🇨🇺 Cuba
10 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 Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, 1 km north-east of the city centre; the most famous is San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress — #846 of 8,134 worldwide — 1 km north-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Castillo de la Real Fuerza, founded 1558.
Every one of them stands in Cuba — the country page shows the full national picture.
1 km north-east · Fortress
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, colloquially known as La Cabaña, is an 18th-century fortress complex, the third-largest in the Americas,…
1 km north-east · Fortress
The Castillo de la Real Fuerza is a bastion fort on the western side of the harbour in Havana, Cuba, set back from the entrance, and bordering the…
2 km north · Castle
The Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, also known as Castillo del Morro, is a fortress guarding the entrance to the Havana harbor.
1 km north-east · Palace & château
The Palacio de los Capitanes Generales is the former official residence of the Spanish Empire's governors of Havana, Cuba, and in the Post-Colonial…
1 km north · Fortress
Castillo San Salvador de la Punta is a fortress at the entrance to the bay in Havana, Cuba.
3 km west · Castle
The Castillo del Príncipe is a military fort located in the Loma de Aróstegui, in Havana, Cuba.
5 km west · Castle
The Torreón de la Chorrera, or to give it its full name, Fuerte de Santa Dorotea de la Luna de la Chorrera, was completed in May 1646.
2 km south · Castle
The Castillo de Santo Domingo de Atarés is a small hexagonal hilltop fort in Havana built in 1767.
8 km south · Castle
The Castillo de Averhoff is a sumptuous building located in the municipality of Arroyo Naranjo, Havana, Cuba.
7 km north-east · Fortress
The Castillo de Cojímar is a military fortress of the colonial period, built in the 17th century.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1563.
The Castlemap atlas maps 10 landmarks (5 castles · 4 fortresses · 1 palace & château) within 100 km of the centre of Havana, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, a palace 1 km north-east of the city centre.
San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress, ranked #846 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 1 km north-east from Havana.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Castillo de la Real Fuerza, founded 1558 — 1 km north-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
