🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Cafarlet
Cafarlet or Capharleth (Crusader name) or Kafr Lam (Arabic name) is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Arab al-Mulk
Arab al-Mulk (Arabic: عرب الملك, also spelled Arab al-Milk, Beldi al-Melek, Balda al-Milk or Beldeh) is a coastal village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District in the…
🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
Badhër Castle
Badhër Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Badhrës) is a prehistoric fortified hilltop site and later medieval ruin near Borsh, in southern Albania.
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Fortress
Blagaj Fortress
Blagaj Fortress or Old Town of Blagaj (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Stari grad Blagaj, Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Град Благај; pronounced [blaːgaj]), locally known as Stjepan-grad (Стјепан-град), or…
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Belvoir Castle (Israel)
Belvoir Castle, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, also Kochav HaYarden (Hebrew: כוכב הירדן, lit. 'Star of the Jordan') and Kawkab al-Hawa (Arabic: كوكب الهوا, lit.
🇸🇰 Slovakia · Fortress
Havránok
Havránok is an important archaeological site in northern Slovakia. It is on a hill above the Liptovská Mara water reservoir around 2 km (1.2 mi) from the village of Bobrovník, about halfway between…
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Burgstall Schlosshügel
The Burgstall of Schlosshügel near Weidenberg is a lost hill castle or circular rampart site of the type known as a motte from the Early Middle Ages.
🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Gorgobina
Gorgobina, also Gortona, was an oppidum of the Boii in central Gaul. It is known only from Caesar's account of the Gallic War, as the stronghold of the Boii whom the Aedui had received in 58 BC and…
🇩🇰 Denmark · Fortress
Borgring
Borgring (older spelling Borrering) also known as Vallø Borgring, is a Danish Viking ring fortress located near Køge on the island of Zealand.
🇪🇸 Spain · Fortress
Iglesia de Santa María del Temple (Ceinos de Campos)
The Iglesia de Santa María del Temple (Church of Saint Mary of the Templars) was a Romanesque church located in the town of Ceinos de Campos, in Castile and León (Spain).
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Fortress
Hulbuk
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).
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Fortress
Anfeh
Anfeh (Arabic: أنفة), also spelled Enfe, Enfeh or Anfe, is a resort town in the Koura District of the North Governorate of Lebanon.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Fortress
Desert castles
Umayyad dynasty
The desert castles or qasrs, often called Umayyad desert castles, are a series of fortified palaces or castles scattered over the semi-arid regions of north-eastern Jordan, Syria, Israel and the West…
🇪🇸 Spain · Fortress
Castle of San Servando
The Castle of San Servando is a medieval castle in Toledo, Spain, near the Tagus River. It was begun as a monastery, occupied first by monks and later by the Knights Templar.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
Castle of Almourol
The Castle of Almourol is a medieval castle atop the islet of Almourol in the middle of the Tagus River, located in the civil parish of Praia do Ribatejo, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the municipal…
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Bauska Castle
Bauska Castle (Latvian: Bauskas pils; German: Schloss Bauske) is a complex consisting of the ruins of an earlier castle and a later palace on the outskirts of the Latvian city of Bauska.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Dun Ringill
Dun Ringill (Gaelic: Dùn, 'fort', Ringill, 'point of the ravine') is an Iron Age hill fort on the Strathaird peninsula on the island of Skye, Scotland.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Fortress
Baturyn Fortress Citadel
The Baturyn Fortress Citadel (Ukrainian: Цитадель Батуринської фортеці) is an architectural and memorial complex on the territory of Baturyn, it serves as a museum within the National Historical and…
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Apurlec — Chimu-Cusco Wall Border Fort Motupillo
Chimú to Inca border (1200–1470 Chimú; 1470 Inca modified La Frontera) · Chimú → Inca Chimu-Inca frontier wall Motupillo (Pativilca analog)
Apurlec surveyed by Kosok, 10 km walls.
🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Bastam — Urartian Fortress
Urartian (685–612 BCE Rusa II) · Urartian Kingdom
Bastam — Urartian Fortress in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran is a Urartian (685–612 BCE Rusa II) fortress attributed to Urartian Kingdom.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Yotvata Fort — Yaqush Samra Ravine Fort
Iron Age II (900–600 BCE) Egyptian–Israelite frontier · Edomite/ Israelite desert frontier
Yotvata Fort — Yaqush Samra Ravine Fort in Southern District, Israel is a Iron Age II (900–600 BCE) Egyptian–Israelite frontier fortress attributed to Edomite/ Israelite desert frontier.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Dun Carloway
Dun Carloway (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) is a broch situated in the district of Carloway, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland (grid reference NB18994122).
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Fortress
Ključ Castle (Ključ)
Ključ Fortress is a medieval fortress in Bosnia and Herzegovina, above the modern-day town of Ključ. It is located on an elongated slope on high rocks that dominate the valley of the river Sana.
🇳🇵 Nepal · Fortress
Ajaymerukot
Ajaymerukot (Nepali: अजयमेरुकोट) was one of the capitals of the Doti kingdom established by the Malla kings in the 13th century.