List of bastion forts

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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

File:Fortaleza de Santa Cruz, Itamaracá.jpg
Fortaleza de Santa Cruz, Itamaracá
File:Forte das Cinco Pontas.jpg
Forte das Cinco Pontas, Recife

Canada

Fort George on Citadel Hill, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Cabo Verde

File:Forte Real de Sao Filipe - 2014.jpg
Fort São Filipe on Santiago Island

China

Macau

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Map of Nicosia in Cyprus, created in 1597

Czech Republic

File:Jaroměř Josefov from air 3.jpg
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

Mexico

Morocco

Mozambique

File:Fortaleza de Maputo.jpg
Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Maputo

Netherlands

Groningen

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

Romania

Russia

São Tomé e Príncipe

Serbia

Slovakia

File:Komárom16thCentury.jpg
Star Fort in Komárno, 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 (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) and Monostor) (see Hungary)
  • Leopoldov – mostly preserved, serving as state prison built like Fortress Leopoldov
  • Holíč – château of the Habsburgs named Holíč Castle (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) 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

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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

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