bastion fort

A bastion fort or trace italienne is a fortification in a style developed during the early modern period in response to the ascendancy of gunpowder weapons such as cannon, which rendered earlier medieval approaches to fortification obsolete. It appeared in the mid-fifteenth century in Italy. Some types, especially when combined with ravelins and other outworks, resembled the related star fort of the same era.

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bastion fort; star fort; trace italienne
artillery fort, fortification, 

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  Cove Fort ⓘ
  Ireland - an 18th-century fort and land battery in Cork Harbour, Ireland

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  Kanagawa Battery ⓘ
  

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  Klaipėda Castle ⓘ
  castle in Lithuania

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  Fort Cornwallis ⓘ
  bastion fort in George Town, Penang, Malaysia

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  Fort Dirks Admiraal ⓘ
  fort in Den Helder

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  Hekirichi Bastion Fort ⓘ
  first star-shaped Bastion fort in Japan

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  Magazine Fort ⓘ
  bastion fort and magazine in Dublin, Ireland  

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  Fort Saint Elmo ⓘ
  fortification in Malta

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  Citadel of Pamplona ⓘ
  cultural property in Pamplona, Spain

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  Fort San Diego ⓘ
  fort in Acapulco, Guerrero

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  Castle of Good Hope ⓘ
  17th-century bastion fort in Cape Town, South African

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  Real Cittadella ⓘ
  fort in Messina, Sicily

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  Fort Manoel ⓘ
  Star fort in Gzira, Malta

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  Bastion, caponier and cavalier Hamilton ⓘ
  Bastion Hamilton in Susisaari, Suomenlinna, Finland

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  Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
  18th-century star fort in northern New York in the United States  

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  Matara Star Fort ⓘ
  18th-century Dutch fort in Matara, Sri Lanka

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  Fort McHenry ⓘ
  United States fort in Baltimore, Maryland

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  San Carlos Fortress ⓘ
  Spanish-built fort in Perote, Mexico

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  Kärnäkoski Fortress ⓘ
  fortress in Savitaipale, Finland

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  Fort Marshall ⓘ
  former United States fort in Baltimore, Maryland, US

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  Goryōkaku ⓘ
  fortress

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  Tatsuoka Castle ⓘ
  Japanese star-fort style castle in Saku, Nagano prefecture, Japan

Frameless

L'Espagnol sans gand (BM 1861,1012.250)

Bonito - Ferdinando e Filippo Pasquale

Fortyfikacje

Caesar Boetius van Everdingen - Officieren van de Oude Schutterij - 020934 - Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar

Collage LACMA M.88.102.5

Fotothek df tg 0003945 Architektur ^ Festungsbau

SA 7420-Schutters van de compagnie van kapitein Albert Coenraetsz. Burgh en luitenant Pieter Evertsz. Hulft-Korporaalschap van kapitein Albert Coenraetsz. Burgh en luitenant Pieter Evertsz. Hulft

The Tedious Story (c. 1872)

Plan of a typical fortress in the 17th century

Arnoult Nicolas-La Veuve btv1b8406772t

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	artillery battery		Cove Fort	land battery, star fort	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1860	Kanagawa Battery	daiba, star fort	Wikidata
site	castle	1300	Klaipėda Castle	Ordensburg, star fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Cornwallis	star fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Dirks Admiraal	star fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Hekirichi Bastion Fort	Japanese castle, star fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Magazine Fort	star fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1552	Fort Saint Elmo	star fort, Heritage Malta	Wikidata
site	fort	1571	Citadel of Pamplona	monument, art exhibition, citadel, urban park, star fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1616	Fort San Diego	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, star fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1666	Castle of Good Hope	star fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1680	Real Cittadella	star fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1723	Fort Manoel	star fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1753	Bastion, caponier and cavalier Hamilton	star fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1754	Fort Ticonderoga	star fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1763	Matara Star Fort	Government of Sri Lanka, star fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1776	Fort McHenry	historic site, National Park Service, star fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1776	San Carlos Fortress	monument, fortress, museum, star fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1791	Kärnäkoski Fortress	star fort, fortress	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Marshall	star fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1866	Goryōkaku	star fort, castle ruin in Japan, fortress, park	Wikidata
site	fort	1867	Tatsuoka Castle	Japanese castle, star fort	Wikidata
commons	image		L'Espagnol sans gand (BM 1861,1012.250)		Commons
commons	image		Bonito - Ferdinando e Filippo Pasquale		Commons
commons	image		Fortyfikacje		Commons
commons	image		Caesar Boetius van Everdingen - Officieren van de Oude Schutterij - 020934 - Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar		Commons
commons	image		Collage LACMA M.88.102.5		Commons
commons	image		Fotothek df tg 0003945 Architektur ^ Festungsbau		Commons
commons	image		SA 7420-Schutters van de compagnie van kapitein Albert Coenraetsz. Burgh en luitenant Pieter Evertsz. Hulft-Korporaalschap van kapitein Albert Coenraetsz. Burgh en luitenant Pieter Evertsz. Hulft		Commons
commons	image		The Tedious Story (c. 1872)		Commons
commons	image		Plan of a typical fortress in the 17th century		Commons
commons	image		Arnoult Nicolas-La Veuve btv1b8406772t		Commons