This is a list for articles on notable historical 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
Fort Barrington Fort Berkeley Fort Charlotte Fort James Shirley Heights
Armenia
Amberd Bjni Fortress Dashtadem Fortress Ertij Fort Halidzor Fortress Kakavaberd Kosh Fortress Lori Fortress Meghri Fortress Odzaberd Proshaberd Sardarapat Fortress Sev Berd Vorotnaberd
Artsakh
Aruba
Fort Zoutman Juwana Morto
Australia Sydney Harbour fortifications
Beehive Casemate Bradleys Head Fortification Complex Fort Denison Fort Kirribilli Fort Macquarie Georges Head Battery Lower Georges Heights Commanding Position Middle Head Fortifications Steel Point Battery
Other fortifications
Bare Island Fort Ben Buckler Gun Battery Breakwater Battery Drummond Battery Flagstaff Hill Fort Fort Banks Fort Glanville Fort Lytton Fort Nepean Fort Pearce Fort Philip Fort Queenscliff Fort Scratchley Henry Head Fort Illowra Battery Malabar Battery Old Rainworth Fort Signal Hill Battery Smiths Hill Fort South Channel Fort Swan Island Fort Wallace Battery
Bahamas
Fort Charlotte Fort Fincastle Fort Montagu Old Fort of Nassau
Bahrain
Arad Fort Riffa Fort Qalat Al Bahrain
Bangladesh
Hajiganj Fort Idrakpur Fort Jangalbari Fort Jinjira Palace (also used as a fort) Lalbagh Fort Mahasthangarh Fort Sonakanda Fort
Barbados
Saint Ann's Fort Charles Fort
Belarus
Babruysk fortress Brest fortress
Belgium Province of Antwerp Antwerp
Fort de Stabroeck Redoute de Capellen Fort de Brasschaet Fort de Schooten Fort de Lierre Forte de Wavre-Sainte-Catherine Fort de Breendonck Fort de Liezele Redoute de Puers Fort de Bornhem Fort de Steendorp
Antwerp (historical) (1914, internal defenses) Redoute d'Oorderen Fort de Zwyndrecht
Province of Liège
Fort d'Aubin-Neufchâteau Fort de Barchon Fort de Battice Fort de la Chartreuse Citadelle of Liège Fort d'Eben-Emael Fort d'Évegnée Fort de Fléron Fort de Chaudfontaine Fort d'Embourg Fort de Boncelles Fort de Flémalle Fort de Hollogne Fort de Loncin Fort de Lantin Fort de Liers Fort de Pontise Fort de Tancrémont
Province of Namur Namur (1914, clockwise from E, right bank of Meuse River)
Fort de Maizeret Fort d'Andoy Fort de Dave Fort de Malonne Fort de Suarlée Fort de Cognelée Fort de Marchovelette
Bermuda Bermuda had around 90 coastal defense forts and batteriesForts and batteries; Bermuda online; accessed . 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. Fort St. Catherine The Martellos (Towers)/Ferry Reach King's Castle Fort Victoria, Bermuda
Brazil
Amapá Fortaleza de São José de Macapá
Bahia Forte de Santa Maria Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra Forte de Santo Antônio Além do Carmo Forte de São Diogo Forte de São Lourenço São Marcelo Fort
Ceará Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção
Pará Forte do Castelo de Belém
Paraná Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres
Paraíba Forte de Santa Catarina
Pernambuco Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios Fort Orange Forte de Santo Inácio de Tamandaré Forte de São João Batista do Brum Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas
Rio de Janeiro Fort Copacabana Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Conceição Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra Forte de São Domingos de Gragoatá Fortaleza de São João Forte de São Luís Forte de São Mateus do Cabo Frio
Rio Grande do Norte Forte dos Reis Magos
Santa Catarina Fortaleza de Santa Cruz de Anhatomirim Fortaleza de São José da Ponta Grossa
São Paulo Forte de São João da Bertioga
Bulgaria
Anevo Fortress, Sopot Municipality Asen's Fortress, Asenovgrad Baba Vida castle, Vidin Belogradchik fortress, Belogradchik Bozhenishki Urvich, near Botevgrad Castra Martis Roman fortress, Kula, Bulgaria Cherven fortress, Cherven, Ruse Province Hisarya fortress, Hisarya Kaliakra cape castle, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast Kovachevsko kale, Kovachevets Kyustendil fortress Hisarlaka Lyutitsa, Ivaylovgrad Markeli Roman fortress, Karnobat Oescus Roman fortress, Gigen Pliska capital city castle and fortress Plovdiv fortifications and walls - Eastern gate of Philippopolis, Hisar Kapia and Nebet Tepe Preslav capital city castle and fortress Nesebar town fortress Nicopolis ad Istrum Roman fortress and town, Nikyup, Veliko Tarnovo Nicopolis ad Nestum Roman fortress and town, Garmen, Gotse Delchev, Blagoevgrad Province Novae Roman fortress, Svishtov Rachovets fortress, Gorna Oryahovitsa Serdica fortress, Sofia Shumen fortress, Shumen Sostra, Lomets Storgosia, Pleven Trajan's Gate Roman fortress, near Sofia Trapezitsa fortress, Veliko Tarnovo Tsarevets fortress and castle, Veliko Tărnovo Tsepina, Dorkovo, near Velingrad, Western Rhodope Mountains Urvich castle, near Sofia Ustra, Eastern Rhodope Mountains
Cuba
Batería de la Reina La Cabaña Castillo de Atarés Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca Castillo San Salvador de la Punta Morro Castle
Curaçao
Beekenburg Fort Amsterdam Fort Nassau Piscadera Bay Rif Fort Waterfort
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 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
Fort Rodd Hill Fort San Miguel Macaulay Point Battery Yorke Island Xudzedzalis
Manitoba
Fort Rouge Prince of Wales Fort
New Brunswick
Fort Beauséjour Fort Boishebert Carleton Martello Tower Fort Frederick Fort Nashwaak Fort Gaspareaux Fort Howe Fort Meductic Fort Menagoueche
Newfoundland and Labrador
Fort Amherst Castle Hill Fort Carbonear Cuper's Cove Fort Fort Frederick Fort McAndrew Fort Pepperrell Fort Plaisance Fort Point Fort Royal Signal Hill Battery Fort Saint Louis Fort Townshend Fort Waldegrave Fort William
Nova Scotia
Connaught Battery Cranberry Point Battery Devils Battery Fort Anne Fort Clarence Fort Edward Fort Ellis Fort Lawrence Fort Sackville Fort Sainte Anne Fort St. Louis, Guysborough County Fort St. Louis, Shelburne County Fort Vieux Logis Fort William Augustus Fortress of Louisbourg Georges Island Halifax Citadel Prince of Wales Tower York Redoubt
Ontario
Bois Blanc Blockhouse Fort Amherstburg Fort Drummond Fort Erie Fort Frederick Fort Frontenac Fort George Fort Henry Fort Malden Fort Mississauga Fort Norfolk Fort St. Joseph Fort Wellington Fort York Gibraltar Point Blockhouse New Fort York Sherbourne Blockhouse
Prince Edward Island Fort Amherst
Quebec
Citadel of Montreal Citadelle of Quebec Fort Blunder Fort Chambly Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène Fort Ingall Fort Laprairie Fort Lennox Fort Richelieu Fort Saint-Jean Fort Sainte Thérèse Fort Senneville Fort Trois-Rivières Fort Ville-Marie Lévis Forts
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:
Fort Confidence, Northwest Territories Fort Conger, Nunavut Fort Reliance, Northwest Territories
Fur trading forts
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
Fort Edmonton Fort Victoria Fort Whoop-Up
British Columbia
Fort Defiance Fort Langley Fort Victoria Fort St. John
Manitoba
Fort Bourbon Fort Dauphin Fort des Épinettes Fort Douglas Fort Ellice Fort Garry Fort Gibraltar Fort La Reine Fort Maurepas Fort Paskoya Lower Fort Garry York Factory
Northwest Territories
Fort Collinson Old Fort Providence
Nunavut Fort Ross
Ontario
Fort Douville Fort Kaministiquia Fort Matachewan Fort Rouillé Fort Saint Pierre Fort Toronto Fort William
Quebec
Fort Saint Jacques Fort Témiscamingue
Saskatchewan
Fort Carlton Fort de la Corne Fort de la Rivière Tremblante Fort Espérance Fort La Jonquière Fort Pitt Fort Sturgeon Pine Island Fort
Yukon
Fort Reliance Fort Selkirk
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:
Fort Battleford, Saskatchewan Fort Calgary, Alberta Fort Livingstone, Saskatchewan Fort Walsh, Saskatchewan
Channel Islands Alderney Fort Clonque Guernsey
Bréhon Tower Fort Hommet Fort George, Guernsey Fort Grey Fort Saumarez
Jersey Fort Regent
Chile
Arauco Fort Bulnes Fort Chepe Chivicura Fort Colcura Espíritu Santo Fort de la Encarnación Huaca de Chena Jesus de Huenuraquí Fort Livén Fort Lonquén Nuestra de Señora de Halle Fort Reina Luisa Fort Paicavi Pucara del Cerro La Muralla Pukara de La Compañia Pukará de Quitor San Cristóbal de La Paz San Fabián de Conueo San Ignacio de la Redención San Jerónimo de Millapoa Fort San Pedro San Rafael de Coelemu Santa Bárbara Santa Cruz de Oñez Santa Fe de la Ribera Fort Santa Margarita Santísima Trinidad Santo Árbol de la Cruz Fort Talcahuano Fort Tolpán Valdivian Fort System Fort Virguenco
China Beijing
Baimaguan Fort
Hong Kong Chinese (Qing dynasty) forts
Buddhist Hall (Tung Lung) Fort Fan Lau Fort Kowloon Walled City Tung Chung Fort Tung Chung Battery
British colonial forts Devil's Peak fortifications Lei Yue Mun Fort Murray Battery Pinewood Battery Stanley Fort
Macau All forts in Macau were built during or used during Portuguese rule:
Fortaleza da Guia Fortaleza de Mong Há Fortaleza do Monte
Tianjin Taku Forts, Tianjin
Colombia Castillo San Felipe de Barajas (Muralla de Cartagena de Indias)
Congo, Republic of the Fort de Shinkakasa
Croatia
Brod Fortress Dubrovnik Glavaš – Dinarić Fortress Knin Fortress Fort Lovrijenac Mirabella Fortress Monkodonja Fort Nečven Nehaj Fortress Nesactium Prevlaka Fortress Prozor Fortress