Spain · 16th century
Castillo de San Antón is a 16th-century castle which formed part, together with the Castle of Santa Cruz and the Castle of San Diego, of a strategic network of castles and batteries to defend the city of La Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It was declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1949 and since 1994 has been considered an asset of cultural interest with the category of Monument.
Since its opening in 1968 it has housed the Archaeological and Historical Museum of La Coruña.
Machine-translated from “Castillo de San Antón (La Coruña)” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castillo de San Antón ranks #3,385 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #130 of the 606 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 36% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 886 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,339 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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