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Acre Citadel

The Acre Citadel is a fortified complex in the historic city of Acre, Israel, containing remains from the Crusader and O...

Israel Coastal Museum Ottoman

9.0 Excellent

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Monemvasia Citadel

Monemvasia Citadel stands as a remarkably preserved medieval fortress town sculpted directly into a limestone promontory...

Rock Coastal Medieval Byzantine

8.9 Great

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Fort Jesus

Fort Jesus is a Portuguese fortress built in 1593 on Mombasa Island, Kenya, to control the harbor and protect Portuguese...

Coastal Museum Unesco Portuguese

8.9 Great

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Palamidi Fortress, Nafplion

Palamidi Fortress is a significant 18th-century citadel situated near Nafplion, Greece. Built by the Venetians between 1...

Military 18TH Century Greece Fortress

8.8 Great

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Citadel of Qaitbay

The Citadel of Qaitbay is a 15th-century Mamluk fortress on the Mediterranean shore in Alexandria, Egypt. Sultan Al-Ashr...

Coastal Museum Egypt Alexandria

8.8 Great

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Spinalonga Fortress

Spinalonga Fortress sits on a Cretan island off Greece’s southern coast. Constructed in the 16th century by the Venetian...

Coastal Island Greece Venetian

8.7 Great

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Fortress of Louisbourg

The Fortress of Louisbourg is a former French fortified town and harbor on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Fo...

French Canada Coastal Museum

8.7 Great

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Methoni Castle

Methoni Castle is a large medieval seaside fortress situated in the Peloponnese region of Greece. Primarily constructed...

Military Coastal Medieval Greece

8.5 Great

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Fortress of Rethymno

The Fortress of Rethymno, known as the Fortezza, is a Venetian citadel on Paleokastro hill above Rethymno in Crete, Gree...

Coastal Museum Greece Venetian

8.5 Great

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Koroni Castle

Koroni Castle is a prominent medieval fortress occupying a strategic coastal headland in the Peloponnese region of Greec...

Military Coastal Medieval Greece

8.4 Great

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Citadel of Byblos

The Citadel of Byblos is a medieval stone fortress within the archaeological site of Byblos on the Lebanese coast. It wa...

Coastal Museum Archaeological Lebanon

8.3 Great

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Fortezza of Rethymno

The Fortezza of Rethymno is a 16th-century Venetian citadel located on the island of Crete, Greece. Built by the Venetia...

Coastal Greece 16TH Century Venetian

8.2 Great

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Castle of Ioannina

The Castle of Ioannina is a fortified historic district on a peninsula beside Lake Pamvotis in Ioannina, northwestern Gr...

Urban Byzantine Museum Ottoman

8.2 Great

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Castillo de la Real Fuerza

The Castillo de la Real Fuerza is a 16th-century fortress in Havana, Cuba, built to protect the city's harbor and coloni...

Spanish Renaissance Coastal Museum

8.2 Great

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Fortaleza del Real Felipe

Fortaleza del Real Felipe is a large bastion fortress in Callao, Peru, constructed by the Spanish crown in the 18th cent...

Spanish Coastal Museum Peru

8.2 Great

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Famagusta Citadel (Othello Tower)

Othello Tower, also called Famagusta Citadel, is a medieval fortress beside the harbor of Famagusta in Cyprus. The Lusig...

Military Coastal Medieval Cyprus

8.1 Great

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Citadel of Port-Louis

The Citadel of Port-Louis is a coastal fortress in Port-Louis, Brittany, France, guarding the entrance to the harbor of...

France Coastal Museum Maritime

7.9 Good

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Wisłoujście Fortress

Wisłoujście Fortress is a coastal defense complex at the mouth of the Vistula near Gdańsk, Poland. Its defenses develope...

Renaissance Poland Coastal Museum

7.9 Good

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Citadel of Roses

The Citadel of Roses is a Renaissance bastioned fortress in Roses, Catalonia, built in the mid-16th century. Its enclose...

Spain Renaissance Coastal Museum

7.9 Good

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Koules Fortress, Heraklion

Koules Fortress, also known as Rocca al Mare, is a stone fortress at the entrance to the old harbor of Heraklion on Cret...

Military Coastal Greece Venetian

7.0 Good