🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
Fortress of Justinian
Fortress of Justinian (Albanian: Kalaja e Justinianit) or simply known as Tirana Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Tiranës) is a castle in Tirana, Albania.
🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Antibes
Antibes (, US also, French: [ɑ̃tib]; Occitan: Antíbol [anˈtibu]) is a seaside resort city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southeastern France.
🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Argentomagus
The Roman city of Argentomagus was located in the Mersans plateau of central France, at the strategic point on the north bank of the river Creuse, where a Roman bridge once traversed.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Aizkraukle Castle
Aizkraukle Castle (Latvian: Aizkraukles pils; German: Ascheraden) is a ruined medieval castle, located on the right bank of the river Daugava in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, to the west of the…
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Alte Burg (Langenenslingen)
Alte Burg is a large Celtic hilltop fortification, or hillfort, that may have been used as a cult or assembly site for the regional population.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Alsunga Castle
Alsunga Castle (Latvian: Alsungas pils; German: Schloss Alschwangen) is a castle in Alsunga village, in Alsunga Parish, Kuldīga Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Bagras
Bagras or Baghrās, ancient Pagrae (Greek: Πάγραι; Armenian: Պաղրաս, romanized: Paġras), is a ruined medieval castle in the İskenderun district of Turkey, in the Amanus Mountains.
Mandatory Palestine · Fortress
Jiddin
Jiddin (Arabic: جدين), also known as the Jiddin Fortress (Arabic: قلعة جدين, romanized: Qalʾat Jiddīn) or Khirbet Jiddin (Arabic: خربة جدين, lit.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Fortress
Dome of the Rock
The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: قبة الصخرة, romanized: Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḫra) is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Beit She'an
Beit She'an (Hebrew: בֵּית שְׁאָן ), also known as Beisan (Arabic: بيسان ), or Beth-shean, is a city in the Northern District of Israel.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Fortress
Citadel of Erbil
The Citadel of Erbil (Kurdish: قەڵای هەولێر Qelay Hewlêr, Arabic: قلعة اربيل, romanized: Qal'at Erbīl), locally called Qellat, is a tell or occupied mound, and the historical city centre of Erbil in…
🇰🇵 North Korea · Fortress
Chongbang Fortress
Jŏngbang Castle (Korean: 정방산성) is a Koguryo-era mountain fortress located outside Sariwŏn, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. Cresting the ridges of Mt.
🇷🇴 Romania · Fortress
Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains
Built in murus dacicus style, the six Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains (Romanian: Cetăți dacice din Munții Orăștiei), in Romania, were created in the 1st centuries BC and AD as protection…
🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress
Artaxata
Artashat (Armenian: Արտաշատ), Hellenized as Artaxata (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτάξατα) and Artaxiasata (Ἀρταξιάσατα), was a major city and commercial center of ancient Armenia that served as the capital of…
🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
Fortress of Bashtovë
The Fortress of Bashtovë (Albanian: Kalaja e Bashtovës), also known in medieval times as Breg, Briego or Vrego is a medieval quadrangular fortress located close to the outflow of the Shkumbin River…
🇮🇹 Italy · Fortress
Castello di Punta Pagana
The Castello di Punta Pagana is a 17th-century fort located on the homonymous Punta Pagana, within the grounds of Villa Pagana in Rapallo, within the Metropolitan City of Genoa in Italy.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
Convent of Christ (Tomar)
The Convent of Christ of Tomar (Portuguese: Convento de Cristo de Tomar), also called Convent of Christ (Convento de Cristo) or Monastery of Christ (Mosteiro de Cristo), is a former Catholic convent…
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Baroque fortifications in the Black Forest
The Baroque fortifications in the Black Forest (German: Barocke Verteidigungsanlagen im Schwarzwald), also called Baroque Schanzen (Barockschanzen) or Black Forest lines (Schwarzwaldlinien), are…
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Burtnieki Castle
Burtnieki Castle (German: Burg Burtneck; Estonian: Asti ordulinnus) is a castle in Burtnieki Parish, Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa (Arabic: كاتدرائية طرطوس) was a Catholic cathedral in the city of Tartus, Syria.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Amouda
The former Crusader castle of Amouda, in what was the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and today close to the village of Gökçedam in the Turkish Province of Osmaniye.