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Suomenlinna

Spread across islands off Helsinki, Suomenlinna is a sea fortress whose construction began under Swedish rule in 1748. I...

18TH Century Swedish Finland Helsinki

8.10 Great

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Hwaseong Fortress

Built in Suwon, South Korea, between 1794 and 1796, Hwaseong Fortress reflects King Jeongjo's ambitions during the Joseo...

18TH Century South Korea Walled City Joseon

8.10 Great

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Galle Fort

Galle Fort encloses a historic coastal town in southern Sri Lanka, combining defensive ramparts with streets and buildin...

Coastal Dutch Colonial 17TH Century

8.10 Great

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Castillo de San Marcos

Built by Spain between 1672 and 1695, Castillo de San Marcos is a masonry star fort in St. Augustine, Florida. It is the...

Spanish USA Florida Colonial

7.91 Good

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Elmina Castle

Elmina Castle, located in present-day Ghana, was constructed by the Portuguese in 1482 and is the oldest surviving Europ...

Colonial Portuguese Ghana 15TH Century

7.82 Good

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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

7.82 Good

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Gjirokastër Castle

Gjirokastër Castle is a prominent medieval and Ottoman-era fortress that dominates the skyline of Gjirokastër, Albania....

18TH Century Ottoman Hilltop Albania

7.54 Good

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Brimstone Hill Fortress

Brimstone Hill Fortress is a well-preserved colonial-era military fortification located on the island of St. Kitts in th...

18TH Century British Colonial Hilltop

7.36 Good

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Intramuros

Intramuros is a historic walled area within the city of Manila in the Philippines, founded by Spanish colonizers under M...

Spanish Colonial Philippines Walled City

7.36 Good

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Fort Mackinac

Fort Mackinac is a former British and American military outpost situated on Mackinac Island in Lake Huron, Michigan. The...

18TH Century USA Colonial Island

6.90 Fair

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Fort Niagara

Fort Niagara is a historic military fortification located at the mouth of the Niagara River near its intersection with L...

18TH Century USA New York Colonial

6.90 Fair

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Real Felipe Fortress

The Real Felipe Fortress is an 18th-century Spanish colonial military complex located in the port city of Callao, Peru....

18TH Century Coastal Colonial Peru

6.90 Fair

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Fort Canning

Fort Canning is a historic hilltop fortification in central Singapore with a history dating back to the 14th century whe...

19TH Century Singapore British Colonial

6.90 Fair

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A Famosa

A Famosa is a historical Portuguese fortress located in Malacca, Malaysia, originally constructed in 1511 following the...

Colonial Malaysia 16TH Century Portuguese

6.90 Fair

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Fort William Henry

Fort William Henry was a British military fort at the southern end of Lake George in present-day New York. Built during...

18TH Century USA New York Colonial

6.72 Fair

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Fort St. George

Fort St. George is a historic fort complex in Chennai, India, established by the English East India Company in 1640 and...

India British Colonial 17TH Century

6.62 Fair

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Fort Frederica

Fort Frederica was a British colonial settlement and fortification on St. Simons Island, Georgia, established by James O...

18TH Century USA British Colonial

6.26 Fair

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Fort de Chartres

Fort de Chartres was a French colonial military and administrative post on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in...

18TH Century French USA Colonial

5.98 Mediocre

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Fort Marlborough

Fort Marlborough is a British colonial fort in Bengkulu, on the southwestern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The East India...

18TH Century British Indonesia Colonial

5.98 Mediocre

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Fort Bullen

Fort Bullen is a British colonial fort on the northern bank of the Gambia River near its mouth in present-day The Gambia...

19TH Century Coastal British Colonial

5.52 Mediocre