Argentina · 18th century
Fuerte San Juan Bautista ranks #8,885 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #6 of the 6 mapped in Argentina. Founded 1781, it is older than 13% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Argentina compares in the castle statistics.
The Fuerte San Juan Bautista, or San Juan Bautista de Chascomús, was a fortified post that formed part of the defensive line of the territory of Buenos Aires on its frontier with the Indians. Located in the present-day Partido of Chascomús, it gave rise to its head town, the city of Chascomús.
Machine-translated from “Fuerte de Chascomús” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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