Italy · 14th century
The Carmine Castle (Italian: Castello del Carmine) was a castle in Naples, Italy. It was one of the fortifications built by the Spaniards under viceroy Pedro Álvarez de Toledo in the mid-16th century as part of the Spanish plans to surround the city with walls and forts. It stood at what was then the south-east corner of the walled city, that wall then turning in to the north. The fortress had great strategic value in the military history of the city up to and including the defense of the Neapolitan Republic of 1799 against the returning royalist forces of King Ferdinand IV. The castle was partially demolished in 1900 as part of Naples' great urban renewal to make room for a road along the sea. Two towers and fragmentary ruins still stand as historic markers.
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Carmine Castle ranks #3,839 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #293 of the 560 mapped in Italy. Founded 1382, it is older than 53% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 24 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Naples, 2 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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