military fortification system

C876 concept

A military fortification system is an integrated network of defensive structures, obstacles, and support facilities designed to protect territory, forces, and strategic assets from enemy attack.

Aliases (17)

fortress ×74
fortification ×13
medieval fortress ×9
Maginot Line ouvrage ×3
fortification system ×2
fortified sector ×2
coastal fortification network ×1
coastal fortification program ×1
defensive fortified area ×1
fortification structure ×1
fortified gate ×1
historic citadel ×1
historic fortification ×1
historic military fortress ×1
medieval Islamic fortification ×1
military defense system ×1
military fortification type ×1

Instances (118)

Fort Vaux via concept surface "fortress"
Elmina Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Gori Fortress via concept surface "medieval fortress"
La Fortaleza via concept surface "fortress"
Galle via concept surface "fortress"
surface form: "Galle Fort"
Ouvrage Simserhof via concept surface "Maginot Line ouvrage"
Red Fort via concept surface "fortress"
Great Wall of China via concept surface "fortification"
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes via concept surface "medieval fortress"
Windsor Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Westwall
Maginot Line
Marine Gate via concept surface "fortified gate"
Bastille via concept surface "fortress"
São Jorge Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Tower of London via concept surface "fortress"
Fort Henry via concept surface "historic military fortress"
Akershus Fortress via concept surface "fortress"
Citadel of Qaitbay via concept surface "fortress"
Cairo Citadel via concept surface "medieval Islamic fortification"
Castel Sant'Angelo via concept surface "fortress"
San Juan city walls via concept surface "fortification"
Edinburgh Castle via concept surface "fortress"
World War I military fortifications via concept surface "military fortification type"
Limassol Castle via concept surface "fortification"
Tartus via concept surface "fortification"
surface form: "Crusader-era fortifications in Tartus"
Fort George via concept surface "fortress"
Blackness Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Fort St. George via concept surface "fortress"
Würzburg, Germany via concept surface "fortress"
surface form: "Marienberg Fortress"
Raichur via concept surface "fortress"
surface form: "Raichur Fort"
Lubart’s Castle via concept surface "medieval fortress"
Masmak Fortress via concept surface "fortress"
Peter and Paul Fortress via concept surface "fortress"
Kronstadt via concept surface "fortress"
Theodosian Walls via concept surface "fortification"
Citadelle of Quebec via concept surface "fortress"
Fortified Sector of Thionville via concept surface "fortified sector"
Mombasa via concept surface "fortress"
surface form: "Fort Jesus"
Dolwyddelan Castle via concept surface "medieval fortress"
Berlin Wall via concept surface "fortification"
Fredriksten fortress via concept surface "fortress"
Caernarfon Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Conwy Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Fortified Sector of Haguenau via concept surface "fortified sector"
Rocca delle Caminate via concept surface "fortress"
Castillo San Felipe del Morro via concept surface "fortress"
Habsburg Castle via concept surface "fortress"
St. George’s Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Dover Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Kumbhalgarh Fort via concept surface "fortress"
Ollantaytambo archaeological site via concept surface "fortress"
Bothwell Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Wartburg Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Third System of US seacoast defense via concept surface "coastal fortification program"
Durham Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Fort du Portalet via concept surface "fortress"
Agra Fort via concept surface "fortress"
Palacio de Santa Catalina via concept surface "fortress"
Machaerus via concept surface "fortress"
Shlisselburg via concept surface "fortress"
surface form: "Shlisselburg Fortress"
Alcázar of Toledo via concept surface "fortress"
The Castle via concept surface "historic fortification"
Kadifekale via concept surface "fortress"
Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) via concept surface "fortification"
surface form: "Zhengyangmen"
Castro Marim Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Mozhaisk defensive line via concept surface "fortification system"
Golconda Fort via concept surface "fortress"
Fort Saint-Jean via concept surface "fortress"
Château d’If via concept surface "fortress"
Alhambra via concept surface "fortress"
Moscow defense zone via concept surface "defensive fortified area"
Fort Saint-Nicolas via concept surface "fortress"
Palace of Diocletian via concept surface "fortress"
Sforza Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Bitche via concept surface "fortress"
surface form: "Citadel of Bitche"
town of Bitche via concept surface "fortress"
surface form: "Citadel of Bitche"
Sakurada Gate via concept surface "fortification"
St Andrews Castle via concept surface "medieval fortress"
Hadrian's Mausoleum via concept surface "fortress"
Citadel of Damascus via concept surface "medieval fortress"
Blackrock Castle via concept surface "fortification"
Ankara Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Fort Hackenberg via concept surface "fortification"
Krak des Chevaliers via concept surface "fortress"
Margat via concept surface "medieval fortress"
Castillo del Morro via concept surface "fortress"
World War II defences
Bhadra Fort via concept surface "fortress"
Fortress of Palamidi via concept surface "fortress"
Barrage Vauban via concept surface "fortification structure"
Siegfriedstellung
Castelo de Tavira via concept surface "fortification"
Nuremberg City Walls via concept surface "fortification system"
Round Tower via concept surface "fortification"
surface form: "Round Tower (Windsor Castle)"
Djerba in Tunisia via concept surface "fortress"
surface form: "Borj El Kebir fort"
Castel dell'Ovo via concept surface "fortress"
Ojców Castle via concept surface "medieval fortress"
Jaffna Fort via concept surface "fortress"
Castel Nuovo via concept surface "fortress"
Chester Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Kaunas Castle via concept surface "medieval fortress"
Batticaloa Fort via concept surface "fortress"
Jiayuguan Pass via concept surface "fortress"
Polish coastal defenses via concept surface "military defense system"
The Alamo via concept surface "fortress"
Lincoln Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Ouvrage Schoenenbourg via concept surface "Maginot Line ouvrage"
Roxburgh Castle via concept surface "fortress"
Al Jalali Fort via concept surface "fortress"
Castillo San Cristóbal via concept surface "fortress"
Fort Douaumont via concept surface "fortress"
Qal'at al-Bahrain via concept surface "fortress"
Al Mirani Fort via concept surface "fortress"