🇮🇹 Italy
42 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 Palazzo Marino, 1 km south-east of the city centre; the most famous is Sforza Castle — #90 of 8,133 worldwide — 1 km north-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Castelgrande, founded c. 75.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Italy (38), Switzerland (4).
1 km north-west · Castle · #90 worldwide
The Sforza Castle is a medieval fortification located in Milan, northern Italy.
1 km south · Palace & château
The Royal Palace of Milan was the seat of government in the Italian city of Milan for many centuries.
1 km north-east · Palace & château
The Museo Poldi Pezzoli is an art museum in Milan, Italy. It is located near the Teatro alla Scala, on Via Manzoni 12.
16 km north-east · Palace & château
The Royal Villa is a historical building in Monza, Northern Italy. It lies on the banks of the Lambro river, surrounded by the large Monza Park, one…
1 km north-east · Palace & château
The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano is a museum in Milan, Italy dedicated to the study of animals, plants, and the natural environment…
1 km east · Palace & château
The Palazzo Belgioioso is a palatial residence in the northern Italian city of Milan, completed in 1781 in a Neoclassical style by Giuseppe…
1 km south-west · Palace & château
Palazzo Brera or Palazzo di Brera is a monumental palace in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It was a Jesuit college for two hundred years.
1 km north-east · Palace & château
The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum is a historic house museum in the Montenapoleone district of downtown Milan, northern Italy.
1 km south-east · Palace & château
Palazzo Marino is a 16th-century palace located in Piazza della Scala, in the centre of Milan, Italy.
1 km south-west · Palace & château
The Palazzo della Ragione is a historic building in Milan, Italy, located in Piazza Mercanti, facing the Loggia degli Osii.
1 km north-east · Palace & château
The Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte, also known as Villa Reale and formerly called Villa Comunale, is a palace in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy.
1 km north-east · Palace & château
Palazzo Castiglioni is an Art Nouveau palace of Milan, northern Italy. It was designed by Giuseppe Sommaruga in the Liberty style and built between…
+ 7 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
31 km south · Castle
The Visconti Castle of Pavia is a medieval castle in Pavia, Lombardy, Northern Italy.
59 km north-west · Castle
The Rocca Borromeo di Angera, or Rocca d'Angera, also called Borromeo Castle, is a rocca on a hilltop above the town of Angera in the Province of…
37 km north · Castle
The Castello Baradello is a military fortification located on a 430 m high hill next to the city of Como, northern Italy.
56 km north · Castle
Lierna Castle is a castle on the eastern side of Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy.
47 km east · Castle
The Malpaga Castle is a castle in the communal territory of Cavernago, a village in the province of Bergamo, northern Italy.
31 km south-west · Castle
The Visconti-Sforza Castle is a mediaeval castle located in the centre of the city of Vigevano, Lombardy, Northern Italy.
28 km south · Castle
The Mirabello Castle lies in what was once the Parco Visconteo, near Mirabello di Pavia.
72 km north-west · Ruin
The Castelli di Cannero are three rocky islets of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy.
82 km north · Castle
The Castles of Bellinzona are a group of fortifications located around the town of Bellinzona, the capital of the Swiss canton of Ticino.
81 km east · Palace & château
Palazzo della Loggia is a Renaissance palace situated in the eponymous piazza in Brescia.
61 km south-east · Palace & château
Palazzo Farnese is a palace in Piacenza, northern Italy. This large partly constructed palace is located on the banks of the River Po in the city of…
61 km north · Ruin
Castello di Vezio is a castle located nearby Varenna and Perledo, northern Italy.
84 km north · Castle
Visconti Castle Italian: Castello Visconteo is a castle in Locarno, Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
61 km south-east · Palace & château
Palazzo Comunale is a Gothic style palace located facing Piazza del Cavalli in the historic center of Piacenza, northern Italy which now serves as…
82 km north · Castle
Montebello Castle is a spur castle in Bellinzona, the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
96 km west · Castle
Masino Castle is a hill-top castle located in Caravino, Italy. The castle's existence is documented as far back as 1070.
81 km north · Castle
Sasso Corbaro Castle is a spur castle in Bellinzona, the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
78 km north · Ruin
Fort Fuentes is a former military fort on the hill of Montecchio or Monteggiolo near Colico, in the province of Lecco, Lombardy, northern Italy.
96 km south · Castle
The Castello della Pietra is a rock castle built in the 13th century near the Ligurian municipality of Vobbia.
+ 4 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q490.
The Castlemap atlas maps 42 landmarks (18 castles · 21 palaces & châteaux · 3 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Milan, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Palazzo Marino, a palace 1 km south-east of the city centre.
Sforza Castle, ranked #90 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 1 km north-west from Milan.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Castelgrande, founded c. 75 — 82 km north. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Novara (44 km) · Lugano (63 km) · Brescia (81 km) · Turin (126 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
