Tag:castle_type=fortress
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 castle_type = fortress
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A fortress. 
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| Group: historic |
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| Status: de facto |
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A 
fortress or fortified settlement is a heavily fortified structure with military use. A difference between a fortress and a fort is that fortresses provide permanent residence, whereas forts in most cases do not.
How to map
Set a node at the center of the fortress or draw an area along its outline.
Tag with historic=castle and castle_type=fortress.
If the fortress has a moat around it, map the outline of the moat and tag it with natural=water + water=moat.
Tags used in combination
name=*- name of fortressstart_date=*- year of completionarchitect=*- name(s) of the person(s) who designed the fortressheritage=*- if the fortress has a heritage statusruins=yes- if the fortress is in ruinswikimedia_commons=File:name- File name of a photo from Wikimedia Commonswikipedia=*- a link to Wikipedia's articlewikidata=*- an ID of the specific Wikidata item
Similar tags
historic=fort- fortification with no permanent residencecastle_type=stately- stately home (château)castle_type=defensive- defensive castledefensive_works=*- individual defensive structures at a fortress