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Military Architecture

Military Architecture -Overview

See our Glossary of Terms for the definition of some commonly used military architecture terminology.

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Military Architecture by Country & Region

ENGLAND

ENGLAND

ENGLAND

Solent Forts

British Empire

1865-80


  • Fort Nelson
  • Fort Brockhurst
  • Fort Bembridge & Culver Battery

FRANCE

ENGLAND

ENGLAND

Alpine Line

French Republic

1930-1940


  • Ouvrage Saint-Gobain
  • Ouvrage Col du Granon


Esseillon Barrier

Duchy of Savoy

1819-34


  • Fort Victor-Emmanuel
  • Fort Charles-Félix
  • Fort Charles-Albert
  • Fort Marie-Christine
  • Marie-Therese Redoubt


Briançon Forts

Kingdom of France

1709-34


  • Fort des Têtes
  • Fort Dauphin
  • Communication Y Fortified Gallery

ITALY

ENGLAND

LUXEMBOURG

Alpine Wall

Kingdom of Italy

1930-42


  • Rienz-Valser Bach-Schabs Blockade
  • Mühlbacher Klause Blockade
  • Kreuzbergpass Blockade


Alpine Front

First World War

1915-18


  • Monte Piana World War 1 Field Fortifications
  • Falzarego Pass Field Fortifications & Col dei Bos Military Hospital
  • Forte Barbadifior

LUXEMBOURG

LUXEMBOURG

LUXEMBOURG

Luxembourg City Fortifications

Kingdom of France

1684-1815


  • Vauban Towers
  • Fort Niedergrünewald
  • Fort Obergrünewald
  • Fort Thüngen
  • Lambert Redoubt
  • Rham Fortifications


MALTA

LUXEMBOURG

MONTENEGRO

Malta & Tripoli Fortifications

Order of St. John

1530-1798


French Blockade Field Fortifications

War of the First Coalition

1798-1800


Malta Fortifications

British Empire

1800-1979

MONTENEGRO

LUXEMBOURG

MONTENEGRO

Kotor Bay Forts

Austro-Hungarian Empire

1815-1918


  • Fort Gorazda
  • Fort Kosmač
  • Fort Trašte
  • Fort Vrmac
  • Submarine Pen

POLAND

SCOTLAND

SCOTLAND

Gdańsk Fortifications

Kingdom of Prussia

1793-1919


  • Gradowa Hill Fort

SCOTLAND

SCOTLAND

SCOTLAND

Highland Garrisons

The Jacobite Risings

1689-1745


  • Fort George
  • Fort William
  • Bernera Barracks
  • Ruthven Barracks
  • Corgarff Castle

SLOVAKIA

SCOTLAND

SLOVAKIA

Bratislava Bunkers

Czechoslovakia

1919-1938


  • Bunker B-SV 2
  • Bunker B-S 7
  • Bunker B-S 8
  • Bunker B-S 9
  • Bunker B-S 13

SPAIN

SPAIN

SLOVAKIA

Barcelona Forts

Kingdom of Spain

1751-99


  • Montjuïc Castle

Military Architecture by Engineer

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707)

Luxembourg City Fortifications

Kingdom of France

1684-1815


  • Vauban Towers
  • Fort Niedergrünewald
  • Fort Obergrünewald
  • Lambert Redoubt
  • Rham Fortifications


Briançon Forts

Kingdom of France

1709-34


  • Fort des Têtes
  • Fort Dauphin
  • Communication Y Fortified Gallery

Military Architecture by Map

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