List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls

List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls
Many buildings in Egypt can be put under the classification of castles, citadels, forts, and fortifications.
List by age
Pharaonic
Lower Egypt
Fortification of Memphis
Fort of Walls of the Prince (inebw heka), Eastern Delta.
Fortress of Wadi Natrun, western Delta.
Rhakotis fort, Alexandria
Tahpanhes fort or Castle of the Jew's Daughter
Heliopolis Fortifications.
Middle Egypt
Pi-Sekhemkheperre, near Herakleopolis Magna
Upper Egypt
Kom el-Ahmar (Hierakonpolis) fortifications
Fortress of Abydos
Shunet ez Zebib forts near Abydos
Medinet Habu New Kingdom fortification
El-Kab fortifications
Thebes fortifications.
Sinai
The Way of Horus coastal forts, Sinai
Tharu castle, Sinai
Qantara East fort, Sinai
Kolsum castle, Suez
Boto Fort of Seti I, (Qatia area), Sinai.
Tell-Huba Fortress, Sinai
Pelusium Fort,
Tharu city fortifications.
Western Desert
Siwa Oasis fortification, Western desert of Egypt
QasrAllam fort
Nubia
The ancient castle at Buhen
Fort of Kubban, Nubia
Semna fortification
Kumma fort
Aniba Fort
Uronarti fort
Mirgissa fort
Shalfak fort
Askut fort
Senusret I-III seventeen south fortresses.
Dabenarti fort
Faras Fort
Serra Fort.
Persian
Persian fort of Rhakortis, North coast
Greco-Roman
Cairo
Fort Babylon, Cairo
Delta
Naucratis Greek fort
Kharga Oasis
Ain Umm Dabadib fort, Kharga Oasis.
El Deir fort, Kharga Oasis.
Qasr el Labeka fort, Kharga Oasis.
Qasr Sumaria fort, Kharga Oasis.
Qasr el Geb fort, Kharga Oasis.
Al-Haiz fort, Bahariya Oasis.
Nadura fort, Kharga Oasis
Qasr el-Ghueita fort, Kharga Oasis
Qasr el-Zayyan fort, Kharga Oasis
Red Sea
Castellum of Badia, Gebel Abu Dukhan, near Hurghada, Red Sea
Abu Sha'ar Fort, Red Sea.
Fayoum
Temple of Stones fort, Fayoum.
Der el Memun, fort where Anthony the Great lived, across from Faiyum.
Lower Egypt
Al-Heita fort, Eastern desert, Qena.
Sinai
Saint Catherine's Monastery fortification, Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula (by Justinian I 548–565)
North coast
Alexandria fortifications
Taposiris Magna Fortress, Alexandria
Islamic
Cairo
Cairo Citadel, Mukkattam, Cairo
Ayyubid Cairo City Fortification
Gates of Cairo
Al Fustat city walls
Alexandria
Citadel of Qaitbay, Alexandria
Fortification of Bab Rosetta, Alexandria
Qaitbey Citadel, Rosetta (known as Fort Julien)
Red Sea & Eastern desert
Quseir Castle
Sinai
Salah El-Din castle, Pharaoh's Island, Sinai
Nweiba' Castle
Qalaat Al-Gindi, Ras Sedr, Sinai
Al-Arish citadel
Nakhl citadel
Farma citadel
El Tina castle, North Sinai
Western desert
Siwa oasis fort
Shali fortified village, Siwa Oasis.
Modern Egypt
Cairo
Alexandria & North coast
Fort Julien, Rosetta Fort.
Agami Fort, Alexandria (by French occupation)
Abu Qir Castle (was used by Mohammed Ali as a prison)
Western Desert
Mersa Matruh Fortifications (1941 AD)
Sidi Barrani Fortifications (1941 AD)
Alam el Halfa Fortifications (1941 AD)
Sollum fortified base camp (1941 AD)
Halfaya Pass Fortification (1941 AD)
Bir-Hakeim fort (1942 AD)
Sinai
Al-Arish castle
Sharm El-Sheikh fortification by Egypt (1954 AD)
Castle Zaman, Sinai
Suez canal
Adgerud castle, Suez.
Kolsum castle, Suez.
Bar Lev Line
Fort Lahtzanit
Fort Budapest
Red Sea & Eastern Desert
Green Island (Egypt) Fortification, Red Sea (1969 AD)
Shadwan island fortifications, Red Sea (1960s AD)
List by areas & time
Western Desert
Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, a Ramesside fort near the Libyan coast where trade goods were found. For example, cakes of Egyptian blue pigment, brought there for export, were found, along with indications of exotic imports such as olive oil and wine.
Alexandria
Qaitbey Castle.
Fort Pharos
Fort Silsileh
Fort Adda
Fort Ras-el-Tin
Fort Marabout
Fort Adjemi
Marza-el-Kana
Citadel of Mex
Fort Kamaria
Fort Om Qabeba
Fort Saleh Aga
Rosetta
Fort Julien
Port Said
El Gamil
Damietta
Ezzbet El-Borg Defensive tower.
Urabi Fort.
Old Damietta city wall & Fortifications.
Sinai castles, forts, fortifications and citadels
13th century BC The Way of Horus coastal & Sinai forts.
13th century BC Tharu castle.
13th century BC Boto Fort (by Seti I), (Qatia area), Sinai.
13th century BC Tel Habwa Fort (by Seti I), (Qantara area), Sinai
13th century BC Tel Kadwa Fort, Sinai
13th century BC Tel Al Hebr Fort, Sinai
13th century BC Kharouba Fort, Sinai
13th century BC Baer Al-Abd Fort, Sinai
Unknown time Pharonic El Tina castle, Beer Al Abd, North Sinai
Circa 100 BC Ptolemaic Fort of Tal Abou Sayfi, South of Qantara Sharq city.
200 AD Roman Fort of Tal Abou Sayfi, South of Qantara Sharq city (by Emperor Maximinus Thrax).
Unknown time Roman Lahfen castle near Al-Arish.
Saint Catherine's Monastery fortification, Mount Sinai, Sinai Peninsula.
640 AD Farma (Pelusium) citadel.
7th century AD Justinian's Strasini Fort, Tel Felosiyia, near Pelusium.
7th century AD Garha Roman fort, on Bardawil lake, North Sinai.
Unknown time Byzantine fort, qaseema, Hosna, Middle Sinai.
Unknown time Al-Mohammadyia Arabic Fort, Beer Al Abd, North Sinai.
1115 AD Al-Soubak Fort (by Baldwin), Wadi Araba.
1116 Ad Aiyla fort (by Baldwin), Aiyla city, Aqaba bay.
1116 AD Pharaoh Island Fort (by Baldwin), Aqaba bay.
1117 AD Wadi Musa fort (by Baldwin).
1181 AD Aiyla Island Castle (by Ayyobids).
1182 AD Salah El-Din castle Sedr, Sinai.
1184 AD Qalaat Al-Gindi (by Saladin), Ras Sedr, Sinai.
1184 AD Salah El-Din castle, Taba (Pharaoh Island), Sinai.
1516 AD Al-Arish citadel (by Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri).
1516 AD Al-Baghla fort (by Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri).
1516 AD Naqab Al-Aqaba Fort(by Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri).
1516 AD An-Nakhl Fortress (by Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri).
1799 AD Qatiyah Fort, West of sinai (by General Lograng of Napoleon Army).
1799 Siege of El Arish Castle
1893 Nuweiba Castle.
1910s Turkish Fortifications at Hosna, middle Sinai.
1910s Turkish Fortifications at Al-Arish Castle, North Sinai.
1910s Turkish Fortifications at Nekhel, Sinai.
1910s Turkish Fortifications at Salah El Din Castle, South Sinai.
1960s & 1970s Egyptian Defensive fortifications built by Egyptian Armed forces during the Attrition war on the Western bank of Suez canal & Bar Lev Line of fortifications on Eastern side of Suez Canal (by Israel occupation forces).
1990s Touristic Castle Zaman, Sinai
Unknown time Ain al Qudairat Fort, Hosna, North Sinai.
See also
Qasr (disambiguation)
List of buildings
List of fortifications
List of castles
List of forts
List of walls
List of cities with defensive walls
List of established military terms (Engineering)
References
External links
Fortifications, Police Beats, and Military Checkpoints in Ancient Egypt
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