Spain · 13th century
The Castell de Sant Joan (in Spanish Castillo de San Juan) is a castle situated on the summit of the Sant Joan hill in Blanes in Catalonia (Spain), from which an exceptional panorama of the town, of the comarca of La Selva and, on clear days, even of Montjuïc in Barcelona can be seen.
The castle was built in the middle of the 13th century upon a pre-existing fortification, and in the 16th century a watchtower was raised to keep watch on the sea and to prevent the raids of the Saracen pirates who infested the Mediterranean Sea. Near the castle stands the Ermita de Sant Joan.
Machine-translated from “Castell de Sant Joan” on the Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castell de Sant Joan ranks #5,231 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #228 of the 606 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1090 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Girona, 34 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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