List of bastion forts

Last updated September 25, 2025

A 17th-century plan of the fortress town of Coevorden in the Netherlands Coevorden.jpg — A 17th-century plan of the fortress town of Coevorden in the Netherlands

Map of Palmanova in 1593. The town is encircled by massive Venetian defensive systems that are a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 9 July 2017. Palmanova1600.jpg — Map of Palmanova in 1593. The town is encircled by massive Venetian defensive systems that are a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 9 July 2017.

This is a list of bastion forts .

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Fort James

Bahrain

Forte de Barém – also known as the Qal'at al-Bahrain

Belarus

Brest Fortress

Benin

São João Baptista

Brazil

Fort Orange (Fortaleza de Santa Cruz), Ilha de Itamaracá, State of Pernambuco
Forte de Tiago das Cinco Pontas, Recife, State of Pernambuco
Forte de São João Batista do Brum, Recife, State of Pernambuco
Fortaleza de São José de Macapá, Macapá, Amapá
Forte do Presépio, Belém, Pará
Forte Príncipe da Beira, in Costa Marques, Rondônia
Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Fortaleza, Ceará (only two bastions remain)
Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Fernando de Noronha, State of Pernambuco
Fortaleza dos Reis Magos, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
Forte de Santa Catarina, Cabedelo, Paraíba
Forte de Santo Inácio de Tamandaré, Tamandaré, State of Pernambuco
Forte do Barbalho, Salvador, Bahia
Forte de São Lourenço, Itaparica, Bahia
Fortaleza de São João da Barra do Rio de Janeiro, Urca, Rio de Janeiro
Forte de São Luís, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro
Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro
Forte Novo de Coimbra, Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul
Fortaleza de Santa Cruz de Anhatomirim, Governador Celso Ramos, Santa Catarina
Fortaleza de Santo Antônio de Ratones, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Fortaleza de São José da Ponta Grossa, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina

Canada

Fort Anne, in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
Fort Beauséjour, in Aulac, New Brunswick
Citadel of Quebec, in Quebec City, Quebec
Fort George, Citadel Hill, in Halifax, Nova Scotia ^[2]
Fort George, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario^[3]
Fort Mississauga, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Fort Plaisance, Placentia, Newfoundland
Fort Royal, Placentia, Newfoundland
Fort Saint Louis, Placentia, Newfoundland
Fort William, St. John's, Newfoundland
Prince of Wales Fort, Churchill, Manitoba^[4]

Cabo Verde

China

Macau

Croatia

Bilje - Savoy Castle, Bilje
Čakovec - Čakovec Star Fort / Zrinski Castle ^[5]
Karlovac - Karlovac Star Fort
Knin - Knin Fortress
Osijek - Tvrđa
Osijek - Catacombs Osijek / Tvrđavica Fortress
Pula - Kaštel Fortress
Pula - Fort Casoni Vecchi
Pula - Fort Monvidal
Senj - repurposed, now Senj Museum^[6] east of Velika Vrata
Šibenik - St. Nicholas Fortress
Šibenik - Barone Fortress ^[7]
St. John's Fortress, Šibenik ^[8]
St. Michael's Fortress, Šibenik ^[9]
Slavonski Brod - Brod Fortress
Ston - Fort Kaštio ^[10]
Zadar - Bastions near Queen Jelena Madijevka Park

Cuba

Castillo San Salvador de la Punta, Havana
Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro, Havana
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, Havana
Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana
Castillo del Príncipe, Havana (turned into a prison)
Castillo de San Severino, Matanzas

Cyprus

Venetian walls of Nicosia, Nicosia

Czech Republic

Olomouc – in the 19th century most bastions were dismantled and the town was fortified by a system of outer forts, most of which are preserved
Fortress Josefov – almost completely preserved, now part of Jaroměř
Terezín – almost completely preserved
Hradec Králové – dismantled in 1884, only small fractions of the fortifications are preserved
Jablunkovské šance in Mosty u Jablunkova
Hrad Špilberk, Brno, bastions of the city itself were dismantled
Vyšehrad, Prague, large parts of bastions of the city in the north and west are also preserved

Denmark

Copenhagen old town. Bastions are preserved around the eastern (Christianshavn) half of the city. The outline of some sections of the western half is preserved as a series of city parks
Kastellet, Copenhagen
Kronborg, Helsingør
Fredericia, Jutland (ramparts of the old city)
Nyborg Fortress, Nyborg (three bastions preserved)

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Estonia

Kuressaare Castle
Narva Old Town
Tallinn Old Town
Pärnu Vallikäär
Tartu Tähetorn
Paldiski Muula mäed

Finland

France

Bayonne, Aquitaine
Belfort, Franche-Comté
Blaye, Aquitaine
Citadel of Arras, Pas-de-Calais
Citadel of Montreuil-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais
Citadel of Lille, Nord
Fort Barraux, Isère
Fort de La Prée, Ile de Ré
Fort de Bellegarde, Le Perthus
Fort of Mont Alban, Nice
Fort Carré, Antibes, French riviera
Fort Legarde, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Pyrénées-Orientales
Neuf-Brisach, Haut Rhin
Le Château-d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime
Perpignan, Languedoc-Roussillon
Place forte of Mont-Dauphin, Haute-Alpes
Citadel of St Jean Pied de Port, Aquitaine
Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Poitou-Charentes
Bergues, Nord
Le Quesnoy, Nord
Maubeuge, Nord
Rocroi, Ardennes
Toul, Lorraine
Gravelines, Nord
Fort de Sainte-Adresse, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime
Fort de Tourneville, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime
Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Fort d'Alet, Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Navarrenx, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Citadelle de Besançon
Fort de Bregille, Besançon
Fort de Chaudanne, Besançon
Fort Griffon, Besançon
Fort de La Hougue, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche
Fort de Tatihou, Ile de Tatihou
Citadelle d'Entrevaux, Entrevaux, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle

Ghana

Germany

Guinea-Bissau

Hungary

Komarom fortification system includes three forts Csillag, Monostor and Igmandi

India

Bihu Loukon, Imphal
Fort St. George, Chennai
Fort William, Kolkata
Manjarabad Fort, Sakleshpur
Chaul Fort, Revdanda, Maharashtra
Star Fort, Jhansi
St. Angelo Fort
Fortress of Chaul
São Tomé, Diu
Daman
São Jerónimo

Goa

Indonesia

Batavia Castle, Jakarta
Fort Rotterdam, Makassar
Fort Victoria, Ambon
Fort Amsterdam, Ambon
Fort Nassau, Banda Islands
Fort Belgica, Banda Islands
Fort Revenge, Banda Islands
Fort Hollandia, Banda Islands
Fort Oranje, Ternate
Fort Marlborough, Bengkulu
Fort Vastenburg, Surakarta

Israel

Temple Mount, Jerusalem

Italy

Capua, Capua, Lazio
Castello Angioino, Mola di Bari
Castello di Acaya, Acaya, Lecce, Apulia
Castello di Carlo V, Crotone, Calabria
Castello di Copertino, Copertino, Apulia
Castello di Lecce, Lecce, Apulia
Castello Normanno-Svevo di Bari, Bari, Apulia
Castello Svevo di Barletta, Barletta, Apulia
Citadel of Alessandria, Alessandria, Piedmont
Citadel of Ancona, Ancona
Città di Castello, Umbria (bastion traces can still be seen in some parts of the city)
Forte a Mare, Brindisi, Apulia
Forte Diamante, Genoa, Liguria
Forte Puin, Genoa, Liguria
Forte San Giacomo, Vado Ligure, Liguria
Forte Santa Tecla, Genoa, Liguria
Fortezza Medicea, Arezzo, Tuscany
Fortezza Nuova, Livorno
Fortezza Vecchia, Livorno
Grosseto, Grosseto, Tuscany
Guastalla, Emilia-Romagna (only survives in outline, walls demolished)
Forte Stella, Porto Ercole, Tuscany
Fortino di Sant'Ignazio, Cagliari, Sardinia
Fortress of Poggio Imperiale, Poggibonsi, Tuscany
Fortress of Priamar, Savona, Liguria
Fortress of Radicofani, Tuscany
Fortress of Vinadio, Vinadio, Piedmont
Livorno (Old City – traces can still seen)
Lucca, Tuscany
Verona, Veneto
Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna
Palmanova, Palmanova, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Sabbioneta, Sabbioneta, Lombardy
Real Cittadella, Messina, Sicily (only some walls are visible, destroyed by earthquake )

Republic of Ireland

Japan

Goryōkaku (五稜郭), Hakodate, Hokkaido
Hekirichi Bastion Fort (戸切地陣屋), Hokuto, Hokkaido
Tatsuoka Castle (龍岡城) in Saku, Nagano
Shiryōkaku (四稜郭), Hakodate, Hokkaido

Latvia

Daugavgrīva Fortress
Daugavpils Fortress
Rīga Old Town, the outline of the bastions preserved as a park

Lithuania

Malaysia

Fort Cornwallis in George Town, Penang

Malta

Cittadella, Victoria, Gozo
Fort Chambray, Għajnsielem
Fort Ricasoli
Fort Manoel
Fort St. Angelo
Fort Saint Elmo mostly a bastion fort, but with one major wall of reentrant angles.
Fort San Lucian
Fort Saint Michael
Fort San Salvatore
Fortifications of Mdina

Mexico

Fort of San Diego
San Juan de Ulúa
fort of San Carlos
Fuerte de San Felipe de Bacalar
Fort of San Miguel
Fort of San Jose

Morocco

Mozambique

Netherlands

Groningen

Fort Bourtange Fortbourtange.jpg — Fort Bourtange

Friesland

Drenthe

Coevorden

Overijssel

Gelderland

Utrecht

North Holland

South Holland

Zeeland

North Brabant

Limburg

Norway

Philippines

Portugal

Almeida
Azores – Fortaleza de São João Baptista/Fortaleza de São Sebastião (Terceira)
Cascais – Forte de Santo António da Barra, Cidadela de Cascais
Elvas – Forte de Santa Luzia
Estremoz
Évora
Lisbon-Forte de São Bruno, Forte de São Julião da Barra (Oeiras)
Monção
Peniche
Valença
Fort São Roque
Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort

Poland

Puerto Rico

Romania

Russia

São Tomé e Príncipe

Serbia

Belgrade Fortress, Belgrade, partially razed after the Berlin Congress of 1878 and the end of the Military Frontier. Restored several times afterwards and areas repurposed.
Fetislam, Kladovo, Turkish bastion fort until 1867. Restored several times afterwards.
Niš Fortress, Niš, city defensive walls razed while the bastion fort was preserved.
Pančevo Fortress, Pančevo, razed in 1739.^[13]
Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad, best preserved bastion fort town of the Military Frontier.
Sremska Rača, Sremska Rača, razed after the Berlin Congress of 1878 and the end of the Military Frontier.

Slovakia

Nové Zámky – only to be seen as a hexagonally shaped city centre
Komárno – mostly preserved city fortification complex contains Komárno fortress (New and Old) and fortifications of the city as Palatine's line and Vah's line and also three forts in the area of neighbouring city Komárom (Igmand, Csillag (English: Star) and Monostor) (see Hungary)
Leopoldov – mostly preserved, serving as state prison built like Fortress Leopoldov
Holíč – château of the Habsburgs named Holíč Castle (Slovak : Holíčsky kaštieľ) rebuilt from a 17th-century fortress with the history going to 12th century.

South Africa

Fort de Goede Hoop 1652–1674, demolished after permanent residence was taken up in the Castle of Good Hope.
Castle of Good Hope 1666–current, constructed to replace the earthen Fort de Goede Hoop.

Spain

Aldea del Obispo – Real Fuerte de la Concepción
Badajoz
A Coruña-Castillo de San Antón y Castillo de San Diego
Barcelona-Castillo de Montjuïc y la Antigua Ciudadela Militar de Barcelona
Cádiz-Castillo de San Sebastián, Castillo de Santa Catalina, Baluarte de la Candelaria, Fuerte de Puntales y Fuerte de Cortadura
Ciudad Rodrigo
Ferrol-Castillo de San Felipe y Castillo de de La Palma
Figueres-Castell de Sant Ferran
Jaca-Ciudadela de Jaca
La Línea de la Concepción-fuertes de San Felipe, San Carlos, San Fernando, San José, Santa Mariana, San Benito, y Fuerte de Santa Bárbara
Pamplona-Ciudadela de Pamplona
Roses, Girona, Catalonia,-Ciudadela de Rosas
Salamanca
Salvaterra de Miño-Castillo de Santiago de Aytona
Palma de Mallorca

Sri Lanka

Suriname

Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam, New Amsterdam, Commewijne
Fort Zeelandia, Waterside, Paramaribo

Sweden

Bohus Fortress
Borgholm Castle
Eda Skans
Jönköping Castle
Karlsvärd Citadel
Kristianstad old town. Some bastions preserved.
Landskrona Citadel
Malmö Castle
Varberg Fortress
Älvsborg Castle

Taiwan

Fengguiwei Fort, Penghu
Fort Zeelandia, Tainan
Fort Provintia, Tainan
Fort San Salvador [ zh ], Keelung
Eternal Golden Castle (億載金城), Tainan

Ukraine

United Kingdom

The outlines of some other star forts from the English Civil War exist. These were often built of ditches and earthen ramparts and were redoubts built to defend weak points in older fortifications such as Fort Royal Hill, Worcester, was built to defend a hill within 17th-century artillery range of the city's medieval walls.

United States

Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine, Florida
Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fort Morgan, Alabama
Fort Union Valmora, New Mexico
Fort Jay, on Governors Island in New York Bay
Fort Wood, on Liberty Island in New York Bay
Fort Brewerton Oneida River, mouth of Oneida Lake Oswego New York
Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, New York
Fort Saint-Frédéric, Crown Point, New York
Fort Johnston (Leesburg, Virginia)
Fort Negley, Nashville, Tennessee
Fort Ligonier, Ligonier, Pennsylvania
Russian Fort Elizabeth, Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii
Ninety Six National Historic Site, Star Fort in Ninety Six, South Carolina
Star Fort, formerly Fort Alabama, Winchester, Virginia
Fort St. Andrews, was located on Cumberland Island, Georgia.
Fort Stanwix, Rome, New York
Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York
Fort Jackson, Louisiana Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Fort Independence (Massachusetts), on Castle Island, Boston Massachusetts
Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia
Fort Lee in Salem, Massachusetts
Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West, FL
Fort Jefferson, Key West, FL
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland
Fort Frederick, on the Potomac River near Big Pool, Maryland
Fort Marshall, Baltimore, Maryland
Fort Snelling, St. Paul, Minnesota
Fort de Chartres, Illinois
Fort Wayne (Detroit), Detroit, Michigan

Venezuela

Castillo de San Antonio de la Eminencia, Cumana

Vietnam

Hanoi#The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long – Hoàng Thành Thăng Long
Ha Tay Province# Son Tay Citadel – Thành Sơn Tây
Bac Ninh Province#Bac Ninh Citadel – Thành Bắc Ninh
Hai Duong Province#Hai Duong Fortress – Pháo đài Hải Dương/Thành Đông
Thanh Hoa Province#Ho Citedel – Thành nhà Hồ
Thanh Hoa Province#Hac Thanh Citadel – Thành Hạc Thành
Nghe An Province#Vinh Citadel – Thành Nghệ An/Vinh
Ha Tinh Province#Tan Giang Fortress – Pháo đài Tân Giang
Ha Tinh Province#Ky Chau Fortress – Pháo đài Kỳ Châu
Quang Binh Province#Dong Hoi Citadel – Thành Đồng Hới
Quang Tri Province#Quang Tri Citadel – Thành Quảng Trị
Huế#Hue City Citadel – Thành Huế
Huế#Imperial Citadel – Kinh thành Huế
Da Nang#Dien Hai Citadel – Thành Điện Hải
Quang Ngai Province#Chau Sa Citadel – Thành Châu Sa
Binh Dinh Province#Binh Dinh Citadel – Thành Bình Định
Binh Dinh Province#Do Ban Citadel – Thành Đồ Bàn
Phu Yen Province#Ho Citadel – Thành Hồ
Khanh Hoa Province# Dien Khanh Citadel – Thành Diên Khánh
Ho Chi Minh City#Saigon – Thành Gia Định

References

1 2 Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "The city of Bergamo - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
↑ Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada (2019-03-19). "Halifax Citadel National Historic Site". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
↑ Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada (2019-05-02). "Fort George National Historic Site". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
↑ Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada (2019-06-24). "Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
↑ c:File:Stari_grad_Zrinskih,_Čakovec_-_pogled_iz_zraka.JPG
↑ http://www.muzej-senj.hr/
↑ https://www.tvrdjava-kulture.hr/en/barone-fortress/plan-your-visit/ Barone Fortress
↑ https://www.tvrdjava-kulture.hr/en/st-johns-fortress/revitalization-project/
↑ https://www.tvrdjava-kulture.hr/en/st-michaels-fortress/
↑ http://www.ston.hr/?l=eng
↑ "Nyborg fortress".
↑ "Nyborg Fortress · Slotsgade 34, 5800 Nyborg, Denmark".
↑ "Barokni grad – tvrđava Pančevo". korzoportal.com (in Serbian). 27 October 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

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[UNESCO-1] 1 2 Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "The city of Bergamo - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2017-11-02.

[2] Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada (2019-03-19). "Halifax Citadel National Historic Site". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-05-10.

[3] Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada (2019-05-02). "Fort George National Historic Site". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-05-10.

[4] Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada (2019-06-24). "Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-28.

[5] :File:Stari_grad_Zrinskih,_Čakovec_-_pogled_iz_zraka.JPG

[6] ttp://www.muzej-senj.hr/

[7] ttps://www.tvrdjava-kulture.hr/en/barone-fortress/plan-your-visit/ Barone Fortress

[8] ttps://www.tvrdjava-kulture.hr/en/st-johns-fortress/revitalization-project/

[9] ttps://www.tvrdjava-kulture.hr/en/st-michaels-fortress/

[10] ttp://www.ston.hr/?l=eng

[11] "Nyborg fortress".

[12] "Nyborg Fortress · Slotsgade 34, 5800 Nyborg, Denmark".

[13] "Barokni grad – tvrđava Pančevo". korzoportal.com (in Serbian). 27 October 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

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