Atarés Castle

The Castillo de Santo Domingo de Atarés is a small hexagonal hilltop fort in Havana built in 1767. Work commenced in 1763, around the same time as initial work on Castillo del Príncipe. It is located on La loma de Soto above the harbour. In 1982, the fort was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, along with other historic sites in Old Havana, because of the city's importance in the European conquest of the New World, its fortifications, and its unique architecture.

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Atarés Castle ranks #4,827 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #8 of the 11 mapped in Cuba. Founded 1767, it is older than 18% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 329 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Cuba compares in the castle statistics.

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