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.[1]

This is a list of bastion forts.

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahrain

Belarus

Benin

Brazil

Fortaleza de Santa Cruz, Itamaracá
Forte das Cinco Pontas, Recife

Canada

Fort George on Citadel Hill, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Cabo Verde

Fort São Filipe on Santiago Island

China

Macau

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Map of Nicosia in Cyprus, created in 1597

Czech Republic

Josefov Fortress in Jaroměř

Denmark

Kronborg Castle, Helsingør

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Estonia

Finland

Svartholm from the air

France

Aerial photograph of Neuf Brisach

Ghana

Germany

Guinea-Bissau

Hungary

India

Plan (top-view) of Fort William, c. 1844

Goa

Indonesia

Israel

Italy

The town of Palmanova is encircled by massive Venetian defensive systems that are a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 9 July 2017.[1]

Republic of Ireland

Japan

The 19th-century Goryōkaku

Latvia

Lithuania

Malaysia

Malta

Fort Saint Elmo in Valletta

Mexico

Morocco

Mozambique

Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Maputo

Netherlands

Groningen

Fort Bourtange

Friesland

Drenthe

Overijssel

Gelderland

Utrecht

North Holland

Model of the fortifications of Naarden

South Holland

Zeeland

North Brabant

Willemstad from the air

Limburg

Norway

Philippines

Portugal

The Fortress of Almeida

Poland

Puerto Rico

Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan

Romania

Russia

São Tomé e Príncipe

Serbia

Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia
Pančevo Fortress in Pančevo, 18th century

Slovakia

Star Fort in Komárno, Slovakia

South Africa

Spain

One of the bastions of the Citadel of Pamplona

Sri Lanka

Suriname

Sweden

Taiwan

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Fort George, Scotland from the air. It is the best preserved fort of its era in the British Isles.

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

Venezuela

Vietnam

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ "Nyborg fortress".
  6. ^ "Nyborg Fortress · Slotsgade 34, 5800 Nyborg, Denmark".
  7. ^ "Barokni grad – tvrđava Pančevo". korzoportal.com (in Serbian). 27 October 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2022.