Spain · 16th century
The Castillo de San Felipe, in Spanish Castillo de San Felipe, is a former military fortress located in the municipality of Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain).
The castle is one of the four former forts that defended the town. Construction began in 1599. The present castle was built between 1641 and 1655. In the 19th century it was renovated over time as it had deteriorated. Declared unusable for army purposes in 1924, it was decommissioned.
Machine-translated from “Château de San Felipe (Puerto de la Cruz)” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castillo de San Felipe (Puerto de la Cruz) ranks #4,640 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #192 of the 606 mapped in Spain. Founded 1599, it is older than 31% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 886 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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