Fortress
Fuerte Castamata
🇲🇽 Mexico
The word Casamata derives from the Latin casa armata, meaning 'armed house'. From its construction, this fort was the defensive installation of Matamoros during the 19th century. This building was reserved for military use and served as a store for ammunition, weapons and other military items.
Machine-translated from “Fuerte Casamata” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fuerte Castamata ranks #8,025 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #11 of the 11 mapped in Mexico. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Mexico compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Fuerte Castamata?
Fuerte Castamata stands in Mexico, at 25.87816°, -97.49724°.
How famous is Fuerte Castamata?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #8,025 of 8,134 worldwide, and #11 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 Fuerte Castamata?
Fort Brown, about 1 km away.
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