Jerusalem Old City

Jerusalem Old City

One of the most important and holiest cities in world history, one of the oldest cities with hundreds of monuments of world importance.

Fort de Chartres

Fort de Chartres

Partly reconstructed historical fortress. Initially, it was built by the French in 1720 on the bank of the Mississippi River. Fort served as the administrative center. It was rebuilt in the 1750ies. The stone magazine (1750ies) is considered to be one of the oldest stone buildings in Illinois.

Fort Zachary Taylor

Fort Zachary Taylor

This massive fort was built at the very south of Florida Keys in 1845 – 1866. Here was discovered the largest collection of cannons from the American Civil War period.

Fort Jefferson

Fort Jefferson, Florida

Large, unfinished sea fortress on a remote island. Construction was started in 1846 and was not finished. The garrison here had more than 1,700 soldiers.

Castillo de San Marco

Castillo de San Marco, St. Augustine

The oldest masonry fort in the United States. It was constructed in 1672 – 1695 by Spaniards and Brits. A star fort was built to protect St. Augustine city from attacks by pirates.

Presidio of Santa Barbara

Presidio of Santa Barbara

This historical fortress includes El Cuartel – one of the oldest buildings in California, constructed by Spanish in 1782.

Fort Ross

Fort Ross, California

The former Russian fortress and village, established 1812 and in use until 1842. It was the southernmost Russian settlement in Americas, here has been reconstructed a complex of traditional Russian wooden buildings.

Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter

Sea fort – a fortified island at the entrance in Charleston port. Construction started in 1829 and was left unfinished on April 12, 1861, when the American Civil War started exactly here. A historical monument of major importance.

Suvarnadurg Fort

Suvarnadurg Fort

Island fortress at the coast in the Arabian Sea. There is another fortress on the mainland and both parts of the fortress in the past were united with a submarine tunnel that was approximately 600 m long. Constructed in the 15th – 17th century AD.

Sindhudurg Fort

Sindhudurg Fort

An amazing fortress that was built along a complex perimeter of an island in the Arabian Sea. Fort was built in the 17th century, with 42 bastions. Interesting Neolithic petroglyphs.