Fortresses on the World Heritage List

30 properties are described in Wikidata as fortresses (or a close variant): 30 cultural. Most in India (4), Oman (2), Cuba (2).

Cultural 30

Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Agra Fort	India	1983	Cultural	iii
Ancient City of Aleppo in danger	Syria	1986	Cultural	iii iv
Ani	Türkiye	2016	Cultural	ii iii iv
Bahla Fort	Oman	1987	Cultural	iv
Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn archaeological sites	Oman	1988	Cultural	iii iv
Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca	Cuba	1997	Cultural	iv v
Citadel of Erbil	Iraq	2014	Cultural	iv
Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty	Vietnam	2011	Cultural	ii iv
Cité de Carcassonne	France	1997	Cultural	ii iv
Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains	Romania	1999	Cultural	ii iii iv
Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	1996	Cultural	ii iv v
Fasil Ghebbi	Ethiopia	1979	Cultural	ii iii
Fatehpur Sikri	India	1986	Cultural	ii iii iv
Fort Jesus Museum	Kenya	2011	Cultural	ii v
Fortifications of Vauban	France	2008	Cultural	i ii iv
Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications	Portugal	2012	Cultural	iv
Hill Forts of Rajasthan	India	2013	Cultural	ii iii
Hwaseong Fortress	South Korea	1997	Cultural	ii iii
Imperial Citadel of Thang Long	Vietnam	2010	Cultural	ii iii vi
Kronborg Castle	Denmark	2000	Cultural	iv
Masada	Israel	2001	Cultural	iii iv vi
Mazagan	Morocco	2004	Cultural	ii iv
Old Havana and its Fortification System	Cuba	1982	Cultural	iv v
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications	Sri Lanka	1988	Cultural	iv
Red Fort	India	2007	Cultural	ii iii vi
Rohtas Fort	Pakistan	1997	Cultural	ii iv
St George and Related Fortifications	United Kingdom	2000	Cultural	iv
Suomenlinna	Finland	1991	Cultural	iv
Viking Age Ring Fortresses	Denmark	2023	Cultural	iii iv
fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo in danger	Panama	1980	Cultural	i iv

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