fortress
large fort
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Summary
fortress ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,929 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: fort[2], military installation[3]
- Commons category: Fortresses[4]
- Topic's main category: Category:Fortresses[5]
- OpenStreetMap tag: castle_type=fortress[6]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[14]
- Topic has template: Шаблон:Крепость[15]
- Different from: stronghold[16], sea fort[17], Fortezza[18], Крепость (село)[19], fortification[20]
- Position held by head of the organization: Q127509920[21]
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Influence
Things named for fortress include Dwarf Fortress[22], a video game[23]; rook[24]; and Berd[25], a city or town in Armenia[26], in Armenia[27], founded in 0898[28].
Why It Matters
fortress has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] fortress is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
Entities named for fortress include Dwarf Fortress[22], a video game[23]; rook[24]; and Berd[25], a city or town in Armenia[26], in Armenia[27], founded in 0898[28].