Erected on the bank of the Loire river, it was a strategic fortress, controlling river traffic between Chinon and Saumur.

Set in a beautiful landscape, Chepstow has been a strategic fortress for hundreds of years.

Besieged several time during the Hundred Years' War, it became a strategic fortress at the end of the 15th century, during the Mad War.

He later landed on Apulia in Italy and captured several strategic fortresses.

Komárom a city in Hungary, and the site of an old strategic fortress often referred to as Comorn in old sources.

The fortress of Ulm became a major strategic fortress able to accommodate 100,000 men and their equipment.

This king allowed the construction of the strategic fortress at Chaliyam.

The Chandelas captured the strategic fortress of Gwalior c. 950.

Shah Abbas desired to capture the strategic fortress on Kandahar since he had lost it in 1595.

There Spain managed to capture the strategic fortress of Schenkenschans by surprise.