Home›Buildings and Structures›Building Type›FortressBrowse ByFortressBuilding type sorts buildings by the specific kind of structure each one is, such as a church, a tower or a house. The Sagrada Familia is described by Wikipedia as "a Catholic church in the Eixample district of Barcelona," a precise type distinct from a palace or a museum. This dimension lets a visitor find every building of one exact kind.FactsFortressConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEarliest Attested EraWell-attested9500 BCE 1FortressFilter Results17 entriesBuilding FamilyAllArchaeological Sites of the Mediterranean and Greco-Roman World (1)Castles (3)Citadels and City Walls (2)Fortified Prisons (1)Forts and Coastal Defenses (9)Palaces of Central Italy (1)Palaces of Italy (1)StyleAllBaroque Architecture (1)Ottoman Architecture (1)Renaissance Architecture (2)Spanish Colonial Architecture (2)MaterialAllBrick (3)Lime Mortar (1)Limestone (1)Mortar (1)Sandstone (1)Stone (4)Timber (1)Completed YearAll1077 (1)1240 (1)1283 (1)1370 (1)1452 (1)1550 (1)1594 (1)1645 (1)1718 (1)1728 (1)1740 (1)1787 (1)1833 (1)1974 (1)Standing StatusAllDemolished (1)Standing (16)GroupAllArchaeological Sites of the Mediterranean and Greco-Roman World (1)Castles (3)Citadels and City Walls (2)Fortified Prisons (1)Forts and Coastal Defenses (9)Palaces of Central Italy (1)PlaceAllAustria (1)Canada (1)Ethiopia (1)France (1)Germany (1)Italy (7)Turkey (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (2)Uzbekistan (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17Alamo MissionFortressArk of BukharaFortressBastilleFortressCaernarfon CastleFortressCastello a MareFortressCastello dell'ImperatoreFortressCastello di Santa Margherita LigureFortressCastillo San Felipe del MorroFortressFasil GhebbiFortressFenestrelle FortFortressFortress of LouisbourgFortressFranzensfeste FortressFortressHohensalzburg FortressFortressRumeli HisariFortressScaligero Castle (Sirmione)FortressSpandau CitadelFortressVilla Santa ColombaFortressConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 2,745 connections.Sources1. WikipediaWikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Gobekli Tepe, ChronologyQuote, Wikipedia: Gobekli Tepe, ChronologyRadiocarbon dating shows that the earliest exposed structures at Göbekli Tepe were built between 9500 and 9000 BCE, towards the end of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) period.View the SourceSir Banister Fletcher's A History of ArchitectureBanister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition), Architectural Press, 1996Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.