🇮🇹 Italy
52 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Palazzo del Podestà, Bologna, 1 km north-east of the city centre; the most famous is Palazzo Vecchio — #67 of 8,133 worldwide — 81 km south. The oldest dated site in the circle is Canossa Castle, founded c. 950.
Every one of them stands in Italy — the country page shows the full national picture.
1 km west · Palace & château
Palazzo d'Accursio is a palace once formulated to house major administrative offices of the city of Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
1 km north-east · Palace & château
Palazzo Re Enzo is a palace located on Piazza del Nettuno, 1 in the historic center of Bologna, northern Italy.
1 km south · Palace & château
The Archiginnasio of Bologna is one of the most important buildings in the city of Bologna; once the main building of the University of Bologna, it…
1 km north-east · Palace & château
The Palazzo del Podestà is a civic building in Bologna, northern Italy. The edifice was built around 1200 as the seat of the local podestà, the…
1 km south-east · Palace & château
Palazzo dei Banchi is a Renaissance-style palace façade located on the eastern flank of the Piazza Maggiore in the center of Bologna, region of…
1 km south · Palace & château
Palazzo dei Notai is a historic building in Bologna, Italy. It faces Piazza Maggiore, between the basilica di San Petronio and palazzo d'Accursio.
1 km north-east · Palace & château
The original Palazzo Bentivoglio was a palace in Bologna, which was destroyed by a mob in 1507.
1 km north-east · Palace & château
Palazzo Magnani is a Renaissance palace located on Via Zamboni number 20 in central Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy, built by the Magnani…
1 km north · Palace & château
Palazzo Fava or Palazzo Fava-Ghisilieri is a historic palace at 2 via Manzoni in Bologna, now housing art exhibitions and the Caffè Letterario…
1 km south-east · Palace & château
The Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio is a medieval palace located on Via Castiglione number 8, in central Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
1 km north · Palace & château
Palazzo Ghisilardi Fava is a Renaissance style palace, located on via Manzoni 4 in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy; it houses the Medieval…
44 km north-east · Castle
The Castello Estense or castello di San Michele is a moated medieval castle in the center of Ferrara, northern Italy.
44 km north-east · Palace & château
Palazzo Schifanoia is a Renaissance palace in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna built for the Este family.
44 km north-east · Palace & château
The Palazzo dei Diamanti is a Renaissance palace located on Corso Ercole I d'Este 21 in Ferrara, a city in the Italian region of Emilia Romagna.
37 km north-west · Palace & château
The Ducal Palace of Modena is a Baroque palace in Modena, Italy. It was the residence of the Este Dukes of Modena between 1452 and 1859.
38 km south-west · Castle
Rocchetta Mattei is an eclectic 19th-century castle located near the village of Riola, Emilia-Romagna, in the municipality of Grizzana Morandi,…
49 km north-west · Castle
The Castle of the Pico is a castle in the city center of Mirandola, in the province of Modena, Italy.
45 km west · Palace & château
The Ducal Palace of Sassuolo is a Baroque villa located in the town of Sassuolo, thirty minutes outside Modena, northern Italy.
48 km north-west · Castle
The Castello dei Pio, also Palazzo dei Pio, is a castle complex dating from the 11th to the 17th century in the medieval centre of Carpi in the…
47 km south-west · Castle
Montecuccolo Castle is a castle in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena, Italy. The castle was the birthplace of the 17th-century condottiero Raimondo…
44 km north-east · Fortress
The Castello dei Curtensi, also Castello dei Cortesi, was the old Byzantine castrum of Ferrara in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna.
81 km south · Palace & château · #67 worldwide
The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's David statue,…
80 km south · Palace & château · #250 worldwide
The Palazzo Medici, also called the Palazzo Medici Riccardi after the later family that acquired and expanded it, is a 15th-century Renaissance…
85 km north-west · Palace & château · #362 worldwide
Palazzo del Te, or simply Palazzo Te, is a palace in the suburbs of Mantua, Italy.
81 km south · Palace & château
Palazzo Strozzi is a palace in Florence, Italy. It is located in the historic centre between the homonymous Via Strozzi and Piazza Strozzi, and Via…
86 km north-west · Palace & château
The Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, also known as the Gonzaga Palace, is one of the city's main historic buildings.
71 km west · Ruin
The Castle of Canossa is a castle in Canossa, province of Reggio Emilia, northern Italy, especially known for being the location of the Road to…
81 km south · Palace & château
Palazzo Rucellai is a palatial fifteenth-century townhouse on the Via della Vigna Nuova in Florence, Italy.
89 km south · Palace & château
Sammezzano, or the Castle of Sammezzano, is an Italian palazzo in Tuscany featuring Moorish Revival architectural style.
76 km south · Palace & château
The Villa di Castello, near the hills bordering Florence, Tuscany, central Italy, was the country residence of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of…
88 km north-west · Palace & château
The Palazzo della Pilotta is a complex of edifices located between Piazzale della Pace and the Lungoparma in the historical centre of Parma, region…
79 km south · Palace & château
The Medici Villa of Poggio a Caiano, also called Ambra, is one of the most famous Medici villas and is located in Poggio a Caiano.
82 km south · Fortress
The Forte di Belvedere or Fortezza di Santa Maria in San Giorgio del Belvedere is a fortification in Florence, Italy.
+ 19 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1891.
The Castlemap atlas maps 52 landmarks (11 castles · 5 fortresses · 35 palaces & châteaux · 1 ruin) within 100 km of the centre of Bologna, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Palazzo del Podestà, Bologna, a palace 1 km north-east of the city centre.
Palazzo Vecchio, ranked #67 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 81 km south from Bologna.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Canossa Castle, founded c. 950 — 71 km west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Ferrara (44 km) · Florence (81 km) · Padua (110 km) · Vicenza (119 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
