🇮🇹 Italy
75 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 della Ragione (Padua), 1 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Doge's Palace — #54 of 8,133 worldwide — 37 km east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Castello di Arco, founded 1000.
Every one of them stands in Italy — the country page shows the full national picture.
1 km east · Palace & château
The Palazzo della Ragione is a medieval market hall, town hall and palace of justice building in Padua, in the Veneto region of Italy.
1 km east · Palace & château
The Bo Palace is the historical seat of University of Padua since 1493, It is still home to the Rectorate and the School of Law.
14 km south-west · Palace & château
Castello del Catajo is a patrician rural palace near the town of Battaglia Terme, province of Padua, north-eastern Italy built in 1573.
37 km east · Palace & château · #54 worldwide
The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy.
36 km east · Palace & château · #357 worldwide
The Ca' d'Oro, or Palazzo Santa Sofia, is a palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, northern Italy.
30 km north-west · Palace & château
The Basilica Palladiana is a Renaissance building in the central Piazza dei Signori in Vicenza, north-eastern Italy.
35 km east · Palace & château
Ca' Rezzonico (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkaretˈtsɔːniko]) is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, Italy.
36 km east · Palace & château
Palazzo Grassi is a building in the Venetian Classical style located on the Grand Canal of Venice, between the Palazzo Moro Lin and the campo San…
36 km east · Palace & château
Ca' Foscari, the palace of the Foscari family, is a Gothic building on the waterfront of the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, Italy.
36 km east · Palace & château
The Palazzo Dario, known as Ca' Dario, is a palace located between the Palazzo Barbaro Wolkoff and the narrow Rio delle Torreselle on the Grand Canal…
36 km east · Palace & château
Palazzo Pisani Moretta is a palace situated along the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, between Palazzo Tiepolo and Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza.
36 km east · Palace & château
Ca' Pesaro is a Baroque marble palace turned art museum, facing the Grand Canal of Venice, Italy.
36 km east · Palace & château
Ca' Loredan Vendramin Calergi is a 15th-century Renaissance palace on the Grand Canal in the sestiere of Cannaregio in Venice, Italy.
36 km east · Palace & château
The Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo is a small palazzo in Venice, Italy, best known for its external multi-arch spiral staircase known as the Scala…
30 km north-west · Palace & château
The Palazzo Chiericati is a Renaissance palace in Vicenza, Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio.
+ 43 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
90 km west · Palace & château · #362 worldwide
Palazzo del Te, or simply Palazzo Te, is a palace in the suburbs of Mantua, Italy.
89 km west · Palace & château
The Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, also known as the Gonzaga Palace, is one of the city's main historic buildings.
66 km south · Castle
The Castello Estense or castello di San Michele is a moated medieval castle in the center of Ferrara, northern Italy.
69 km west · Castle
Castelvecchio is a castle in Verona, northern Italy. It is the most important military construction of the Scaliger dynasty that ruled the city in…
94 km north-west · Castle
Buonconsiglio Castle is a castle in Trento, northern Italy. The castle originated from a fortified building that was erected in the 13th century…
67 km south · Palace & château
Palazzo Schifanoia is a Renaissance palace in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna built for the Este family.
66 km south · Palace & château
The Palazzo dei Diamanti is a Renaissance palace located on Corso Ercole I d'Este 21 in Ferrara, a city in the Italian region of Emilia Romagna.
99 km west · Castle
The Scaligero Castle or Scaligero Castle of Sirmione is a fortress from the Scaliger era, an access point to the historical centre of Sirmione, on…
69 km west · Palace & château
Palazzo Maffei is a historical palace in Verona, northern Italy, on the north-western side of Piazza delle Erbe.
92 km north-west · Castle
The Castello Scaligero in Malcesine is a hill castle in the Italian municipality of the same name on the eastern shore of Lake Garda in the province…
96 km north-west · Ruin
Arco Castle is a ruined castle located on a prominent spur high above Arco and the Sarca Valley in Trentino, northern Italy.
86 km south-west · Castle
The Castle of the Pico is a castle in the city center of Mirandola, in the province of Modena, Italy.
+ 5 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q617.
The Castlemap atlas maps 75 landmarks (10 castles · 1 fortress · 63 palaces & châteaux · 1 ruin) within 100 km of the centre of Padua, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Palazzo della Ragione (Padua), a palace 1 km east of the city centre.
Doge's Palace, ranked #54 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 37 km east from Padua.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Castello di Arco, founded 1000 — 96 km north-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Vicenza (30 km) · Venice (36 km) · Ferrara (66 km) · Bologna (110 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
