swap_horiz Namhansanseong Alternatives

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Hwaseong Fortress

A late 18th-century Korean fortress in Suwon, built by King Jeongjo between 1794 and 1796 and designated a UNESCO World...

18TH Century South Korea Walled City Joseon

8.8 Great

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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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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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Ostrog Monastery Fortress

Serbian Orthodox monastery in Montenegro built into a sheer cliff face, founded in the 17th century by Metropolitan Vasi...

Religious 17TH Century Orthodox Montenegro

8.3 Great

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Fortress of Luxembourg

Historic fortifications of Luxembourg City, once called the Gibraltar of the North, dismantled after the 1867 Treaty of...

17TH Century Luxembourg Multi Era Escarpment

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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Naarden Vesting

Naarden Vesting is a well-preserved 17th-century star-shaped fortified town in the Netherlands, considered one of the fi...

17TH Century Netherlands Vauban Star Fort

8.0 Great

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Gorée Island Fortress

Fortified island off Dakar, Senegal, occupied successively by Portuguese, Dutch, French, and British powers, now a UNESC...

Colonial Island 17TH Century Senegal

8.0 Great

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Belfort Citadel

A Vauban-designed citadel in Belfort, France, notable for Frédéric Bartholdi's monumental sandstone lion sculpted to com...

France 17TH Century Alsace Hilltop

7.8 Good

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Castillo de Montjuïc

Castillo de Montjuïc is a large military fortress overlooking Barcelona, Spain, originally built in 1640 and later used...

Spain 17TH Century Barcelona Hilltop

7.8 Good

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Fagaras Fortress

Medieval fortress in Făgăraș, Romania, built in the 14th century and among the largest and best-preserved feudal strongh...

Romania 17TH Century Transylvania Moat

7.5 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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James Fort

British fortification built in 1673 in Accra, Ghana, that functioned as a slave-trading post and was subsequently used a...

British Colonial Island 17TH Century

7.5 Good

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Fort St. George

First English fortress built in India, established in 1644 in Madras (Chennai), which became the nucleus around which th...

India British Colonial 17TH Century

7.2 Good

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Fort Rotterdam

Dutch colonial fort in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, originally a Gowa Kingdom fortification that was captured an...

Dutch Indonesia Colonial 17TH Century

7.2 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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Fort Charles

Historic British fort at Port Royal, Jamaica, built in the 17th century and one of the oldest surviving English colonial...

Coastal Colonial 17TH Century Jamaica

7.0 Good

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Fort Belgica

Dutch pentagonal fort built in 1611 on Banda Neira in the Banda Islands, Indonesia, constructed to enforce VOC control o...

Dutch Indonesia Colonial 17TH Century

7.0 Good

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Fort Fredrick

Portuguese-built fort at Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (c. 1624), later modified by the Dutch and British, situated on Swami Ro...

Coastal Colonial 17TH Century Sri Lanka

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