Fortress (disambiguation) explained

A fortress is a fortification, a defensive military construction.

Fortress or The Fortress may also refer to:

Places

• Fortress Pass, a pass on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
• The Fortress (Alberta), a mountain in Canada
  • Fortress Mountain Resort, Alberta
• The Fortress (Antarctica), a geological formation

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics

• Fortress (comics), a character from Image Comics

Films

• The Fortress (1947 film), written by George Zuckerman
• Fortress (1985 film), an Australian thriller film directed by Arch Nicholson
• Fortress (1992 film), a science fiction action film starring Christopher Lambert directed by Stuart Gordon
• The Fortress (1979 film) (Az erőd), a 1979 Hungarian science fiction film
• The Fortress (1994 film) (Pevnost), a 1994 Czech film by Drahomíra Vihanová
• Fortress (2012 film), a war film directed by Michael R. Phillips
• The Fortress (2017 film) (Namhan Sansong), a 2017 South Korean film
• Fortress (2021 film), an American film starring Bruce Willis

Games

• Fortress (chess), an endgame drawing technique
• Fortress (solitaire), a solitaire or patience playing card game
• Fortress (1983 video game) for the Atari 8-bit family and Apple II
• Fortress (1984 video game) for the BBC Micro
• Fortress (2001 video game) for the Game Boy Advance
• Fortress (2001 online video game), South Korean online game
• Fortress (cancelled video game), code name for a cancelled game circa 2008
• "Fortress," the English translation of the Yagura opening in shogi

Literature

• Fortress, a 1980 novel by Gabrielle Lord, on which the 1985 film was based
• The Fortress (Die Festung), a 1962 semi-autobiographical prison novel by Henry Jaeger
• The Fortress (Tvrđava), a 1970 Yugoslav novel by Meša Selimović
• The Fortress, a 1956 book by Raleigh Trevelyan
• The Fortress, a 1932 novel by Hugh Walpole
• Fortress Press, an imprint of 1517 Media

Music

• Fortress (Alter Bridge album), 2013
• Fortress (Miniature Tigers album), 2010
• Fortress (Protest the Hero album), 2008
• Fortress (Sister Hazel album), 2000
• "Fortress" (Thee Oh Sees song), 2016
• "Fortress", a song by Bloc Party from Hymns
• "Fortress", a song by Dala from This Moment Is a Flash
• "Fortress", a song by Illenium from Ashes
• "Fortress", a song by Robert Forster from Warm Nights

Television

• "The Fortress" (Flashpoint), an episode of Flashpoint
• "The Fortress" (How I Met Your Mother), a 2013 episode of How I Met Your Mother
• "The Fortress" (Joe 90), an episode of Joe 90

Other uses

• Fortress (programming language), a Sun Microsystems language
• Fortress Investment Group, an asset management firm

See also

• • Castle (disambiguation)
• Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez, widely known as "La Fortaleza", a multi-use stadium in Lanús, Argentina
• Fort (disambiguation)
• La Fortaleza ("The Fortress"), the official residence of the governor of Puerto Rico