Portugal
50 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 Ribeira Palace, 1 km south-east of the city centre; the most famous is Belém Tower (#40 of 9,035 worldwide) 7 km west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Castle of Saint George, founded c. 150 BC.
Every one of them stands in Portugal: the country page shows the full national picture.
7 km west · Fortress · #40 worldwide
Belém Tower, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent, is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon, Portugal, which served as a point of…
24 km west · Palace & château · #116 worldwide
The Pena Palace is a Romanticist palace in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera.
1 km north-east · Castle · #182 worldwide
São Jorge Castle, sometimes known in English as Saint George's Castle, is a historic castle in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, located in the…
24 km north-west · Palace & château · #275 worldwide
Quinta da Regaleira [ˈkĩtɐ ðɐ ˈʁɨɣɐlɐjɾɐ] is a quinta constructed from 1904 to '10 and located near the historic centre of Sintra, Portugal.
24 km north-west · Palace & château · #393 worldwide
The Palace of Sintra, also called Town Palace, is located in the town of Sintra, in the Lisbon District of Portugal.
11 km north-west · Palace & château
The Palace of Queluz is an 18th-century palace located at Queluz, a city of the Sintra Municipality, in the Lisbon District, on the Portuguese…
24 km north-west · Castle
The Castle of the Moors is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil parish of Santa Maria e São Miguel, in the municipality…
5 km west · Palace & château
The Belém Palace, officially the National Palace of Belém, is the current official residence of the president of Portugal, the head of state of…
5 km west · Palace & château
The Palace of Ajuda is a neoclassical monument in the civil parish of Ajuda in the city of Lisbon, central Portugal.
1 km west · Palace & château
The São Bento Palace is the seat of the Assembly of the Republic, the parliament of Portugal. It is located in the Estrela district of Lisbon.
1 km south-east · Ruin
Ribeira Palace was the main residence of the Kings of Portugal, in Lisbon, for around 250 years.
3 km west · Palace & château
The Necessidades Palace is a historic building in the Largo do Rilvas, a public square in Lisbon, Portugal.
+ 11 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
30 km north-west · Palace & château · #353 worldwide
The Palace of Mafra, also known as the Palace-Convent of Mafra and the Royal Building of Mafra, is a monumental Baroque and Neoclassical…
26 km west · Palace & château
The Monserrate Palace is a palatial villa located near Sintra, the traditional summer resort of the Portuguese court in the foothills overlooking the…
43 km north · Ruin
The Castro of Zambujal is a Chalcolithic age archeological site in the municipality of Torres Vedras in the western litoral area of the Centro…
29 km south-east · Fortress
The Fort of São Filipe de Setúbal, also referred to as the São Filipe Castle or the São Filipe Fortress, is in the city of Setúbal in the Setúbal…
26 km south-east · Castle
Castle of Palmela is a castle in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.
29 km south · Castle
The Castle of Sesimbra, also known as Castle of the Moors, is a castle located in the town of Sesimbra, in the Setúbal District of Portugal.
30 km south · Fortress
The Fortress of Saint James of Sesimbra is a fortress located in the parish of Santiago in the coastal town and municipality of Sesimbra, in the…
44 km north · Castle
Castelo de Torres Vedras is a castle in Torres Vedras, Portugal. Characterized by a mix of Gothic and Manueline features, it is classified by…
30 km south-east · Fortress
The Fort of Santiago do Outão is a former coastal military installation in Setúbal, Portugal that is currently the site of the Hospital Ortopédico…
29 km west · Fortress
The Fort of São Jorge is located on the coastal highway EN 247, near the Oitavos dunes, in the parish and municipality of Cascais, Lisbon district,…
30 km south · Fortress
The Fort of São Teodósio da Ponta do Cavalo is a coastal fort located in a dominant position at the extreme west of the Bay of Sesimbra in the…
31 km north · Fortress
The Fort of Alqueidão, also known as Forte Grande, is located about 2 kilometres south of the parish of Sobral de Monte Agraço, in the municipality…
+ 2 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
73 km north · Castle
The Castle of Óbidos is a well preserved medieval castle located in the civil parish of Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa, in the Portuguese…
85 km north · Fortress
The Fort of São João Baptista das Berlengas, or simply known as the Fort of the Berlengas, is located off western coast of Portugal, on the largest…
75 km north · Fortress
The Peniche Fortress is located in the municipality of Peniche in Oeste region of Portugal.
80 km east · Castle
The Castle of Montemor-o-Novo is a Portuguese castle in the parish of Nossa Senhora da Vila, Nossa Senhora do Bispo e Silveiras, municipality of…
100 km north · Fortress
The Fort of São Miguel Arcanjo is situated in Nazaré, Oeste region of Portugal.
100 km east · Castle
The Castle of Arraiolos is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Arraiolos, municipality of Arraiolos, in the Portuguese district of Évora.
66 km south-east · Castle
The Castle of Alcácer do Sal is a medieval castle located in the civil parish of Alcácer do Sal e Santa Susana, in the municipality of Alcácer do…
86 km south-east · Castle
Castelo de Santiago do Cacém is a castle in the municipality of Santiago do Cacém, Portugal. It is classified as a national monument.
71 km north · Fortress
The Fort Nossa Senhora da Consolação, also known as Fort of Consolação Beach is located on the Atlantic coast of Portugal in the parish of Atouguia…
95 km north · Castle
The Castle of Alcobaça is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Alcobaça e Vestiaria, municipality of Alcobaça, in the Portuguese district of…
67 km north · Fortress
The Fort of Paimogo, also known as the Fort of Our Lady of the Angels of Paimogo, stands in a dominant position on Paimogo beach near the town of…
98 km east · Ruin
The Castle of Geraldo is a ruined medieval castle located in the civil parish of Nossa Senhora da Tourega e Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, in the…
+ 1 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q597.
The Castle Map atlas maps 50 landmarks (13 castles · 17 fortresses · 15 palaces & châteaux · 5 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Lisbon, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Ribeira Palace, a ruin 1 km south-east of the city centre.
Belém Tower, ranked #40 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 7 km west from Lisbon.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Castle of Saint George, founded c. 150 BC: 1 km north-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Sintra (24 km) · Vila Franca de Xira (30 km) · Torres Vedras (43 km) · Santarém (71 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
