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

Citadel of Quebec, in Quebec City.

Citadel of Quebec, in Quebec City, Quebec
Ramparts of 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.

Venetian walls of Nicosia, Nicosia

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
Jablunkovské šance in Mosty u Jablunkova

Denmark

Kronborg Castle, Helsingør

Kastellet, Copenhagen
Kronborg, Helsingør
Fredericia, Jutland (Walls of the old city)

Estonia

Kronborg Castle, Helsingør

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

Marienberg Fortress in Würzburg.

Hungary

Star (Hungarian: Csillag) fortress

Komarom fortification system includes three forts Csillag, Monostor and Igmandi

India

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.

Goryōkaku in Hokkaido
Tatsuokajō (龍岡城) in Saku, Nagano, Honshu

Lithuania

Klaipėda Castle from the air.

Malaysia

Fort Cornwallis in George Town, Penang

Malta

Fort Saint Elmo in Valletta.

Mexico

Netherlands

Groningen

Fort Bourtange.

Friesland

Drenthe

Coevorden

Overijssel

Gelderland

Utrecht

Noord-Holland

Model of the fortifications of Naarden.

Zuid-Holland

Zeeland

Noord-Brabant

Willemstad from the air.

Limburg

Norway

Fredrikstad Fortress, Fredrikstad
Fredriksten, Halden
Fredriksvern, Stavern
Kongsvinger Fortress, Kongsvinger
Kristiansten Fortress, Trondheim
Vardøhus Fortress, Vardø

Philippines

Intramuros

Portugal

The Fortress of Almeida

Almeida
Azores-Fortaleza de São João Baptista/Fortaleza de São Sebastião (Terceira)
Cascais-Forte de Santo António da Barra, Cidadela de Cascais
Elvas-Forte de Santa Luzia
Estremoz
Évora
Lisbon-Forte de São Bruno, Forte de São Julião da Barra (Oeiras)
Monção
Peniche
Valença

Poland

Puerto Rico

Fort San Cristóbal, San Juan
Fort San Felipe del Morro, San Juan

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

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 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

Star Fort (Matara)
Jaffna Fort (Jaffna)

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.

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
Fort Warren(Massachusetts)Georges Island in Black Rock Channel off coast of Boston Harbor.

Russia

Peter and Paul Fortress
Nyenschantz
Baltiysk
Krepost'-Kondurcha (Samara)
Monrepos (Vyborg)
Krasnoyarskaya Krepost'
Cheremshanskaya Krepost"
Siberian - many of them

Venezuela

Castillo de San Antonio de la Eminencia, Cumana
San Felipe Castle

Vietnam

Citadel of Saigon
Dien Khanh Citadel
Bac Ninh Citadel
Thanh Hoa Citadel
Vinh Citadel

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