List of forts

CITADELLE LAFERRIÈRE à l'Evêque mountaintop in Nord, Haiti.


The Citadelle is referred by locals as the Eighth Wonder of the World and in 1982 it was nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This massive stone construction is the largest fortress in the Americas. Built to demonstrate the power of the newly independent Haiti, the Citadelle Laferrière was essential for the security of Haiti’s newly formed state.  The fortress was built for enabling the king to use the so-called scorched earth tactics, i.e. in case of French attack the surrounding territory would be burnt in fire and the local population, the army and the king would find shelter in the unconquerable Citadelle. This massive stone construction was outfitted with 365 cannons of varying size and an enormous stockpile of cannon balls that still can be found in different corners of the Citadelle even today. The cannons were obtained from different monarchs. Today the iron and bronze cannons are still pointing out of the Citadelle’s windows and the visitors of the Citadelle can still see the royal crests of famous European monarchs of 18th century on the cannons. The creators of the Citadelle Laferrière had very creative approach to its appearance. This is not a box-shaped boring construction, but an embodiment of unlimited human imagination. Depending from the angle the Citadelle has different shapes. If the visitors are approaching it by the main trail, leading to the top of the mountain, Citadelle’s appearance resembles the prow of a great stone ship jutting out of the mountain.

The fortress has an angular structure, thanks to which its appearance has different forms based on the viewer’s location. Some of the angles have protective character and were designed to deviate the enemy’s cannonballs. This mountaintop fortress includes fortification walls, large storages of food and water, royal mansions, dungeons, bathing quarters, etc. Most of the parts of the fortress have no roofs

This is a list for articles on notable historic forts which may or may not be under current active use by a military. There are also many towns named after a Fort, the largest being Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

Antigua and Barbuda

Australia
Sydney Harbour fortifications
Other fortifications

Barbados

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

Province of Antwerp
Antwerp

Antwerp (historical) (1914, internal defenses)

Province of Liège

Province of Namur

Namur (1914, clockwise from E, right bank of Meuse River)

Bermuda

Bermuda had around 90 coastal defense forts and batteries[1] scattered all over the island chain. Early colonial defense works constructed before the 19th century were primarily small coastal batteries built of stone having anywhere from two to ten guns. Some of these early forts and batteries are the oldest standing masonry forts in the new world. Later forts constructed by the royal engineers were much larger and more complex.

Brazil

Amapá

Bahia

Ceará

Pará

  • Forte do Castelo de Belém

Paraná

Paraíba

Pernambuco

Rio de Janeiro

Rio Grande do Norte

Santa Catarina

São Paulo

Canada

Many buildings and structures bear the name fort in Canada. Most of these places are either military installations, or a trading post that was established by a North American fur trading company. A number of "forts" in northern and western Canada were also established as exploratory, or policing outposts.

A number of municipalities in Canada include the term fort in their names. The municipalities that use the term fort in their name do so for historical reasons, with many of these communities resulting from the outgrowth of migrants that settled around the original fort. Many of these municipalities continue to bear use the term fort in their names, regardless of whether or not the original fortification and/or trading post still stands.

Military fortifications

The majority of military fortifications in Canada were built by the British, French, and Canadian armed forces. However, several military fortifications were erected by the Hudson's Bay Company, whose royal charter required them to fortify Rupert's Land. Other groups that erected military fortifications in Canada includes the First Nations, Spain, and the United States. Although military fortifications were built for strategic, and other military purposes, some military fortifications in Canada also housed trading posts, or was used by fur traders.

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Exploratory forts

Several private entities, most notably the Hudson's Bay Company, established outposts or forts, within northern Canada for the purposes of housing exploratory expeditions to the Arctic. Forts that were built exclusively for the purposes of housing exploratory expeditions include:

Fur trading forts
See also: List of Hudson's Bay Company trading posts

A number of trading posts operated by fur trading companies were also referred to as forts. Fur trading companies that operated trading forts in Canada includes the Hudson's Bay Company, and the North West Company. Many of these were simply stockades, log enclosures for trading posts, although a few were former military installations which was later used by fur trading companies.

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

Northwest Territories

Nunavut

Ontario

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

Law enforcement forts

The North-West Mounted Police (later merged with the Dominion Police to form the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) established a number of policing outposts in western Canada during the mid to late 19th century, in an effort to provide law enforcement in the region. Forts established by the North-West Mounted Police includes:

Channel Islands
Alderney
Guernsey
Jersey

Chile

China

Beijing

Hong Kong
Chinese (Qing dynasty) forts
British colonial forts

Macau

All forts in Macau were built during or used during Portuguese rule:

Tianjin

Colombia

Croatia
See also: Walls of Dubrovnik

Congo (Republic of the)

Cyprus

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Egypt
For a more comprehensive list, see List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls.

Estonia

Finland

France

Vauban

Séré de Rivières system

Maginot Line (Northeast)
See also: List of Maginot Line ouvrages

Alpine Line (Maginot Southeast)
See also: List of Alpine Line ouvrages

Former German fortifications

Moselstellung

Germany

India
Main article: List of forts in India

Refer : List of forts in India

Indonesia
Fort Belgica, built in the Banda Islands by the Portuguese in 1611.

Java

The Moluccas

Papua

Sulawesi

Sumatra

Israel

Italy

Abruzzo

Aosta Valley

Apulia

Liguria

Marche

Piedmont

Tuscany

Japan

Kenya

Libya

Lithuania

Kaunas Fortress fortifications (listed in order of number)

See also: Kaunas Fortress

Malaysia

Malta

The Netherlands

Forts on the Dutch Water Line

Forts on the Stelling van Amsterdam

New Zealand

Norway

Pakistan
For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Pakistan.

Panama

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal
See also: List of Portuguese colonial forts

Russia

Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Brimstone Hill Fortress

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saudi Arabia
Masmak Fortress in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Maskmak Fortress

Serbia
For a more comprehensive list, see List of fortifications in Serbia.

Singapore

Sri Lanka

South Africa
See also: Fortifications of the Cape Peninsula, Pretoria Forts, and List of Castles and Fortifications in South Africa

South Korea

Spain

A Coruña

Albacete

Badajoz

Burgos

Cádiz

Province of Castellón

Córdoba

Coria, Cáceres

Girona

Huelva

Málaga

Menorca

Murcia

Palma de Mallorca

Segovia

Soria

Toledo

Valladolid

Zaragoza

Sweden

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Turkey

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

See also the list of castles, as many early forts were called castles, and many castle sites were reused for later fortifications. Also Palmerston Forts lists the many British fortifications built in the 1860s.

England

General
  • Maunsell Sea Forts

SE England

Thames

Medway

Solent
Portsdown Hill
Gosport
  • Sea Forts

SW England

East Anglia

NW England

NE England

Scotland
See also: List of hill forts in Scotland and List of castles in Scotland
  • Fort Charlotte, Shetland
  • Fort George, Scotland

Wales
See also: List of castles in Wales

United States
For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in the United States.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona
The remaining ruins of the Fort McDowell officers quarters.
Ruins of the Fort Lowell hospital

Arkansas

California
For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in California.

Colorado
For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Colorado.

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida
For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Florida.
  • Fort DeSoto

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois
A bartizan on the reconstructed Ft de Chartres

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan
Main article: List of military installations in Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana
See also: List of military installations in Montana

Nebraska
For a more comprehensive list, see Forts in Nebraska.

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio
Further information: List of forts in the United States § Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania
Fort Mifflin Commandant's House

Puerto Rico
Castillo San Cristóbal (San Juan).

Rhode Island

South Carolina
Fort Sumter

South Dakota
For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in South Dakota.

Tennessee
For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Tennessee.

Texas
Main article: Forts of Texas

Utah

Vermont
For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Vermont.

Virginia

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

Washington

Washington, D.C.
For a more comprehensive list, see Civil War Defenses of Washington.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Cities and areas with "Fort" in the name

See also

References
  1. Forts and batteries; Bermuda online; accessed .
  2. "The Fort Merensky". National Digital Repository of South Africa. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
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