🇮🇳 India
7 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 Ludlow Castle, Delhi, 1 km north-east of the city centre; the most famous is Red Fort — #23 of 7,738 worldwide — 3 km south-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Siri Fort, founded 1303.
Every one of them stands in India — the country page shows the full national picture.
3 km south-east · Fortress · #23 worldwide
The Red Fort is a historic Mughal fort located in the Old Delhi area of Delhi, India.
1 km south-east · Fortress · #381 worldwide
Shahjahanabad, colloquially known as Old Delhi, is a place in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India.
7 km south-east · Fortress
Purana Qila is one of the oldest forts in Delhi, India. It was built by the second Mughal Emperor Humayun and Surid Sultan Sher Shah Suri.
18 km south · Ruin
Tughluqabad Fort is a ruined fort in Delhi, India. Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty and ruler of the Delhi Sultanate,…
13 km south · Ruin
Siri Fort, in the city of Delhi, was built during the rule of Alauddin Khalji, second ruler of Khalji Dynasty, of Delhi Sultanate to defend the city…
2 km east · Fortress
Salimgarh Fort was built in 1546 CE in Old Delhi, on what was then an island of the Yamuna River, by Salim Shah Suri, the son of Sher Shah Suri.
1 km north-east · Castle
Ludlow Castle, Delhi was a building located in the Civil Lines in Delhi, India, which for a time during East India Company rule in the first half of…
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1353.
The Castlemap atlas maps 7 landmarks (1 castle · 4 fortresses · 2 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Delhi, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Ludlow Castle, Delhi, a castle 1 km north-east of the city centre.
Red Fort, ranked #23 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 3 km south-east from Delhi.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Siri Fort, founded 1303 — 13 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Jaipur (238 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
