🇨🇳 China
8 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 Xuanwu Gate, 1 km north of the city centre; the most famous is Presidential Palace of Nanjing — #648 of 8,134 worldwide — 2 km south-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Zhonghua Gate, founded 1360.
Every one of them stands in China — the country page shows the full national picture.
2 km south-east · Palace & château
The Presidential Palace in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, housed the Office of the President of the Republic of China from 1927 until the capital was…
5 km south · Fortress
The City Wall of Nanjing was designed by the Hongwu Emperor after he founded the Ming Dynasty and established Nanjing as the capital in 1368.
4 km south-east · Palace & château
The Ming Palace, also known as the "Forbidden City of Nanjing", was the 14th-century imperial palace of the early Ming dynasty, when Nanjing was the…
5 km south · Fortress
The Zhonghua Gate is a gate and defensive complex on the city wall of Nanjing, China. This is the southern gate of Nanjing city.
3 km south · Palace & château
The Chaotian Palace is located in Nanjing, China. It was built as an imperial palace in the Ming dynasty, and today it is known as the Nanjing…
5 km north-west · Fortress
Yuejiang Tower is situated on the top of Shizishan to the northwest of downtown Nanjing, Jiangsu.
1 km north · Fortress
Xuanwu Gate is a gate of the Nanjing City Wall of the Ming dynasty and is now the main entrance of Xuanwu Lake Park.
72 km north-east · Fortress
Dongquan Gate is an old street in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, running east–west, from Guoqing Road in the west to Guanxiang in the east, about 700…
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q16666.
The Castlemap atlas maps 8 landmarks (5 fortresses · 3 palaces & châteaux) within 100 km of the centre of Nanjing, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Xuanwu Gate, a fortress 1 km north of the city centre.
Presidential Palace of Nanjing, ranked #648 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 2 km south-east from Nanjing.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Zhonghua Gate, founded 1360 — 5 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
