Spain
Castillo de San Lorenzo de Puntales ranks #7,470 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #390 of the 606 mapped in Spain. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Cádiz, 4 km away. It is one of the 123 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Andalusia. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
The Castillo de San Lorenzo de Puntales, also known as the Castle of Puntales, was, together with those of San Luis and Matagorda, part of the complex defensive system installed in the city of Cádiz, Spain, during the Peninsular War, to control the entrance to the bay. It stands in the Plaza de San Lorenzo del Puntal in the district of the same name, the Puntales district.
Machine-translated from “Castillo de San Lorenzo del Puntal” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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