🇮🇹 Italy
53 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 Strozzi, 1 km west of the city centre; the most famous is Monteriggioni — #52 of 8,133 worldwide — 45 km south. The oldest dated site in the circle is Castello di Montecuccolo, founded c. 1050.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Italy (51), San Marino (2).
1 km south-east · 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,…
1 km north · 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…
1 km west · 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…
1 km west · Palace & château
Palazzo Rucellai is a palatial fifteenth-century townhouse on the Via della Vigna Nuova in Florence, Italy.
19 km south-east · Palace & château
Sammezzano, or the Castle of Sammezzano, is an Italian palazzo in Tuscany featuring Moorish Revival architectural style.
6 km north · 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…
17 km west · 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.
1 km south · Fortress
The Forte di Belvedere or Fortezza di Santa Maria in San Giorgio del Belvedere is a fortification in Florence, Italy.
1 km south-west · Palace & château
Palazzo Davanzati is a palace in Florence, Italy. It houses the Museum of the Old Florentine House.
1 km north · Fortress
Fortezza da Basso is a fort inserted in the fourteenth century walls of Florence. Its official name is the Fortress of Saint John the Baptist.
1 km south-west · Palace & château
Palazzo Spini Feroni is a large Gothic palace located along Via de' Tornabuoni at the corner of Piazza Santa Trinita, in central Florence, Tuscany,…
17 km north-west · Castle
The Castello dell'Imperatore is a medieval fortress located in Prato, Italy. It is a castle with crenellated walls and towers.
+ 6 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
45 km south · Castle · #52 worldwide
Monteriggioni is a comune in the province of Siena in the Italian region of Tuscany. The town is architecturally and culturally significant.
51 km south · Palace & château
The Palazzo Pubblico is a historic palace in Siena, Tuscany, in central Italy.
53 km north · Castle
Rocchetta Mattei is an eclectic 19th-century castle located near the village of Riola, Emilia-Romagna, in the municipality of Grizzana Morandi,…
50 km south · Palace & château
Palazzo Salimbeni is a Gothic style urban palace located on the Piazza Salimbeni, just off Via Banchi di Sopra in the Terzo di Camollia of the city…
38 km south-west · Castle
Torre Grossa is the tallest tower in San Gimignano, standing at 54 m high. It is one of the most iconic and well-known medieval towers in Tuscany.
51 km south · Palace & château
The Palazzo Chigi-Saracini is a Gothic urban palace on the Via di Città in the Terzo di Città in central Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
38 km south-west · Palace & château
The Palazzo Comunale, also known as the Palazzo del Popolo of San Gimignano has been the seat of the civic authority in the comune since the 13th…
50 km south · Fortress
Siena’s Fortezza Medicea is a fort built in the city between 1561 and 1563 on the orders of Duke Cosimo, a few years before he became the first…
43 km south-east · Castle
The Castello di Brolio is a rural castle, palace and gardens located in San Regolo, in the municipality of Gaiole in Chianti, about 20 km NE of…
38 km south-west · Castle
Torre Rognosa is a 51-metre tower located in San Gimignano, built in the 13th century and owned by Gregori family first and then the Oti family.
38 km south-west · Castle
Devil's Tower is a tower located in the north of San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy, which flanks the Palazzo Cortesi.
27 km south-west · Castle
Castello di Oliveto is an ancient castle built in the 15th century by the Pucci family. The castle is in Castelfiorentino in the province of Florence.
98 km east · Castle
The Three Towers of San Marino are a group of towers located in San Marino. Located on the three peaks of Monte Titano in the capital, also called…
97 km east · Palace & château
The Palazzo Pubblico is the city hall of the City of San Marino. It is where official state ceremonies take place, and it is the seat of the…
81 km north · 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.
81 km north · Palace & château
Palazzo Re Enzo is a palace located on Piazza del Nettuno, 1 in the historic center of Bologna, northern Italy.
80 km north · 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…
85 km south-east · Palace & château
Palazzo Piccolomini is a palace in the center of Pienza, Italy, next to the Duomo.
81 km north · 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…
89 km east · Fortress
The Fortress of San Leo is a castle on the border of the Romagna and Marche regions of Italy.
81 km north · 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…
80 km west · Fortress
The Old Fortress of Livorno is a castle in Livorno, Italy. The Old Fortress is a successor building to a medieval fort built by the city of Pisa in…
89 km north-east · Fortress
The Rocca Malatestiana is a fortress in Cesena, Italy. The current structure is the third fortress built on the site, near the remains of two earlier…
61 km south-east · Palace & château
The Casa Vasari is a building at 55 via XX Settembre in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy.
+ 11 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q2044.
The Castlemap atlas maps 53 landmarks (13 castles · 6 fortresses · 34 palaces & châteaux) within 100 km of the centre of Florence, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Palazzo Strozzi, a palace 1 km west of the city centre.
Monteriggioni, ranked #52 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 45 km south from Florence.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Castello di Montecuccolo, founded c. 1050 — 70 km north-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Bologna (81 km) · Ferrara (122 km) · Viterbo (165 km) · Terni (176 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
