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
  • Fortress: Sniper's Eye, a 2022 sequel

Games

  • Fortress (chess), an endgame drawing technique
  • Fortress (solitaire), a solitaire or patience playing card game
  • Fortress (1983 video game) for Atari 8-bit computers 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
  • The Fortress (TV show), a Norwegian TV show, aired on Viaplay

Other uses

  • Fortress (programming language), a Sun Microsystems language
  • Fortress Investment Group, an asset management firm
  • "The Fortress," the nickname for T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada in honor its primary tenant, the Vegas Golden Knights

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