🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Gerdkooh Hills
Gerdkooh ancient hills (Persian: تپه باستان گردکوه) consists of three hills, the tallest of which is 26 m in height. Their history has been estimated to date back to the Iron Age.
Mandatory Palestine · Fortress
Al-Qastal, Jerusalem
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
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.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Burroughston Broch
Burroughston Broch is an Iron Age broch located on the island of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, in Scotland (grid reference HY54062100).
🇰🇵 North Korea · Fortress
Chongam-ri Earthen Castle
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
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.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
Castle of Penas Róias
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.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Dinaburga Castle
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.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Fortress
Bilhorod Kyivskyi
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
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
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
Dynge Castle (Swedish: Dynge borgruin), also formerly known as Dyngehus, is a castle ruin in central Bohuslän, Sweden.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Fortress
Humayma
Humayma (Arabic: الحميمة, romanized: al-Humayma) also spelled Humeima and Humaima, is the modern name of ancient Hawara.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Burtnieki
Burtnieki (German: Burtneck) is a village (population 488) in Burtnieki Parish, Valmiera Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, near Lake Burtnieks. Administrative centre of Burtnieki Parish.
🇭🇺 Hungary · Fortress
Aquincum
Aquincum (Latin: [aˈkᶣɪŋkũː], Hungarian: [ˈɒkviŋkum]) was an ancient city, situated on the northeastern borders of the province of Pannonia within the Roman Empire.
🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
Borsh Castle
Borsh Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Borshit) also known as Sopot Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Sopotit) from the hill it is located, is a historic castle near the village Borsh, Albania, near the coast of…
🇬🇧 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.
🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Fort Saint-Jean (Marseille)
Fort Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ sɛ̃ʒɑ̃]; Occitan: Fort Sant Joan) is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress
Kakavaberd
Kakavaberd or Kaqavaberd (Armenian: Կաքավաբերդ, Eastern Armenian Kak'avaberd), also known as Geghi Berd, Keghi Berd or Kegh (Գեղի բերդ Gełi Berd), is a fortress on a ridge overlooking the Azat River…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Fortress
Macheros — Herod and John the Baptist Citadel
Hasmonean (90 BCE) rebuilt Herod 30 BCE; Baptist tradition 29 CE · Hasmonean / Nabataean / Herodian
Mukawir excavated by Piccirillo & Virgilio, baptistery cistern and Josephus Ant.18.119 locale.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Horneck Castle, Germany
Horneck Castle is also known as Burg Horneck, Deutschordenschloss Horneck and Schloss Horneck.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress
Grogarnsberget
Grogarnsberget or Grogarnsberg (lit. "The Grogarn Mountain" more appropriate "Grogarn Hill") is a plateau hill on the Östergarn coast, on the Swedish island of Gotland.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Dun Dornaigil
Dun Dornaigil is an Iron Age broch in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands (grid reference NC45714501). It is in Strathmore on the eastern bank of the Strathmore River.
🇵🇱 Poland · Fortress
Bobrowniki Castle
Bobrowniki Castle was built by the Teutonic Knights in the late fourteenth, early fifteenth centuries.