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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 Sultante
Alderney
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
Atlantic Wall , constructed by the Germans during the
Second World War
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 , Egypt
Castle Islands Fortifications ,
Bermuda
Chester city walls ,
Chester , England
Corradino 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
Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen
Floriana Lines ,
Floriana ,
Malta
Fort Carré
Fort Jesus , built in the 15th century in
Mombassa by the Portuguese
Götavirke (Sweden)
Great Wall of China , built as a protection from the northern steppe nomads
Great 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 Britain
Hexamilion 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 Helsinki
Limes 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 river
Lines of Torres Vedras , built to protect the
Lisbon Region , during the
Peninsular War
London Wall , the
Roman wall around the city
Maginot Line , built by
France in the 1930s
Mannerheim Line , built by
Finland across the
Karelian Isthmus
Metaxas Line , built during 1936–1940 by
Greece along its frontier with
Bulgaria
Molotov Line
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 century
Rupel Fortress , in Northern
Greece , later incorporated in the Metaxas Line
Rupnik Line
Santa Margherita Lines , in
Cospicua ,
Malta
Saxon Shore , in southern Britain and northern France
Siegfried Line , constructed along
Nazi Germany 's western borders in the 1930s
Stalin Line , built along the
Soviet Union 's western borders in the 1930s
Suomenlinna , an 18th-century fortress in
Helsinki
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 , France
Walled city of Jajce , Bosnia
Walled city of Počitelj , Bosnia
Walled city of Vratnik , Bosnia
Walls of Constantinople (modern day Istanbul), surrounding the city since the 4th century
Walls of Dubrovnik , Croatia
Roman walls of Lugo , Galicia, surrounding the city since the 1st century
Walls of Ávila , Spain
Walls of Nicosia , Cyprus
Walls of Ston , Croatia
Fortifications of Antwerp , Belgium
Fortifications of Birgu , Malta
Fortifications of Chania , Crete, Greece
Fortifications of Famagusta , Cyprus
Fortifications of Heraklion , Crete, Greece
Fortifications of London , England
Fortifications of Kotor , Montenegro
Fortifications of Mdina , Malta
Fortifications of Messina , Sicily, Italy
Fortifications of Metz , France
Fortifications of Portsmouth , England
Fortifications of Senglea , Malta
Fortifications of Valletta , Malta
Defence lines of the Netherlands
List of town walls in England and Wales
Rocca di Manerba del Garda (Lombardy) , Italy
Africa
See also
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