🇮🇹 Italy
109 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 Forte Spagnolo, 1 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Castel Sant'Angelo — #17 of 7,738 worldwide — 91 km south-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Servian Wall, founded 350 BC.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Italy (107), Vatican City (2).
25 km east · Castle
The Castle of Rocca Calascio is a mountaintop fortress or rocca in the municipality of Calascio, in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy.
1 km east · Fortress
The Forte Spagnolo is a Renaissance castle in L'Aquila, central Italy. In the 15th century, L'Aquila had become the second most powerful city in…
11 km south-east · Castle
The Abbey of Santo Spirito d'Ocre was a Cistercian monastery located in Ocre, Province of L'Aquila, Italy.
10 km south-east · Castle
Castello di Ocre is a medieval castle in Ocre, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, southern Italy.
10 km south-east · Castle
The Castle of Fossa is a Middle Ages castle in Fossa, province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, southern Italy.
17 km east · Castle
The Castle of Barisciano is a medieval castle in Barisciano, province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, southern Italy.
23 km east · Castle
The Castle of San Pio delle Camere is a medieval castle in San Pio delle Camere, province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, southern Italy.
21 km south-east · Castle
Castel Camponeschi is a Middle Ages castle in Prata d'Ansidonia, Province of L'Aquila.
13 km south-east · Castle
The Castle of Sant'Eusanio Forconese is a medieval castle in Sant'Eusanio Forconese, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, southern Italy.
37 km south-east · Castle
Castelvecchio Subequo is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region, central Italy, at the feet on Mount Sirente.
30 km east · Castle
Ofena is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
33 km south-east · Castle
Castello Piccolomini is a castle in Celano, Province of L'Aquila. The building of the castle took place in several stages.
60 km south-east · Castle
Castello Cantelmo-Caldora is a Middle Ages castle in Pacentro, Province of L'Aquila.
36 km south · Castle
The Orsini-Colonna castle is a castle in Avezzano, Province of L'Aquila. Castello Orsini was constructed in 1490 by Virginio Orsini and, in 1565,…
25 km south-east · Castle
The Castle of Bominaco is a medieval castle in Bominaco, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, southern Italy.
32 km east · Castle
Castello Piccolomini is a castle in Capestrano, Province of L'Aquila. The castle was built replacing a medieval fort, of which remains the central…
54 km south-west · Castle
The Rocca Abbaziale is an abbey, designed as a castle, in Subiaco, Lazio, Italy.
52 km south-east · Castle
Castello normanno is a Middle Ages-18th century castle in Anversa degli Abruzzi, Province of L'Aquila Abruzzo, central-southern Italy.
32 km south · Castle
Rocca Orsini is a Middle Ages castle in Scurcola Marsicana, Province of L'Aquila.
30 km south · Castle
Castello Orsini is a Middle Ages castle in Massa d'Albe, Province of L'Aquila.
49 km south-east · Castle
Castello Piccolomini is a Middle Ages castle in Ortucchio, Province of L'Aquila.
+ 13 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
91 km south-west · Castle · #17 worldwide
Castel Sant'Angelo, also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian, is a towering rotunda in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy.
92 km south-west · Palace & château · #40 worldwide
The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, located in Vatican City.
90 km south-west · Palace & château · #88 worldwide
The Quirinal Palace is a historic building in Rome, Italy, the main official residence of the president of the Italian Republic, together with Villa…
91 km south-west · Fortress · #95 worldwide
The Aurelian Walls are a line of city walls built between AD 271 and AD 275 in Rome, Italy, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Aurelian.
90 km south-west · Ruin · #116 worldwide
The Domus Aurea was a vast landscaped complex built by the Emperor Nero largely on the Oppian Hill in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire…
90 km south-west · Palace & château · #145 worldwide
The Apostolic Palace of the Lateran, informally the Lateran Palace, is an ancient palace of the Roman Empire and later the main papal residence in…
91 km south-west · Palace & château · #200 worldwide
The Chigi Palace is a palace and former noble residence in Rome which is the seat of the Council of Ministers and the official residence of the prime…
92 km south-west · Palace & château · #201 worldwide
Palazzo Farnese or Farnese Palace is one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome.
91 km south-west · Palace & château · #236 worldwide
The Palazzo Venezia or Palazzo Barbo, formerly Palazzo di San Marco, is a large early Renaissance palace in central Rome, Italy, situated to the…
90 km south-west · Palace & château · #239 worldwide
The Palazzo Barberini is a 17th-century palace in Rome, facing the Piazza Barberini in Rione Trevi.
89 km south-west · Fortress · #262 worldwide
The Servian Wall is an ancient Roman defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the early 4th century BC.
91 km south-west · Palace & château · #293 worldwide
The Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo, or the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo from its Italian name Palazzo Apostolico di Castel Gandolfo, is a…
+ 63 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q3476.
The Castlemap atlas maps 109 landmarks (44 castles · 5 fortresses · 56 palaces & châteaux · 4 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of L'Aquila, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Forte Spagnolo, a fortress 1 km east of the city centre.
Castel Sant'Angelo, ranked #17 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 91 km south-west from L'Aquila.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Servian Wall, founded 350 BC — 89 km south-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Avezzano (36 km) · Terni (65 km) · Frosinone (80 km) · Rome (91 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
