swap_horiz Amber Fort Alternatives

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Burg Hohenzollern

Burg Hohenzollern stands atop Mount Jagdhause near Hechingen, Swabia, Germany. This 19th-century fortress was rebuilt as...

Germany 19TH Century Hilltop Swabia

8.8 Great

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Citadel of Cairo

The Citadel of Cairo is a medieval Islamic fortification on the Mokattam hills in Egypt, founded by Saladin in 1176 and...

Medieval Egypt Hilltop Ayyubid

8.5 Great

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Spišský Hrad

One of the largest castle complexes in Central Europe, located in eastern Slovakia and dating to the 12th century, desig...

Medieval 12TH Century Slovakia Ruins

8.5 Great

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Marksburg Castle

Marksburg Castle is a medieval hilltop fortress in Braubach, Germany, distinguished as the only unaltered and never-dest...

Germany Medieval 12TH Century Rhine

8.5 Great

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Agra Fort

Agra Fort is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Agra, India, developed primarily by Mughal emperor Akbar from 1565 and late...

India Imperial 16TH Century Mughal

8.4 Great

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Castelo de São Jorge

Medieval castle overlooking Lisbon, Portugal, first established as a Moorish stronghold and expanded by Portuguese kings...

Medieval Portugal Lisbon Hilltop

8.4 Great

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Marienberg Fortress

Marienberg Fortress is a prominent hilltop fortification in Würzburg, Germany, with origins tracing back to 704 AD, serv...

Germany Medieval River Hilltop

8.3 Great

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Junagarh Fort

Fort in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, built by Raja Rai Singh between 1588 and 1593, notable for having never been successf...

India 16TH Century Plains Rajasthan

7.8 Good

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Raigad Fort

Mountain fort in Maharashtra that served as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's Maratha Empire capital, where Shivaji was crow...

India 17TH Century Maratha Hilltop

7.5 Good

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Neemrana Fort

15th-century fort-palace in Alwar district, Rajasthan, India, built by Chauhan rulers and now converted into one of Indi...

India 15TH Century Hilltop Rajasthan

7.5 Good

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Rajgad Fort

Maratha hill fort in Maharashtra, India, that served as Chhatrapati Shivaji's primary capital for roughly 25 years befor...

India Capital 17TH Century Maratha

7.2 Good

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Shivneri Fort

Hill fort in Pune district, Maharashtra, notable as the birthplace of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in 1630 and an early M...

India Medieval Maratha Hilltop

7.0 Good

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Sinhagad Fort

Hill fort near Pune, Maharashtra, site of the 1670 Battle of Sinhagad in which Maratha commander Tanaji Malusare died wh...

India 17TH Century Maratha Hilltop

7.0 Good

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Nagaur Fort

Medieval fortification in Nagaur, Rajasthan, India, with origins attributed to the Chahamana dynasty and significantly e...

India Medieval 12TH Century Plains

7.0 Good

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Pratapgad Fort

Maratha hill fort in Maharashtra, India, built by Chhatrapati Shivaji in 1656 and the site of the 1659 Battle of Pratapg...

India 17TH Century Maratha Hilltop

7.0 Good

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Lohagad Fort

Hill fort near Pune, Maharashtra, meaning 'Iron Fort' in Marathi, used by Shivaji Maharaj as a treasury and a strategica...

18TH Century India Maratha Hilltop

6.8 Fair

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Taragarh Fort Ajmer

Hill fort overlooking Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, regarded as one of the subcontinent's earliest hill forts and later garri...

India Medieval Hilltop 11TH Century

6.8 Fair

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Torna Fort

Hill fort near Pune, Maharashtra, notable as the first fort captured by the young Shivaji Maharaj around 1643, an act th...

India 17TH Century Maratha Hilltop

6.5 Fair

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Harishchandragad

Ancient hill fort in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, notable for its rock-cut Kedareshwar cave temple and the sheer Ko...

India Ancient Hilltop Maharashtra

6.3 Fair

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Tikona Fort

Small triangular hill fort near Pune, Maharashtra, India, associated with the Maratha Empire and named for its distincti...

India Medieval Triangular Maratha

6.0 Fair