Category

Structure - Military and Fortifications

WHSLocationsYearRating
Agra Fort 1 1983 3.69
Antigua Naval Dockyard 1 2016 2.76
Bahla Fort 1 1987 2.75
Belfries 55 1999 2.97
Bellinzone 3 2000 3.18
Brimstone Hill Fortress 1 1999 3.01
Castel del Monte 1 1996 3.26
Crac des Chevaliers 2 2006 4
Dacian Fortresses 6 1999 2.92
Danube Limes 75 2021 2.03
Derbent 1 2003 3.28
Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens 1 2015 2.93
Dutch Water Defence Lines 20 1996 2.46
Elvas 7 2012 3.22
Fort Jesus 1 2011 2.71
Fort and Shalamar Gardens 2 1981 3.23
Fortifications of Vauban 12 2008 2.95
Fortified City of Carcassonne 1 1997 3.89
Fortress of Suomenlinna 1 1991 2.85
Forts and Castles Gold Coast 24 1979 3.11
Frontiers of the Roman Empire 438 1987 2.85
Great Wall 3 1987 4.52
Gwynedd Castles 4 1986 3.46
Hill Forts of Rajasthan 6 2013 3.84
Himeji-jo 1 1993 3.61
Hwaseong Fortress 1 1997 3
Ibiza 4 1999 2.8
Kaiping Diaolou 4 2007 3.36
Kazan Kremlin 1 2000 2.97
Kernavė 1 2004 2.31
Kronborg Castle 1 2000 3.05
La Fortaleza and San Juan 3 1983 3.36
Malbork Castle 1 1997 3.72
Masada 1 2001 3.91
Mazagan 1 2004 2.55
Mir Castle 1 2000 2.39
Namhansanseong 2 2014 2.6
National History Park 1 1982 4.17
Portobelo-San Lorenzo 2 1980 2.79
Qal'at al-Bahrain 2 2005 2.56
Red Fort 1 2007 3.23
Rohtas Fort 1 1997 3.2
San Pedro de la Roca Castle 1 1997 3.12
Tower of London 1 1988 3.42
Venetian Works of Defence 6 2017 2.95
TWHSScheduledRating
Hochosterwitz Castle (T) 83%
Historical-Town Planning Ensemble Tvrda (Fort) in Osijek (T) 20%
El-Gendi Fortress (T) N/A
Pharaon Island (T) 33%
Newibah castle (T) 0%
Les villes bastionnées des Pays-Bas du nord-ouest de l'Europe (T) 50%
Fort Zeelandia (T) N/A
Le Chateau-fort médieval d'Esztergom (T) 50%
Historic Centre of Lucca (FT) 85%
Hikone-Jo (castle) (T) 2027 89%
Fortress of the immaculate Conception (T) N/A
Benin Iya / Sungbo's Eredo (T) N/A
The forts of Rostaq and al-Hazm (T) 40%
Fortress of S.Miguel (FT) 0%
Fortress of S.Pedro da Barra (FT) N/A
Fortress of S.Francisco do Penedo (FT) N/A
Fortress of Massanganu (FT) N/A
Fortress of Kambambe (FT) N/A
Fortress of Muxima (FT) N/A
Little Fort of Kikombo (FT) N/A
Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T) 81%
Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications (T) 54%
Victoria Lines Fortifications (T) 16%
Burg - Castle of Veliki Tabor (T) 50%
Rostov Kremlin (T) 78%
The Defensive Complex of Valdivia (T) N/A
Rani Kot Fort, Dadu (T) N/A
Un Chateau du désert: Qasr al-Hayr ach- Charqi (T) 0%
Tartus: la cité-Citadelle des Crois (T) 100%
The Fortress of Al-Ukhaidar (T) 100%
The Crusader Fortresses (T) 73%
System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno - Komárom (Slovak) (T) 44%
Shaubak Castle (Montreal) (T) 44%
Qasr Bshir (a Roman Castellum) (T) 100%
The Fortress of Terezín (T) 35%
The Caspian Shore Defensive Constructions (T) 40%
Arsenal de Rochefort et fortifications de l'estuaire de la Charente (T) 50%
Kuressaare Fortress (T) 63%
System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno - Komárom (Slova) (T) 60%
Castle of San Felipe de Lara (T) 40%
Trakai Historical National Park (T) 76%
Two citadels in Sinai from the Saladin period (Al-Gundi and Phataoh's island) (T) 0%
The An-Nakhl fortress, a stage on the pilgrimage route to Mecca (T) N/A
Baltit Fort (T) 100%
St. George Fortified System (T) 100%
Citadel of Alessandria (T) 17%
City of Motovun (T) 46%
Complex of the Sudak Fortress Monuments of the 6th - 16th c. (T) 100%
Loarre Castle (T) 60%
Ancient Kano City Walls and Asociated Sties (T) 0%
The Complex of Izadkhast (T) N/A
Ananuri (T) 38%
Desert Castles of Ancient Khorezm (T) 100%
City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (T) 86%
Les citadelles mosanes (T) 38%
Ensemble of the Astrakhan Kremlin (T) 0%
Le Fort de Médine (T) N/A
Le Tata de Sikasso (T) N/A
Ancient Mountain Fortresses in Central Korea (T) 0%
Western Stone Forts (FT) 89%
Smederevo Fortress (T) 38%
The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad (T) 100%
Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes. From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea (T) 100%
Chatham Dockyard and its Defences (FT) 100%
Frontières de l'Empire romain : Limes du Sud tunisien (T) 50%
Ancient Ruin of Drukgyel Dzong (T) N/A
Dzongs: the centre of temporal and religious authorities (Punakha Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Paro Dzong, Trongsa Dzong and Dagana Dzong) (T) 100%
Mamure Castle (T) 67%
Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece (T) 39%
Fortress of Spinalonga (T) 56%
Ancient Towers of the Aegean Sea (T) N/A
Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate (T) 100%
Monuments of Srirangapatna Island Town (T) 67%
Thembang Fortified Village (T) N/A
Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble (T) 2026 75%
Fort Shirley (T) 0%
Derawar and the Desert Forts of Cholistan (T) 0%
Tushpa/Van Fortress, the Mound and the Old City of Van (T) 40%
The Bodrum Castle (T) 50%
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube Limes in Bulgaria (T) 2026 55%
The Great Wall of Gorgan (T) 0%
Bulwarked Fortifications (T) 73%
Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne (T) 2026 81%
The Castle of Bashtova (T) 17%
La Tour de Goto Goulfey (T) N/A
Tyras - Bilhorod (Akkerman), on the way from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea (T) 100%
Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior with the Medieval Rampart City Wall of Pereslavl-Zalessky (1152-1157) (T) 40%
The castles of Mount Amel: Qalaat Al Chakif (Beaufoert castle), Qalaat Tibnin (Toron castle), Qalaat Chakra (Dubieh castle), Qalaat Deir kifa (Maron Castle), Burj Al Naoqoura (Naqoura tower) (T) N/A
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube Limes (Romania) (T) 40%
Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea (T) 41%
Zerzevan Castle and Mithraeum (T) 75%
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Serbia) (T) 2026 14%
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Croatia) (T) 2026 N/A
Archaeological site of Ghirza (T) N/A
Kirkuk Citadel (T) 0%
Serial Nomination of Maratha Military Architecture in Maharashtra (T) 2025 0%
San Fernando de Omoa Fortress (T) N/A
Real Felipe Fortress of Callao (T) 33%
Capital Fortifications of Hanyang : Hangyangdoseong Capital City Wall, Bukhansanseong Mountain Fortress and Tangchundaeseong Defense Wall (T) 2027 62%
Mughal Forts on Fluvial Terrains in Dhaka (T) N/A
San Juan de Ulua, Site of Memory and Historical Resistances (T) 0%
Serial nomination of Coastal Fortifications along the Konkan Coast, Maharashtra (T) N/A
Corregidor Island and Historic Fortifications of Manila Bay (T) 0%
Gwalior Fort, Madhya Pradesh (T) 100%
Parc National Historique des Matheux - Chemin du café, de l’esclavage et de la liberté (T) N/A