🇨🇳 China
17 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 Southeast Corner Tower of Beijing Outer City, 45 km north-west of the city centre; the most famous is Forbidden City — #6 of 8,134 worldwide — 51 km north-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Zhengyangmen, founded 1419.
Every one of them stands in China — the country page shows the full national picture.
51 km north-west · Palace & château · #6 worldwide
The Forbidden City is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China.
54 km north-west · Palace & château · #343 worldwide
The Yonghe Temple is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism located on 12 Yonghegong Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing,…
50 km north-west · Fortress
Qianmen is the colloquial name for Zhengyangmen, a gate in Beijing's historic city wall.
54 km north-west · Palace & château
Prince Gong's Mansion, also known as the Prince Kung Mansion, is a museum and tourist attraction located in Xicheng District, Beijing, just north of…
52 km north-west · Ruin
The Beijing city fortifications were a system of walls with towers and gates constructed in the city of Beijing, China in the early 1400s and mostly…
52 km north-west · Palace & château
The Palace of Heavenly Purity, or Qianqing Palace is a palace in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
55 km north-west · Fortress
Deshengmen is a city gate that was once part of Beijing's northern city wall.
47 km north-west · Fortress
Yongdingmen was the former front gate of the outer city of Beijing's old city wall.
55 km north-west · Fortress
Wanping Fortress, also known as Wanping Castle, is a Ming Dynasty fortress or "walled city" in Fengtai District, Beijing.
54 km north-west · Ruin
Andingmen was a gate in Beijing's Ming-era city wall, which were built to protect the emperor and people against northern invaders.
55 km north-west · Ruin
Xizhimen was a gate in the Beijing city wall and is now a transportation node in Beijing.
48 km north-west · Fortress
Dongbianmen, one of the seven gates of Beijing's outer city, is located at the north-eastern corner of the outer city.
+ 1 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
65 km north-west · Palace & château · #63 worldwide
The Summer Palace or Yihe Garden was built by the Chinese Empress Cixi as a pavilion for quiet retreat.
64 km north-west · Ruin · #147 worldwide
The Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan or Yuanmingyuan Park, originally called the Imperial Gardens, and sometimes called the Winter…
67 km north-west · Fortress
The Tuancheng Fortress or Tuan Cheng Fortress is a historic 18th-century fortress located near the Fragrant Hills in the Haidian District of Beijing,…
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q58710.
The Castlemap atlas maps 17 landmarks (1 castle · 7 fortresses · 5 palaces & châteaux · 4 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Langfang, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Southeast Corner Tower of Beijing Outer City, a fortress 45 km north-west of the city centre.
Forbidden City, ranked #6 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 51 km north-west from Langfang.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Zhengyangmen, founded 1419 — 50 km north-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Beijing (50 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
