Places tagged “fortress”

🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress

Berdavan Fortress

Berdavan Fortress (Armenian: Բերդավանի ամրոց; Բերդավան; also Ghalinjakar Fortress) is a fortress in Armenia, located on a hilltop near the village of Berdavan in the Tavush Province, near the border…

🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress

Burgata

Burgata (Hebrew: בורגתה, בּוּרְגְתָא), also Burgeta, is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain on Highway 57 between Netanya and Tulkarm, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer…

🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress

Alexanderschanze

The Alexanderschanze (Alexander's Redoubt) is a mountain pass, 970.8 m above sea level (NHN), on the B 28 federal road at Freudenstadt in the Northern Black Forest in southern Germany.

🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress

Burgajet Castle

Buragajet Castle, or Castle Burgajeti, (Albanian: Kalaja e Burgajetit or Sarajet e Burgajetit, also known as the Kështjella e Zogollëve or Saraji i Zogut) was a large fortified house, located in…

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Fortress

Dobor was a medieval town of the Usora Zemlja, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, located some 4 km northwest of Modriča, on the left side of the Bosna River, on the Vučjak hill with an average height of 39 meters.

🇵🇱 Poland · Fortress

Gniew Castle

Gniew Castle is a restored castle in Gniew, in northern Poland. The original building, which served as a defensive structure for the Teutonic Order on the Vistula river, dates back to the late 13th or 14th century.

🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress

Castle of Monsanto

The Castle of Monsanto (Portuguese: Castelo de Monsanto) is a medieval castle located in the civil parish of Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha, in the municipality of Idanha-a-Nova, Portuguese district of Castelo Branco.

🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress

Dundaga Castle

Dundaga Castle is a medieval castle in Dundaga, in the Talsi Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Latvia considers Dundaga Castle to be a monument of archaeological and of architectural importance.

🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress

Castle of Soure

The Castle of Soure (Portuguese: Castelo de Soure) is a Portuguese castle in the civil parish of Soure, municipality of Soure, district of Coimbra. It has been listed as a National monument since 1949.

🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress

Castle of Pombal

The Castle of Pombal (Portuguese: Castelo de Pombal) is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Pombal, municipality of the same name in the district of Leiria in the Centre region of Portugal.

🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress

Drisht Castle

Drisht Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Drishtit) is a ruined castle above the modern Albanian village of Drisht, medieval Drivastum, in the municipal unit Postribë, Shkodër County, Albania.

🇨🇭 Switzerland · Fortress

Compesières Commandry

The Compesières Commandry is the main Commandry of the Order of Malta in the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland. The Commandry is located in the municipality of Bardonnex.

🇫🇷 France · Fortress

Château de Condat, Dordogne

The Château de Condat is a fortified former commandry of the Knights Hospitaller located in the commune of Condat-sur-Vézère in the Dordogne département of France.

🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress

Alūksne Castle

Alūksne Castle (Latvian: Alūksnes viduslaiku pils, Marienburgas pils; Swedish: Marienborg; German: Marienburg) is a castle of Teutonic Knights in Alūksne, Latvia.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress

Bow Castle Broch

Bow Castle is the remains of an iron-age broch near the Gala Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the parish of Stow. It is a scheduled monument.