Castle
Castillo de Santa Cecilia
🇲🇽 Mexico · 20th century
Castillo de Santa Cecilia is a hotel located in the city of Guanajuato, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. Manuel Quezada Brandy acquired the land of the former San Javier estate and began the construction of a building resembling a medieval castle in 1951. The castle was created to be a hotel and already had 20 rooms in 1952.
Machine-translated from “Castillo Santa Cecilia” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castillo de Santa Cecilia ranks #7,900 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #9 of the 11 mapped in Mexico. Founded c. 1950 — one of 169 atlas entries founded in the 20th century. See how Mexico compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Castillo de Santa Cecilia?
Castillo de Santa Cecilia stands in Mexico, at 21.03°, -101.25889°.
When was Castillo de Santa Cecilia built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1950. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Castillo de Santa Cecilia?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,900 of 8,134 worldwide, and #9 in Mexico. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Castillo de Santa Cecilia?
Chapultepec Castle, about 281 km away.
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