfield Henge in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) fortress attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Fortress
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Ghat-Mazar Ridge Fortress in Chiapas, Mexico is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) fortress attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Fortress
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Fortress of Harbor Grimston in Catamarca, Argentina is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) fortress attributed to Roman culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
EB to Ottoman (c.3500 BCE–1917 CE; peak Canaanite–Philistine–Herod 3000 BCE–74 CE) · Canaanite → Philistine → Israelite → Philistine → Hellenistic → Herodian (Antipatris)
Tel Aphek (Herodian Antipatris) guards the Yarkon springs — Via Maris bottleneck, famous as Philistine camp before Saul's defeat (1 Sam 4) and Herod's Antipatri...
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Fortress
Bilhorod Kyivskyi (Ukrainian: Білгород-Київський) or Belgorod (Russian: Белгород) was a city-castle in Kievan Rus', on the right bank of the Irpin River.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Bunkenburg was a castle built during the 13th and 14th centuries in the shape of a circular fort located on the banks of the Aller opposite Ahlden in north Germany.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Alcimoennis or Alkimoennis is the name widely attached to a Celtic Oppidum, or hill fort above the modern town of Kelheim in Bavaria, Germany.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress
Dynge Castle (Swedish: Dynge borgruin), also formerly known as Dyngehus, is a castle ruin in central Bohuslän, Sweden.
