India · 14th century
Kondapalli Fort ranks #3,630 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #139 of the 223 mapped in India. Founded 1360, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,504 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. See how India compares in the castle statistics.
Kondapalli Fort, also locally known as Kondapalli Kota and Kondapalli Quilla, lies to the west of Kondapalli in Ibrahimpatnam mandal of NTR district in Andhra Pradesh, India was built by Prolaya Vema Reddy of Reddi Kingdom during the 14th century CE. It was initially built as a leisure place and business center and later served as a military training base for the British rulers. According to some other historians it was built in 1360 CE by Anna Vema Reddy after he captured Kondapalli from Mudigonda Chalukyas, the fort has been home to several dynasties, from the Reddi rulers Gajapati dynasty to the Nizam Nawabs, and then the East India Company.
Text adapted from “Kondapalli Fort” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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