List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls

Many buildings in Egypt can be put under the classification of Castles, Citadels, Forts, Fortifications.

Northern Egypt & Delta

 * Fortification of Memphis
 * Fort of Walls of the Prince (inebw heka), Eastern Delta.
 * Fortress of Wadi Natrun, western Delta.
 * Rhakotis fort, Alexandria
 * Thebes fortifications.
 * Tahpanhes fort or Castle of the Jew's Daughter
 * Heliopolis Fortifications.

Upper Egypt

 * Kom el-Ahmar (Hierakonpolis) fortifications
 * Fortress of Abydos
 * Shunet ez Zebib forts near Abydos
 * Medinet Habu New Kingdom fortification
 * El-Kab fortifications

Sinai

 * The Way of Horus coastal forts, Sinai
 * Tharu castle, Sinai
 * Qantara East fort, Sinai
 * Kolsum castle, Suez
 * Boto Fort of Seti I, (Qatia area), Sinai.
 * Tell-Huba Fortress, Sinai
 * Pelusium Fort,
 * Tharu city fortifications.

Western Desert

 * Siwa Oasis fortification, Western desert of Egypt
 * QasrAllam fort

Nubia

 * The ancient castle at Buhen
 * Fort of Kubban, Nubia
 * Semna fortification
 * Kumma fort
 * Aniba Fort
 * Uronarti fort
 * Mirgissa fort
 * Shalfak fort
 * Askut fort
 * Senusret I-III seventeen south fortresses.
 * Dabenarti fort
 * Faras Fort
 * Serra Fort.
 * Shalfak Fort

Persian

 * Persian fort of Rhakortis, North coast

Cairo

 * Fort Babylon, Cairo.

Delta

 * Naucratis Greek fort

Kharga Oasis

 * Ain Umm Dabadib fort, Kharga Oasis.
 * El Deir fort, Kharga Oasis.
 * Qasr el Labeka fort, Kharga Oasis.


 * Qasr Sumaria fort, Kharga Oasis.
 * Qasr el Geb fort, Kharga Oasis.
 * Al-Haiz fort, Bahariya Oasis.
 * Nadura fort, Kharga Oasis
 * Qasr el-Ghueita fort, Kharga Oasis
 * Qasr el-Zayyan fort, Kharga Oasis

Red Sea

 * Castellum of Badia, Gebel Abu Dukhan, near Hurghada, Red Sea
 * Abu Sha'ar Fort, Red Sea.

Fayoum

 * Temple of Stones fort, Fayoum.

Lower Egypt

 * Al-Heita fort, Eastern desert, Qena.

Sinai

 * Saint Catherine's Monastery fortification, St. Catherine mountain, Sinai ( by Justinian I 548–565)

North coast

 * Alexandria fortifications
 * Tapsiris Magna Fortress, Alexandria
 * Der el Memun, Crocodilopolis fort where Anthony the Great lived.

Cairo

 * Cairo Citadel, Mukkattam, Cairo
 * Ayyubid Cairo City Fortification
 * Gates of Cairo
 * Al Fustat city walls

Alexandria

 * Citadel of Qaitbay, Alexandria
 * Fortification of Bab Rosetta, Alexandria
 * Qaitbey Citadel, Rosetta (known as Fort Julien)

Red Sea & Western desert

 * Quseir Castle

Sinai

 * Salah El-Din castle, Pharaoh's Island, Sinai
 * Nweiba' Castle
 * Qalaat Al-Gindi, Ras Sedr, Sinai
 * Al-Arish citadel
 * Nakhl citadel
 * Farma citadel
 * El Tina castle, North Sinai

Eastern desert

 * Siwa oasis fort
 * Shali fortified village, Siwa Oasis.

Alexandria & North coast

 * Fort Julien, Rosetta Fort.
 * Agami Fort, Alexandria (by French occupation)
 * Abu Qir Castle (was used by Mohammed Ali as a prison)

Western Desert

 * Mersa Matruh Fortifications (1941 AD)
 * Sidi Barrani Fortifications (1941 AD)
 * Alam el Halfa Fortifications (1941 AD)
 * Sollum fortified base camp (1941 AD)
 * Halfaya Pass Fortification (1941 AD)
 * Bir-Hakeim fort (1942 AD)

Sinai

 * Al-Arish castle
 * Sharm El-Sheikh fortification by Egypt (1954 AD)
 * Castle Zaman, Sinai

Suez canal

 * Adgerud castle, Suez.
 * Kolsum castle, Suez.
 * Bar Lev Line
 * Fort Lahtzanit
 * Fort Budapest

Red Sea & Eastern Desert

 * Green Island (Egypt) Fortification, Red Sea (1969 AD)
 * Shadwan island fortifications, Red Sea (1960s AD)

Western Desert

 * Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, a Ramesside fort near the Libyan coast where Egyptian blue was found

Alexandria

 * Qaitbey Castle.
 * Fort Pharos
 * Fort Silsileh
 * Fort Adda
 * Fort Ras-el-Tin
 * Fort Marabout
 * Fort Adjemi
 * Marza-el-Kana
 * Citadel of Mex
 * Fort Kamaria
 * Fort Omuk Kebebe
 * Fort Saleh Aga

Rosetta

 * Fort Julien

Port Said

 * El Gamil

Damietta

 * Ezzbet El-Borg Defensive tower.
 * Urabi Fort.
 * Old Damietta city wall & Fortifications.

Sinai Castles, Forts, Fortifications and citadels

 * 13th century BC The Way of Horus coastel & Sinai forts.
 * 13th century BC Tharu castle.
 * 13th century BC Boto Fort (by Seti I), (Qatia area), Sinai.
 * 13th century BC Tel Habwa Fort (by Seti I), (Qantara area), Sinai
 * 13th century BC Tel Kadwa Fort, Sinai
 * 13th century BC Tel Al Hebr Fort, Sinai
 * 13th century BC Kharouba Fort, Sinai
 * 13th century BC Baer Al-Abd Fort, Sinai
 * Unknown time Pharonic El Tina castle, Beer Al Abd, North Sinai
 * Circa 100 BC Ptolemaic Fort of Tal Abou Sayfi, South of Qantara Sharq city.
 * 200 AD Roman Fort of Tal Abou Sayfi, South of Qantara Sharq city (by Emperor Maximinus Thrax).
 * Unknown time Roman Lahfen castle near Al-Arish.
 * St Catherine's Monastery fortification, St. Catherine mountain, Sinai.
 * 640 AD Farma (Pelusium) citadel.
 * 7th century AD Justinian's Strasini Fort, Tel Felosiyia, near Pelusium.
 * 7th century AD Garha Roman fort, on Bardawil lake, North Sinai.
 * Unknown time Byzantine fort, qaseema, Hosna, Middle Sinai.
 * Unknown time Al-Mohammadyia Arabic Fort, Beer Al Abd, North Sinai.
 * 1115 AD Al-Soubak Fort (by Baldwin), Wadi Araba.
 * 1116 Ad Aiyla fort (by Baldwin), Aiyla city, Aqaba bay.
 * 1116 AD Pharaoh Island Fort (by Baldwin), Aqaba bay.
 * 1117 AD Wadi Musa fort (by Baldwin).
 * 1181 AD Aiyla Island Castle (by Ayyobids).
 * 1182 AD Salah El-Din castle Sedr, Sinai.
 * 1184 AD Qalaat Al-Gindi (by Saladin), Ras Sedr, Sinai.
 * 1184 AD Salah El-Din castle, Taba (Pharaoh Island), Sinai.
 * 1516 AD Al-Arish citadel (by Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri).
 * 1516 AD Al-Baghla fort (by Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri).
 * 1516 AD Naqab Al-Aqaba Fort(by Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri).
 * 1516 AD An-Nakhl Fortress (by Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri).
 * 1799 AD Qatiyah Fort, West of sinai (by General Lograng of Napoleon Army).
 * 1799 Siege of El Arish Castle
 * 1893 Nuweiba Castle.
 * 1910s Turkish Fortifications at Hosna, middle Sinai.
 * 1910s Turkish Fortifications at Al-Arish Castle, North Sinai.
 * 1910s Turkish Fortifications at Nekhel, Sinai.
 * 1910s Turkish Fortifications at Salah El Din Castle, South Sinai.
 * 1960s & 1970s Egyptian Defensive fortifications built by Egyptian Armed forces during the Attrition war on the Western bank of Suez canal & Bar Lev Line of fortifications on Eastern side of Suez Canal (by Israel occupation forces).
 * 1990s Tourestic Castle Zaman, Sinai
 * Unknown time Ain al Qudairat Fort, Hosna, North Sinai.