List of star forts
A 17th-century plan of the fortress town of Coevorden in the Netherlands.
This is a list of star forts.
Canada
Fort George on Citadel Hill, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Fort Prince of Wales, in Churchill, Manitoba
- Fort Beauséjour, in Aulac, New Brunswick
- Fort Anne, in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
- Fort George, Citadel Hill, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Fort Erie, in Fort Erie, Ontario
- Fort George, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
- Fort Mississauga, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
- Citadel of Quebec, in Quebec City, Quebec
Croatia
Cuba
There are three or four star forts (depending on your definition) around the harbor area of Havana:
- Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta, S corner at the mouth of the harbor: currently houses the Museum of Fortifications and Armaments
- Castillo del Morro, N corner at the mouth of the harbor: currently houses a maritime museum
- Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, N side of the channel: maybe not as 'starrish' as the others
- Castillo de la Real Fuerza, S side of the channel
Cyprus
Map of Nicosia in Cyprus, created in 1597.
Czech Republic
Josefov Fortress in Jaroměř
- Olomouc
- Fortress Josefov - almost completely preserved, now part of Jaroměř
- Terezín - almost completely preserved
- Hradec Králové - dismantled in 1884, only small fractions of the fortifications are preserved
Denmark
Kronborg Castle, Helsingør
- Kastellet, Copenhagen
- Kronborg, Helsingør
- Fredericia, Jutland (Walls of the old city)
Finland
Svartholm from the air.
France
Aerial photograph of Neuf Brisach.
- Bayonne, Aquitaine
- Belfort, Franche-Comté
- Bellegarde, Le Perthus
- Blaye, Aquitaine
- Citadel of Arras, Pas-de-Calais
- Citadel of Besançon, Franche-Comté
- Citadel of Bitche, Lorraine
- Citadel of Calais, Pas-de-Calais
- Citadel of Montreuil-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais
- Citadel of Lille, Nord
- Fort Barraux, Isère
- Fort Mont-Valérien, Paris
- Fort de La Prée, Ile de Ré
- Fort de Bellegarde, Le Perthus
- Fort of Mont Alban, Nice
- Fort Carré, Antibes, French riviera
- Fort Legarde, Languedoc-Roussillon
- Mont-Louis, Languedoc-Roussillon
- Neuf Brisach, Haut Rhin
- Perpignan, Languedoc-Roussillon
- Place forte of Mont-Dauphin, Haute-Alpes
- St Jean Pied de Port, Aquitaine
- Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Poitou-Charentes
- Bergues, Nord
- Le Quesnoy, Nord
- Maubeuge, Nord
- Rocroi, Ardennes
- Toul, Lorraine
Germany
- Augsburg
- Dömitz
- Spandau Citadel
- Frankfurt am Main
- Hamburg
- Jülich
- Lübeck
- Mainz
- Marienberg-Würzburg
- Rostock
- Vechta
Hungary
India
- Fort St. George, Chennai
- Fort Aguada, Goa
- Anchuthengu Fort, Kerala
- St. Angelo Fort, Kerala
- Tellicherry Fort, Kerala
- Fort William, Kolkata
- Manjarabad Fort, Sakleshpur
Italy
Map of Palmanova in 1600.
Palmanova from the air.
- Capua, Capua, Lazio
- Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Lazio
- Citadel of Alessandria, Alessandria, Piedmont
- Citadel of Ancona, Ancona, Marche
- Citadel of Bergamo, Bergamo, Lombardy
- Castello Aragonese, Otranto, Lecce
- Castello di Barletta, Barletta, Puglia
- Castello di Copertino, Copertino, Lecce
- Castello di Mola di Bari, Mola di Bari, Bari
- Castello di Santa Severina, Santa Severina, Crotone
- City walls of Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna
- Forte Belvedere, Florence, Tuscany
- Forte Diamante, Genoa, Liguria
- Forte Puin, Genoa, Liguria
- Forte San Giacomo, Vado Ligure, Liguria
- Forte Sangallo, Civita Castellana, Lazio
- Forte Santa Tecla, Genoa, Liguria
- Forte Spagnolo, L'Aquila, Abruzzo
- Fortezza Medicea, Arezzo, Tuscany
- Grosseto, Grosseto, Tuscany
- Guastalla, Emilia-Romagna
- Forte Stella, Porto Ercole, Tuscany
- Old Fortress, Livorno, Tuscany
- Fortress da Basso, Florence, Tuscany
- Fortress of Poggio Imperiale, Poggibonsi, Tuscany
- Fortress of Priamar, Savona, Liguria
- Fortress of Radicofani, Tuscany
- Fortress of Vinadio, Vinadio, Piedmont
- Palmanova, Palmanova, Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Peschiera del Garda, Veneto
- Porto Azzurro, Livorno, Tuscany
- Real Cittadella, Messina, Sicily
- Sabbioneta, Sabbioneta, Lombardy
- Sansepolcro, Sansepolcro, Tuscany
- Terra del Sole, Terra del Sole, Emilia-Romagna
- Venice - Star fort on mainland near railroad bridge
Republic of Ireland
- Duncannon Fort, Duncannon, County Wexford
- Charles Fort, Kinsale
- Elizabeth Fort, Cork
- James' Fort, Kinsale
- Ticrohan Castle, Clonard, County Meath
Japan
The 19th-century Goryokaku.
Lithuania
Klaipėda Castle from the air.
Malaysia
Malta
Fort Saint Elmo in Valletta.
Netherlands
Groningen
Friesland
Drenthe
Overijssel
- Blokzijl
- Deventer
- Enschede
- Goor
- Hasselt
- Kampen
- Oldenzaal
- Ommen
- Ootmarsum
- Steenwijk
- Vollenhove
- Zwolle
Gelderland
- Arnhem
- Bredevoort
- Doesburg
- Doetinchem
- Elburg
- Groenlo
- Harderwijk
- Hattem
- Lochem
- Nijmegen
- Tiel
- Wageningen
- Zaltbommel
- Zutphen
Utrecht
Noord-Holland
- Alkmaar
- Amsterdam
- Edam
- Enkhuizen
- Haarlem
- Hoorn
- Medemblik
- Monnickendam
- Muiden
- Naarden
- Purmerend
- Weesp
Zuid-Holland
Zeeland
- Aardenburg
- Brouwershaven
- Fort Bath
- Goes
- Hulst
- IJzendijke
- Middelburg
- Oostburg
- Retranchement
- Sluis
- Vlissingen
- Zierikzee
Noord-Brabant
Willemstad from the air.
- Bergen op Zoom
- Breda
- Geertruidenberg
- Grave
- Helmond
- 's-Hertogenbosch
- Heusden
- Klundert
- Megen
- Oss
- Ravenstein
- Steenbergen
- Willemstad
- Woudrichem
Limburg
Norway
- Fredrikstad Fortress, Fredrikstad
- Fredriksten, Halden
- Fredriksvern, Stavern
- Kongsvinger Fortress, Kongsvinger
- Kristiansten Fortress, Trondheim
- Vardøhus Fortress, Vardø
Philippines
Portugal
The Fortress of Almeida
- Almeida
- Azores-Fortaleza de Sao Joao Bapitista da ilha Terceira/Fortaleza de Sao Sebastiao(Terceira)
- Cascais-Forte de Santo Antonio da Barra, Cidadela de Cascais
- Elvas-Forte de Santa Luzia
- Estremoz
- Evora
- Lisbon-Forte de Sao Bruno, Forte de Sao Juliao da Barra(Oeiras)
- Monção
- Peniche
- Valença
Poland
- Zamość Fortress
- Koźle
- Boyen Fortress
- Poznań Fortress
- Krzyżtopór
- Kłodzko Fortress
- Srebrnogórska Fortress
- Nysa
- Gdańsk
- Wisloujscie Fortress
Puerto Rico
- Fort San Cristóbal, San Juan
- Fort San Felipe del Morro, San Juan
Romania
Serbia
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 thre forts in the area of neighbouring city Komárom (Igmand, Csillag (English: Star) and Monostor) (see Hungary)
- Leopoldov - mostly preserved, serving as state prison built like Fortres Leopoldov
- Holíč - château of the Habsburgs named Holíč Castle (Slovak: Holíčsky kaštieľ) 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
One of the bastions of the Citadel of Pamplona.
- Aldea del Obispo - Real Fuerte de la Concepción
- Badajoz
- A Coruña-Castillo de San Antón y Castillo de San Diego
- Barcelona-Castillo de Montjuïc y la Antigua Ciudadela Militar de Barcelona
- Cádiz-Castillo de San Sebastián,Castillo de Santa Catalina,Baluarte de la Candelaria, Fuerte de Puntales y Fuerte de Cortadura
- Ferrol-Castillo de San Felipe y Castillo de de La Palma
- Figueres-Castell de Sant Ferran
- Jaca-Ciudadela de Jaca
- La Línea de la Concepción-fuertes de San Felipe, San Carlos, San Fernando, San José, Santa Mariana,San Benito,y Fuerte de Santa Bárbara
- Pamplona-Ciudadela de Pamplona
- Roses, Girona, Catalonia,-Ciudadela de Rosas
- Salamanca
- Salvaterra de Miño-Castillo de Santiago de Aytona
Sri Lanka
Suriname
- Fort New Amsterdam, New Amsterdam, Commewijne
- Fort Zeelandia, Waterside, Paramaribo
Sweden
United Kingdom
Fort George, Scotland from the air. It is the best preserved fort of its era in the British Isles.
- Fort Amherst, Chatham
- Berwick-upon-Tweed town walls
- Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight
- Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth
- Derry city walls
- Ebrington Barracks, Derry
- Fort George, Highland
- Hilsea Lines, Portsmouth
- Landguard Fort, Felixtowe
- Fort Monckton, Gosport
- Pendennis Castle, Falmouth
- Royal Citadel, Plymouth
- Star Castle, Isles of Scilly
- Tilbury Fort
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. A typical example is Earith Bulwark
United States
Fort Morgan in Mobile, Alabama
- Castillo de San Marcos, in Saint Augustine, FL
- Fort Trumbull, in New London, CT
- Fort Mifflin, in Philadelphia, PA
- Fort Delaware, on Pea Patch Island, DE
- Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, MD
- Fort Frederick, in Fort Frederick State Park Big Pool, MD
- Fort Jay, on Governors Island in New York Bay
- Fort Wood, on Liberty Island in New York Bay
- Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, New York
- Fort Crown Point in Crown Point, New York
- Fort Saint-Frédéric in Crown Point, New York
- Fort William Henry in Lake George, New York
- Fort Johnston (Leesburg, Virginia)
- Fort Monroe in Newport News, VA
Fort Stanwix, Rome, New York.
- Fort Stanwix in Rome, New York
- Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York
- Fort Independence on castle Island in Boston Harbor.
- Fort Negley in Nashville, Tennessee
- Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island
- Fort Wayne (Detroit) in Detroit, Michigan
- Fort Morgan in Mobile, Alabama
- Fort Ligonier in Ligonier, Pennsylvania
- Fort Jackson in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- Fort Pitt and Fort Duquesne in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas, Florida
- Ninety Six National Historic Site, Star Fort in Ninety Six, South Carolina
- Star Fort, formerly Fort Alabama, Winchester, Virginia
Russia
- Peter and Paul Fortress
- Nyenschantz
- Baltiysk
- Krepost'-Kondurcha (Samara)
- Monrepos (Vyborg)
- Krasnoyarskaya Krepost'
- Cheremshanskaya Krepost"
- Siberian - many of them
Venezuela
Vietnam
- Citadel of Saigon
- Dien Khanh Citadel
- Bac Ninh Citadel
- Thanh Hoa Citadel
- Vinh Citadel
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