Nyköping, Sweden
11th century
Lysekil, Sweden
1000 - 500 BC
Sparlösa, Sweden
c. 800 AD
Knivsta, Sweden
500-1000 AD
Trelleborg, Sweden
3000 - 2500 BC
Uppsala, Sweden
11th century
Katthammarsvik, Sweden
100 AD
Sandby, Sweden
c. 480 AD
Upplands Väsby, Sweden
400-500 AD
Enköping, Sweden
1700-500 BC
Åtvidaberg, Sweden
6th century
Krokom, Sweden
6200 - 5500 BC
Mörbylånga, Öland, Sweden
ca. 950-1000 AD
Offerdal, Sweden
7000 - 2000 BC
Halmstad, Sweden
2300-1800 BC
Domsjö, Sweden
400-600 AD
Pålsboda, Sweden
400-600 AD
Torhamn, Sweden
1700-550 BC
Ronneby, Sweden
500-700 AD
Bollstabruk, Sweden
Goryōkaku (五稜郭) (literally, 'five-point fort') is a star fort in the Japanese city of Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido. The fortress was completed in 1866. It was the main fortress of the short-lived Republic of Ezo.
Goryōkaku was designed in 1855 by Takeda Ayasaburō and Jules Brunet. Their plans was based on the work of the French architect Vauban. The fortress was completed in 1866, two years before the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate. It is shaped like a five-pointed star. This allowed for greater numbers of gun emplacements on its walls than a traditional Japanese fortress, and reduced the number of blind spots where a cannon could not fire.
The fort was built by the Tokugawa shogunate to protect the Tsugaru Strait against a possible invasion by the Meiji government.
Goryōkaku is famous as the site of the last battle of the Boshin War.