Cuba · 17th century
The Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (also known by the less formal title of Castillo del Morro or as San Pedro de la Roca Castle) is a fortress located on the coast of the Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba. About 6 miles (10 km) southwest of the city centre, it overlooks the bay. The fortress was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997, cited as the best preserved and most complete example of Spanish-American military architecture.
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Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca ranks #1,486 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #4 of the 12 mapped in Cuba. Founded c. 1650, it is older than 25% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 721 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,683 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. See how Cuba compares in the castle statistics.
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