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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

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Galle Fort

The Galle Fort is a remarkably preserved coastal fortress located in Sri Lanka. Constructed by the Dutch East India Comp...

Coastal Dutch Colonial 17TH Century

8.8 Great

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Amber Fort

The Amber Fort sits atop a hill overlooking Jaipur, Rajasthan. This Rajput fortress was primarily built during the reign...

India Rajput Hilltop Rajasthan

8.7 Great

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Citadel of Cairo

The Citadel of Cairo is a medieval Islamic fortification strategically located on the Mokattam hills overlooking Cairo,...

Medieval Egypt Hilltop Ayyubid

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Spišský Hrad

Spišský Hrad, or Spiš Castle, is a massive medieval stone fortress located in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia. Built...

Medieval 12TH Century Slovakia Ruins

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Marksburg Castle

Marksburg Castle is a medieval hilltop fortress situated above the town of Braubach in the Rhineland-Palatinate region o...

Germany Medieval 12TH Century Rhine

8.5 Great

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Cape Coast Castle

Cape Coast Castle is a historical fortress located on the coast of Ghana, originally built by the Swedes in the 17th cen...

Coastal Colonial 17TH Century Ghana

8.5 Great

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Castelo de São Jorge

Castelo de São Jorge is a medieval Moorish castle situated on a prominent hilltop overlooking the historical center of L...

Medieval Portugal Lisbon Hilltop

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Fortress of Luxembourg

The Fortress of Luxembourg was a historic complex of fortifications spanning multiple eras that once earned the city the...

17TH Century Luxembourg Multi Era Escarpment

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Naarden Vesting

Naarden Vesting is a star-shaped fortified town located in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Developed p...

17TH Century Netherlands Vauban Star Fort

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Hochkönigsburg

Hochkönigsburg, also known as Haut-Kœnigsbourg, is a medieval hilltop castle located in the Vosges mountains of Alsace,...

France Medieval Alsace Hilltop

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Peyrepertuse Castle

Peyrepertuse Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located on a high limestone ridge in the Aude department of southern F...

France 12TH Century Hilltop Cathar

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Montségur Castle

Montségur Castle is a ruined medieval fortress situated on a rocky hilltop in the Ariège department of southern France....

Siege France 13TH Century Hilltop

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Quéribus Castle

Quéribus Castle is a ruined medieval fortress perched on a steep rocky peak in the Corbières massif of the Aude departme...

France Medieval Hilltop Cathar

7.8 Good

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Castillo de Montjuïc

Castillo de Montjuïc is a large military fortress situated atop Montjuïc hill in Barcelona, Spain. Initially constructed...

Spain 17TH Century Barcelona Hilltop

7.8 Good

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Raigad Fort

Raigad Fort is a large hilltop fortress situated in the Sahyadri mountain range of Maharashtra, India. Historically sign...

India 17TH Century Maratha Hilltop

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Rajgad Fort

Rajgad Fort is a historic hill fort in the Sahyadri range of Maharashtra, India, southwest of Pune. Originally known as...

India Capital 17TH Century Maratha

7.2 Good

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Sinhagad Fort

Sinhagad Fort is a hill fort near Pune in Maharashtra, India, formerly known as Kondhana. In 1670, Maratha forces led by...

India 17TH Century Maratha Hilltop

7.0 Good

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Pratapgad Fort

Pratapgad is a seventeenth-century hill fort in Satara district, Maharashtra, India, built for the Maratha ruler Shivaji...

India 17TH Century Maratha Hilltop

7.0 Good

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Torna Fort

Torna Fort is a hill fort in the Pune district of Maharashtra, India, located in the Sahyadri mountain range. It is trad...

India 17TH Century Maratha Hilltop

6.5 Fair