Castillo San José

Castillo San José (also called Castillo Blanco or del Rosario) was a Spanish fort built during the Captaincy in the city of Valparaíso in the region of the same name. The castle was built between 1682 and 1692 at the request of the then Governor of Chile José de Garro, hence its name. Partially destroyed in the earthquake of 1730, its demolition was decided after it suffered irreparable damage in the earthquake of 1822.

Machine-translated from “Castillo San José” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castillo San José ranks #8,004 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #15 of the 16 mapped in Chile. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Chile compares in the castle statistics.

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