🇪🇸 Spain
60 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 Santa Cruz Palace, 1 km south-west of the city centre; the most famous is Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial — #20 of 8,133 worldwide — 42 km north-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Reccopolis, founded 578.
Every one of them stands in Spain — the country page shows the full national picture.
1 km west · Palace & château · #57 worldwide
The Royal Palace of Madrid is the official residence of the Spanish royal family and is used primarily for state ceremonies.
11 km north-west · Palace & château · #186 worldwide
The Zarzuela Palace is the residence and working offices of the reigning monarch of Spain, although the official residence of the Spanish royal…
4 km north-west · Palace & château · #241 worldwide
The Palace of Moncloa, also known as Moncloa Palace or La Moncloa, is the official residence and workplace of the prime minister of Spain.
13 km north-west · Palace & château
The Royal Palace of El Pardo is one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family and one of the oldest, being used by the Spanish monarchs…
1 km east · Palace & château
Cibeles Palace, formally known as Palacio de Comunicaciones and Palacio de Telecomunicaciones until 2011, is a complex composed of two buildings with…
1 km north-west · Palace & château
The Liria Palace is a neoclassical palace in Madrid, Spain. It is the Madrid residence of the Dukes of Alba.
1 km east · Palace & château
The Palace of the Cortes, also known as the Palace of the Congress of Deputies, is the building that houses the Congress of Deputies, one of the two…
2 km east · Ruin
Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid was a large palace complex designed by the architect Alonso Carbonell and built on the orders of Philip IV of Spain as a…
1 km east · Palace & château
The Palace of Linares is a palace located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared national historic-artistic monument in 1976.
1 km north-west · Palace & château
The Palace of the Senate is the home of the Senate of Spain, the upper house of the Cortes Generales, the national parliament of Spain.
1 km south-west · Palace & château
The Palacio de Santa Cruz or Palace of the Holy Cross is a baroque building in central Madrid, Spain. It now houses the Spanish Foreign Ministry.
14 km west · Palace & château
The Palace of Infante don Luis is a neoclassic style palace located in Boadilla del Monte, Community of Madrid, Spain built between 1763 and 1765.
+ 6 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
42 km north-west · Palace & château · #20 worldwide
The Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also called Monasterio de El Escorial or simply El Escorial, is a historical residence of the king of…
43 km south · Palace & château · #331 worldwide
The Royal Palace of Aranjuez is one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family. It is located in the town of Aranjuez, Spain.
59 km north-west · Palace & château · #335 worldwide
The Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, known as La Granja, is an early 18th-century palace in the small town of San Ildefonso, located in…
29 km east · Palace & château
The Archiepiscopal Palace of Alcalá de Henares is a palace located in Alcalá de Henares, in the Community of Madrid, Spain.
37 km north · Castle
The New Castle of Manzanares el Real, also known as Castle of los Mendoza, is a palace-fortress erected in the 15th century in the town of Manzanares…
58 km north-west · Ruin
The Royal Palace of Valsain is a former Spanish royal residence, which is now in ruins.
51 km north-east · Palace & château
The Palace of El Infantado is a palace located in Guadalajara, Spain. An example of the Isabelline architectural style, it dates from the 15th…
43 km south · Palace & château
The Casa del Labrador is a neoclassical palace in Aranjuez, Spain. The name means "house of the farm labourer", and was borrowed from an earlier…
51 km north-east · Ruin
The Alcázar of Guadalajara is a fortification of Andalusi origin from the 9th century located in Guadalajara, turned over time into a royal palace, a…
45 km east · Castle
The Castle of Pioz is a castle located in Pioz, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1990.
30 km south-west · Castle
The Castle of Batres, or fortified house of Batres, is located in the municipality of the same name, in the south of the Community of Madrid, on the…
70 km north-west · Castle · #142 worldwide
The Alcázar of Segovia is a medieval castle located in the city of Segovia, in Castile and León, Spain.
89 km west · Fortress
The Walls of Ávila, completed between the 11th and 14th centuries, are the defensive walls of Ávila, Spain, and its principal historic feature.
69 km east · Ruin
Reccopolis, is an archaeological site located near Zorita de los Canes, a small village in the province of Guadalajara, Spain.
67 km south-west · Castle
The Castle of San Servando is a medieval castle in Toledo, Spain, near the Tagus River.
63 km north-west · Palace & château
The Royal Palace of Riofrío is one of the residences of the Spanish royal family.
68 km south-west · Fortress
Puerta del Sol is a city gate of Toledo, Spain, built by the Knights Hospitaller between the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
66 km south-west · Palace & château
The Palacio de Galiana is a Mudéjar palace in Toledo, Spain, on the borders of the Tagus River.
68 km south-west · Fortress
The Puerta de Bisagra is a city gate of Toledo, Spain. The structure was constructed in the 10th century, in the time of the Moorish Taifa of Toledo…
67 km south-west · Fortress
The Puerta de Bisagra Nueva is the best known city gate of Toledo, Spain. The gate is of Moorish origin, but the main part was built in 1559 by…
86 km north-east · Castle
The Castle of Jadraque is a castle in the municipality of Jadraque, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
68 km south-west · Fortress
The Puerta Bab al-Mardum, or Puerta de Valmardón, is a city-gate of Toledo, Spain.
91 km north · Castle
The Castle of Castilnovo is located near the little village of Villafranca in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, in Spain.
+ 19 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q2807.
The Castlemap atlas maps 60 landmarks (21 castles · 12 fortresses · 21 palaces & châteaux · 6 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Madrid, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Santa Cruz Palace, a palace 1 km south-west of the city centre.
Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, ranked #20 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 42 km north-west from Madrid.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Reccopolis, founded 578 — 69 km east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Guadalajara (51 km) · Toledo (67 km) · Segovia (69 km) · Ávila (88 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
