Switzerland · 10th century
Castel Grande is a castle in the town of Bellinzona in Switzerland. Also known as Castel Vecchio, the Castle of San Michele or the Castle of Uri, in 2000 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the castles of Montebello and Sasso Corbaro and the town's walls.
Machine-translated from “Castelgrande (castello)” on the Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castelgrande ranks #1,970 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #15 of the 213 mapped in Switzerland. Founded c. 950, it is older than 92% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 192 atlas entries founded in the 10th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,499 times in the last 60 days, more than 85% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Lugano, 21 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.
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