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Galle Fort

Dutch colonial fortification on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast rebuilt in 1663 on a Portuguese foundation, designated a...

Coastal Dutch Colonial 17TH Century

8.8 Great

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Castillo de San Marcos

Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States, built by Spain in St. Augustine, Flo...

Spanish USA Florida Colonial

8.6 Great

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Lovrijenac Fortress

Detached fort on a 37-meter cliff outside Dubrovnik's city walls, Croatia, built in the 11th century to deny any power a...

Coastal Croatia Dubrovnik Cliff

8.5 Great

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Castillo San Felipe

Spanish colonial fortress sharing a name with several Caribbean and South American strongholds, each built from the 16th...

Coastal Colonial Colombia 16TH Century

8.5 Great

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Cape Coast Castle

British-administered castle on the Ghanaian coast, rebuilt in the 17th century as one of West Africa's largest slave-hol...

Coastal Colonial 17TH Century Ghana

8.5 Great

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Fort Bourtange

Fort Bourtange is a star fort in Groningen, the Netherlands, built in 1593 on orders of William of Orange to control the...

Netherlands 16TH Century Groningen Star Fort

8.3 Great

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Aragonese Castle of Ischia

Island fortress off Ischia, Italy, with ancient roots rebuilt by Alfonso V of Aragon in 1441 and connected to the island...

Italy Coastal Island Naples

8.3 Great

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Bodrum Castle

Bodrum Castle is a 15th-century Hospitaller fortress on the Aegean coast of Turkey, begun in 1406 by the Knights of St....

Turkey Coastal 15TH Century Crusader

8.2 Great

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Fort Jefferson

Massive unfinished US coastal fortification begun in 1847 on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas, Florida, one of the largest...

USA 19TH Century Coastal Florida

8.2 Great

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Alcazaba of Málaga

The Alcazaba of Málaga is a well-preserved 11th-century Moorish hilltop fortress in Spain, built by the Hammudid dynasty...

Spain Coastal Moorish Hilltop

8.2 Great

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Fortress of Elvas

The Fortress of Elvas is a heavily fortified 17th-century border town in Portugal, notable for possessing the largest bu...

Portugal 17TH Century Star Fort Vauban Style

8.2 Great

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Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter is a sea fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, where Confederate forces fired the opening shots of the...

USA 19TH Century Coastal South Carolina

8.0 Great

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Fort Qaitbay

Fort Qaitbay is a 15th-century defensive citadel on the Mediterranean coast of Alexandria, Egypt, built by Sultan Qaitba...

Coastal Egypt 15TH Century Alexandria

8.0 Great

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Citadel of Corfu

A Venetian-built fortification on the eastern promontory of Corfu town, Greece, developed from the 15th century onward t...

Coastal Island Greece 16TH Century

8.0 Great

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Fort Point

US Army fort completed in 1861 at the base of the Golden Gate in San Francisco, the only complete third-system masonry f...

USA California Coastal Civil War

8.0 Great

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Fort Pulaski

Civil War-era fort on Cockspur Island, Georgia, where Union forces first used rifled artillery in 1862 to breach its mas...

USA 19TH Century Coastal Civil War

7.5 Good

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Fort Monroe

Largest stone fort ever built in the United States, constructed 1819–1834 at Old Point Comfort, Virginia, and garrisoned...

USA 19TH Century Coastal Virginia

7.3 Good

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Fort Morgan

Confederate fort guarding the entrance to Mobile Bay, Alabama, captured by Union forces in August 1864 during Admiral Da...

USA Coastal Civil War Alabama

7.0 Good

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Fort Pickens

Union-held fort on Santa Rosa Island at Pensacola, Florida, one of the few Southern forts never taken by Confederate for...

USA Coastal Florida Civil War

7.0 Good

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Fort Clinch

Antebellum US masonry fort on Amelia Island, Florida, begun in 1847 and occupied by both Confederate and Union forces du...

USA Coastal Florida Civil War

6.8 Fair