Fortress
Fort Macquarie
🇦🇺 Australia · 19th century
Fort Macquarie was a square castellated battlement fort built in 1798 at Bennelong Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the site where the Sydney Opera House now stands. It was demolished in 1901 to make way for the Fort Macquarie Tram Depot.
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Fort Macquarie ranks #3,501 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #3 of the 3 mapped in Australia. Founded 1817, it is older than 13% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 336 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Australia compares in the castle statistics.
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