List of fortifications
This is a list of fortifications past and present, a fortification being a major physical defensive structure often composed of a more or less wall -connected series of forts .
Individual fortifications
listed by name
A Famosa , built in the 16th century in Malacca by the Portuguese following their defeat of the Malaccan SultanateAlderney Alpine Wall Anastasian Wall , built in the 5th century across the Thracian peninsula for the protection of Constantinople Antonine Wall , built by the Romans in northern Britain Babylon Fortress in Old Cairo.Baggush Box Bar Lev Line Beijing city fortifications British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War
Castle of Bouka , Preveza , Greece Brimstone Hill Fortress , Saint Thomas Middle Island , Saint Kitts and Nevis Cairo Citadel , EgyptCastle Islands Fortifications , Bermuda Chester city walls , Chester , EnglandCorradino Lines , Paola , Malta Cottonera Lines , Cottonera , Malta Czechoslovak border fortifications Danevirke Devils Battery , Halifax Harbour , Nova Scotia Defense line of Amsterdam The Dutch Water Line , protecting the core provinces of the Netherlands , utilising the flooding of areas with water
Elvas Fortifications , the largest bulwarked dry ditch system in the world, protecting the Portuguese garrison border town of Elvas Fortified district
German World War II fortresses / Fortress Europe
Floriana Lines , Floriana , Malta Fort Carré Fort Jesus , built in the 15th century in Mombassa by the PortugueseGötavirke (Sweden)Great Wall of China , built as a protection from the northern steppe nomadsGreat Abatis Border Gustav Line , a fortified German defensive line in Italy during the Second World War Hadrian's Wall , built by the Romans in northern BritainHexamilion wall , built across the Isthmus of Corinth Hilsea Lines , built to protect Portsmouth Hindenburg line Humaitá Hindenburg Wall Intramuros , Manila Justinian Walls (in several locations along the borders of the Byzantine empire )Klis Fortress in Croatia Krepost Sveaborg , Imperial Russian First World War fortifications around HelsinkiLimes Germanicus , Roman defensive line along the Rhine and in South-western Germany Limes Moesiae - defensive frontier system in Southeast Europe , a collection of Roman fortifications between the Black Sea shore and Pannonia , present-day Hungary, consisting primarily of forts along the Danube (so-called Danubian Limes ) to protect the Roman provinces of Upper and Lower Moesia south of the riverLines of Torres Vedras , built to protect the Lisbon Region , during the Peninsular War London Wall , the Roman wall around the cityMaginot Line , built by France in the 1930sMannerheim Line , built by Finland across the Karelian Isthmus Metaxas Line , built during 1936–1940 by Greece along its frontier with Bulgaria Montségur National Redoubt (Belgium) Newcastle town wall Offa's Dyke , an 8th-century earthwork dividing England and Wales Grim's Ditch Per Albin Line (Sweden)Petrovaradin fortress , in Northern Serbia , Austrian fortress from the 18th centuryRupel Fortress , in Northern Greece , later incorporated in the Metaxas LineRupnik Line Santa Margherita Lines , in Cospicua , Malta Saxon Shore , in southern Britain and northern FranceSuomenlinna , an 18th-century fortress in Helsinki Valtellina Redoubt Victoria Lines , in northern Malta York city walls
Articles relating to cities
Europe
Ceintures de Lyon , built in the 19th century to surround the city of Lyon , FranceWalled city of Jajce , BosniaWalled city of Počitelj , BosniaWalled city of Vratnik , BosniaWalls of Constantinople (modern day Istanbul), surrounding the city since the 4th centuryWalls of Dubrovnik , CroatiaRoman walls of Lugo , Galicia, surrounding the city since the 1st centuryWalls of Ávila , SpainWalls of Nicosia , CyprusWalls of Ston , CroatiaFortifications of Antwerp , BelgiumFortifications of Birgu , MaltaFortifications of Chania , Crete, GreeceFortifications of Famagusta , CyprusFortifications of Heraklion , Crete, GreeceFortifications of London , England
Fortifications of Kotor , MontenegroFortifications of Mdina , MaltaFortifications of Messina , Sicily, ItalyFortifications of Metz , FranceFortifications of Portsmouth , EnglandFortifications of Senglea , MaltaFortifications of Valletta , MaltaDefence lines of the Netherlands List of town walls in England and Wales Rocca di Manerba del Garda (Lombardy) , Italy
Africa
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