#fortresses — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #fortresses, aggregated by home.social.
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Dear Lovely Peeps - especially you lot who love to go wandering around old places dreaming of #history - here's a handy-dandy guide to your next day out:
'A free interactive map of the world's great #castles, #fortresses, and #palaces — 3,709 landmarks across 131 countries, each with its photo, founding century and story.
How it is made - Everything on this #map comes from open data: facts, coordinates & founding dates from Wikidata, photographs from Wikimedia Commons, stories from Wikipedia, and the basemap from OpenFreeMap and Natural Earth.
The atlas is curated, not exhaustive: the 3,709 most significant landmarks worldwide, ordered by a fame ranking that blends Wikipedia coverage with real readership.'
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Dear Lovely Peeps - especially you lot who love to go wandering around old places dreaming of #history - here's a handy-dandy guide to your next day out:
'A free interactive map of the world's great #castles, #fortresses, and #palaces — 3,709 landmarks across 131 countries, each with its photo, founding century and story.
How it is made - Everything on this #map comes from open data: facts, coordinates & founding dates from Wikidata, photographs from Wikimedia Commons, stories from Wikipedia, and the basemap from OpenFreeMap and Natural Earth.
The atlas is curated, not exhaustive: the 3,709 most significant landmarks worldwide, ordered by a fame ranking that blends Wikipedia coverage with real readership.'
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Dear Lovely Peeps - especially you lot who love to go wandering around old places dreaming of #history - here's a handy-dandy guide to your next day out:
'A free interactive map of the world's great #castles, #fortresses, and #palaces — 3,709 landmarks across 131 countries, each with its photo, founding century and story.
How it is made - Everything on this #map comes from open data: facts, coordinates & founding dates from Wikidata, photographs from Wikimedia Commons, stories from Wikipedia, and the basemap from OpenFreeMap and Natural Earth.
The atlas is curated, not exhaustive: the 3,709 most significant landmarks worldwide, ordered by a fame ranking that blends Wikipedia coverage with real readership.'
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Dear Lovely Peeps - especially you lot who love to go wandering around old places dreaming of #history - here's a handy-dandy guide to your next day out:
'A free interactive map of the world's great #castles, #fortresses, and #palaces — 3,709 landmarks across 131 countries, each with its photo, founding century and story.
How it is made - Everything on this #map comes from open data: facts, coordinates & founding dates from Wikidata, photographs from Wikimedia Commons, stories from Wikipedia, and the basemap from OpenFreeMap and Natural Earth.
The atlas is curated, not exhaustive: the 3,709 most significant landmarks worldwide, ordered by a fame ranking that blends Wikipedia coverage with real readership.'
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Spotted in my Calishat Snaps: The Castle Map. From the About page: “A free interactive night map of the world’s great castles, fortresses and palaces — 3,693 landmarks across 131 countries, each with its photo, founding century and story. No ads, no accounts.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/22/the-castle-map/ -
Spotted in my Calishat Snaps: The Castle Map. From the About page: “A free interactive night map of the world’s great castles, fortresses and palaces — 3,693 landmarks across 131 countries, each with its photo, founding century and story. No ads, no accounts.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/22/the-castle-map/ -
Spotted in my Calishat Snaps: The Castle Map. From the About page: “A free interactive night map of the world’s great castles, fortresses and palaces — 3,693 landmarks across 131 countries, each with its photo, founding century and story. No ads, no accounts.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/22/the-castle-map/ -
Spotted in my Calishat Snaps: The Castle Map. From the About page: “A free interactive night map of the world’s great castles, fortresses and palaces — 3,693 landmarks across 131 countries, each with its photo, founding century and story. No ads, no accounts.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/22/the-castle-map/ -
https://www.europesays.com/iran/196189/ Lebanon Pushes UNESCO Bid for Historic Fortresses #adding #amid #An #Bid #by #five #for #Fortresses #Heritage #Historic #Islam #Israeli #Lebanon #list #Ongoing #protect #pushes #request #sites #south #submitted #the #them #threats #Times #to #UNESCO #URGENT #World
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'The Sovereign Individual' - The winner-takes-all
"Across its 400 pages, The Sovereign Individual celebrates the instincts of our impossibly wealthy technofeudal overlords to accumulate, hoard and insulate themselves from the messier demands of mass democracy...This libertarian manifesto, loved by Peter Thiel, urges a ‘cognitive elite’ to see selfishness as a virtue."
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https://theconversation.com/this-libertarian-manifesto-loved-by-peter-thiel-urges-a-cognitive-elite-to-see-selfishness-as-a-virtue-263742
#society #civility #individualism #PublicSphere #surveillance #TechIndustry #fortresses #violence #VibeShift #SocialDarwinism #book -
'The Sovereign Individual' - The winner-takes-all
"Across its 400 pages, The Sovereign Individual celebrates the instincts of our impossibly wealthy technofeudal overlords to accumulate, hoard and insulate themselves from the messier demands of mass democracy...This libertarian manifesto, loved by Peter Thiel, urges a ‘cognitive elite’ to see selfishness as a virtue."
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https://theconversation.com/this-libertarian-manifesto-loved-by-peter-thiel-urges-a-cognitive-elite-to-see-selfishness-as-a-virtue-263742
#society #civility #individualism #PublicSphere #surveillance #TechIndustry #fortresses #violence #VibeShift #SocialDarwinism #book -
'The Sovereign Individual' - The winner-takes-all
"Across its 400 pages, The Sovereign Individual celebrates the instincts of our impossibly wealthy technofeudal overlords to accumulate, hoard and insulate themselves from the messier demands of mass democracy...This libertarian manifesto, loved by Peter Thiel, urges a ‘cognitive elite’ to see selfishness as a virtue."
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https://theconversation.com/this-libertarian-manifesto-loved-by-peter-thiel-urges-a-cognitive-elite-to-see-selfishness-as-a-virtue-263742
#society #civility #individualism #PublicSphere #surveillance #TechIndustry #fortresses #violence #VibeShift #SocialDarwinism #book -
'The Sovereign Individual' - The winner-takes-all
"Across its 400 pages, The Sovereign Individual celebrates the instincts of our impossibly wealthy technofeudal overlords to accumulate, hoard and insulate themselves from the messier demands of mass democracy...This libertarian manifesto, loved by Peter Thiel, urges a ‘cognitive elite’ to see selfishness as a virtue."
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https://theconversation.com/this-libertarian-manifesto-loved-by-peter-thiel-urges-a-cognitive-elite-to-see-selfishness-as-a-virtue-263742
#society #civility #individualism #PublicSphere #surveillance #TechIndustry #fortresses #violence #VibeShift #SocialDarwinism #book -
The White Lady’s Bullet-Scarred Wall in Bender, Moldova
A haunted outpost in Moldova, where guards are said to have fired at a ghostly figure.#ghoststories #ghosts #fortresses #section-Atlas
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The White Lady’s Bullet-Scarred Wall in Bender, Moldova
A haunted outpost in Moldova, where guards are said to have fired at a ghostly figure.#ghoststories #ghosts #fortresses #section-Atlas
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The White Lady’s Bullet-Scarred Wall in Bender, Moldova
A haunted outpost in Moldova, where guards are said to have fired at a ghostly figure.#ghoststories #ghosts #fortresses #section-Atlas
The White Lady’s Bullet-Scarred Wall -
The White Lady’s Bullet-Scarred Wall in Bender, Moldova
A haunted outpost in Moldova, where guards are said to have fired at a ghostly figure.#ghoststories #ghosts #fortresses #section-Atlas
The White Lady’s Bullet-Scarred Wall -
Umm Al Quwain Wall in Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates
A 19th-century defensive wall that once protected the settlement from invaders.#fortresses #military #walls #section-Atlas
Umm Al Quwain Wall -
Umm Al Quwain Wall in Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates
A 19th-century defensive wall that once protected the settlement from invaders.#fortresses #military #walls #section-Atlas
Umm Al Quwain Wall -
Umm Al Quwain Wall in Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates
A 19th-century defensive wall that once protected the settlement from invaders.#fortresses #military #walls #section-Atlas
Umm Al Quwain Wall -
Umm Al Quwain Wall in Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates
A 19th-century defensive wall that once protected the settlement from invaders.#fortresses #military #walls #section-Atlas
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Seyigazi Türbesi in Seyitgazi, Turkey
A hilltop fortress full of tombs, including one for legendary hero Seyyid Battal Gazi.#islam #fortresses #tombs #section-Atlas
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Seyigazi Türbesi in Seyitgazi, Turkey
A hilltop fortress full of tombs, including one for legendary hero Seyyid Battal Gazi.#islam #fortresses #tombs #section-Atlas
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Seyigazi Türbesi in Seyitgazi, Turkey
A hilltop fortress full of tombs, including one for legendary hero Seyyid Battal Gazi.#islam #fortresses #tombs #section-Atlas
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Seyigazi Türbesi in Seyitgazi, Turkey
A hilltop fortress full of tombs, including one for legendary hero Seyyid Battal Gazi.#islam #fortresses #tombs #section-Atlas
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Castellum Hoge Woerd in Utrecht, Netherlands
This recreated Roman outpost stands above its buried predecessor.#rivers #ships #military #militaryhistory #castles #restoration #fortresses #unesco #roman #section-Atlas
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Castellum Hoge Woerd in Utrecht, Netherlands
This recreated Roman outpost stands above its buried predecessor.#rivers #ships #military #militaryhistory #castles #restoration #fortresses #unesco #roman #section-Atlas
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Castellum Hoge Woerd in Utrecht, Netherlands
This recreated Roman outpost stands above its buried predecessor.#rivers #ships #military #militaryhistory #castles #restoration #fortresses #unesco #roman #section-Atlas
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Castellum Hoge Woerd in Utrecht, Netherlands
This recreated Roman outpost stands above its buried predecessor.#rivers #ships #military #militaryhistory #castles #restoration #fortresses #unesco #roman #section-Atlas
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The Bourtzi Fortress of Nauplio. Built during the first period of the Venetian rule, it is one of the most important fortifications of Greece.
#greece #peloponese #sea #fortresses #travel #travelphotography #photographie #photos #voyages #sky
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The Bourtzi Fortress of Nauplio. Built during the first period of the Venetian rule, it is one of the most important fortifications of Greece.
#greece #peloponese #sea #fortresses #travel #travelphotography #photographie #photos #voyages #sky
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The Bourtzi Fortress of Nauplio. Built during the first period of the Venetian rule, it is one of the most important fortifications of Greece.
#greece #peloponese #sea #fortresses #travel #travelphotography #photographie #photos #voyages #sky
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Aljaferia Palace in Zaragoza, Spain
This 11th-century fortress is now the seat of Aragon’s state legislature.#medieval #fortresses #palaces #section-Atlas
Aljaferia Palace -
Aljaferia Palace in Zaragoza, Spain
This 11th-century fortress is now the seat of Aragon’s state legislature.#medieval #fortresses #palaces #section-Atlas
Aljaferia Palace -
Aljaferia Palace in Zaragoza, Spain
This 11th-century fortress is now the seat of Aragon’s state legislature.#medieval #fortresses #palaces #section-Atlas
Aljaferia Palace -
Aljaferia Palace in Zaragoza, Spain
This 11th-century fortress is now the seat of Aragon’s state legislature.#medieval #fortresses #palaces #section-Atlas
Aljaferia Palace -
Mega-Fortresses In The South Caucasus - New Data From Southern Georgia
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https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/news-2025/mega-fortress-in-the-southern-caucasus <-- technical article
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.197 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #fortress #fortresses #Caucasus #Mountains #Georgia #spatialanalysis #drone #remotesensing #prehistory #DmanisisGora #orthophotos #orthoimagery #archaeology #steppe #structures #DEM #LiDAR #topography #manmade #stone #buildings #graves #settlement #ColdWar #spysatellite #agriculture #BronzeAge #IronAge #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal -
Mega-Fortresses In The South Caucasus - New Data From Southern Georgia
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https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/news-2025/mega-fortress-in-the-southern-caucasus <-- technical article
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.197 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #fortress #fortresses #Caucasus #Mountains #Georgia #spatialanalysis #drone #remotesensing #prehistory #DmanisisGora #orthophotos #orthoimagery #archaeology #steppe #structures #DEM #LiDAR #topography #manmade #stone #buildings #graves #settlement #ColdWar #spysatellite #agriculture #BronzeAge #IronAge #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal -
Mega-Fortresses In The South Caucasus - New Data From Southern Georgia
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https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/news-2025/mega-fortress-in-the-southern-caucasus <-- technical article
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.197 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #fortress #fortresses #Caucasus #Mountains #Georgia #spatialanalysis #drone #remotesensing #prehistory #DmanisisGora #orthophotos #orthoimagery #archaeology #steppe #structures #DEM #LiDAR #topography #manmade #stone #buildings #graves #settlement #ColdWar #spysatellite #agriculture #BronzeAge #IronAge #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal -
Mega-Fortresses In The South Caucasus - New Data From Southern Georgia
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https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/news-2025/mega-fortress-in-the-southern-caucasus <-- technical article
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.197 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #fortress #fortresses #Caucasus #Mountains #Georgia #spatialanalysis #drone #remotesensing #prehistory #DmanisisGora #orthophotos #orthoimagery #archaeology #steppe #structures #DEM #LiDAR #topography #manmade #stone #buildings #graves #settlement #ColdWar #spysatellite #agriculture #BronzeAge #IronAge #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal -
Il-Gardjola Guard Tower in Senglea, Malta
The eyes and ears of this tower keep watch over Malta’s Grand Harbor.#fortresses #history&culture #towers #section-Atlas
Il-Gardjola Guard Tower -
Il-Gardjola Guard Tower in Senglea, Malta
The eyes and ears of this tower keep watch over Malta’s Grand Harbor.#fortresses #history&culture #towers #section-Atlas
Il-Gardjola Guard Tower -
Il-Gardjola Guard Tower in Senglea, Malta
The eyes and ears of this tower keep watch over Malta’s Grand Harbor.#fortresses #history&culture #towers #section-Atlas
Il-Gardjola Guard Tower -
Il-Gardjola Guard Tower in Senglea, Malta
The eyes and ears of this tower keep watch over Malta’s Grand Harbor.#fortresses #history&culture #towers #section-Atlas
Il-Gardjola Guard Tower -
Olavinlinna in Savonlinna, Finland
This island castle now hosts a world-famous opera festival.#festivals #history&culture #opera #fortresses #castles #section-Atlas
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Olavinlinna in Savonlinna, Finland
This island castle now hosts a world-famous opera festival.#festivals #history&culture #opera #fortresses #castles #section-Atlas
Olavinlinna -
Olavinlinna in Savonlinna, Finland
This island castle now hosts a world-famous opera festival.#festivals #history&culture #opera #fortresses #castles #section-Atlas
Olavinlinna -
Olavinlinna in Savonlinna, Finland
This island castle now hosts a world-famous opera festival.#festivals #history&culture #opera #fortresses #castles #section-Atlas
Olavinlinna -
Afyonkarahisar Castle in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
This 3,000-year-old “opium black fortress” towers over the ancient town named after it.#fortresses #hiking #roman #ottoman #drugs #castles #section-Atlas
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Afyonkarahisar Castle in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
This 3,000-year-old “opium black fortress” towers over the ancient town named after it.#fortresses #hiking #roman #ottoman #drugs #castles #section-Atlas
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Afyonkarahisar Castle in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
This 3,000-year-old “opium black fortress” towers over the ancient town named after it.#fortresses #hiking #roman #ottoman #drugs #castles #section-Atlas
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Afyonkarahisar Castle in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
This 3,000-year-old “opium black fortress” towers over the ancient town named after it.#fortresses #hiking #roman #ottoman #drugs #castles #section-Atlas
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‘Madbasa’ in Karbabad, Bahrain
This underground art installation recreates an ancient date honey storeroom.#honey #dates #fortresses #forts #archeology #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
‘Madbasa’ -
‘Madbasa’ in Karbabad, Bahrain
This underground art installation recreates an ancient date honey storeroom.#honey #dates #fortresses #forts #archeology #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
‘Madbasa’ -
‘Madbasa’ in Karbabad, Bahrain
This underground art installation recreates an ancient date honey storeroom.#honey #dates #fortresses #forts #archeology #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
‘Madbasa’ -
‘Madbasa’ in Karbabad, Bahrain
This underground art installation recreates an ancient date honey storeroom.#honey #dates #fortresses #forts #archeology #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
‘Madbasa’ -
Fetislam Fortress in Kladovo, Serbia
One of the most important fortresses along the Danube now lies in ruins.#fortresses #abandoned #ruins #section-Atlas
Fetislam Fortress -
Fetislam Fortress in Kladovo, Serbia
One of the most important fortresses along the Danube now lies in ruins.#fortresses #abandoned #ruins #section-Atlas
Fetislam Fortress -
Fetislam Fortress in Kladovo, Serbia
One of the most important fortresses along the Danube now lies in ruins.#fortresses #abandoned #ruins #section-Atlas
Fetislam Fortress -
Fetislam Fortress in Kladovo, Serbia
One of the most important fortresses along the Danube now lies in ruins.#fortresses #abandoned #ruins #section-Atlas
Fetislam Fortress