Romania
18 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 Chindia Tower, 44 km west of the city centre; the most famous is Bran Castle (#42 of 9,035 worldwide) 82 km north-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Prejmer fortified church, founded c. 1201.
Every one of them stands in Romania: the country page shows the full national picture.
57 km south · Palace & château · #63 worldwide
The Palace of the Parliament, initially designed during Communist times as the People's House or the House of the Republic, is the seat of the…
60 km north-west · Palace & château · #117 worldwide
Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an…
56 km south · Palace & château
Cotroceni Palace is the official residence of the President of Romania. It is located at Bulevardul Geniului, nr. 1, in Bucharest, Romania.
46 km south · Palace & château
Mogoșoaia Palace is situated about 10 kilometres from Bucharest, Romania. It was built between 1698 and 1702 by Constantin Brâncoveanu in what is…
52 km south · Palace & château
Elisabeta Palace is a palace on Kiseleff Road in Bucharest, Romania. Built in 1937, it is the official residence in Romania of Her Majesty Margareta,…
56 km south · Palace & château
The Royal Palace of Bucharest, known as Palace of the Republic between 1948 and 1990, is a monumental building situated in the capital of Romania, on…
55 km south · Palace & château
Cantacuzino Palace is located on Calea Victoriei no. 141, Bucharest, Romania.
56 km south · Palace & château
Kretzulescu Palace is a historic building near the Cișmigiu Gardens on Știrbei Vodă Street nr. 39, in Bucharest, Romania.
44 km west · Fortress
The Chindia Tower is a tower in the Curtea Domnească monuments ensemble in Târgoviște, Romania, built in the 15th century.
53 km south · Palace & château
Primăverii Palace, also known as Casa Ceaușescu, is a building in Bucharest, Romania, located in the Primăverii district of the city.
82 km north-west · Castle · #42 worldwide
Bran Castle is a castle in Bran, 25 kilometres southwest of Brașov. The castle was built by Saxons in 1377 who were given the privilege by Louis I of…
60 km north-west · Palace & château
The Pelișor Castle is a castle in Sinaia, Romania, part of the same complex as the larger castle of Peleș.
65 km north-west · Palace & château
Cantacuzino Castle is situated in Bușteni, Romania, in the Zamora district, on the street bearing the same name.
84 km north-west · Fortress
Râșnov Fortress is a medieval Fliehburg-type fortress, which offered refuge for townspeople and villagers from the area in times of war.
89 km north · Fortress
The Prejmer fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Prejmer, Brașov County, in the Transylvania region of Romania and the ethnographic…
86 km north-west · Fortress
Brașov Fortress is a group of historic buildings forming a fortress from the medieval period, situated on a hill called Martinsberg, or Schlossberg,…
60 km north-west · Palace & château
Foișor Castle is a royal residence attached to the estate of Peleș Castle, situated at Sinaia, in Romania.
68 km south · Fortress
Fort 13 Jilava is a historic monument situated on the territory of the village of Jilava, commune of Jilava.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q179585.
The Castle Map atlas maps 18 landmarks (1 castle · 5 fortresses · 12 palaces & châteaux) within 100 km of the centre of Ploiești, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Chindia Tower, a fortress 44 km west of the city centre.
Bran Castle, ranked #42 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 82 km north-west from Ploiești.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Prejmer fortified church, founded c. 1201: 89 km north. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Bucharest (59 km) · Brașov (85 km) · Sibiu (175 km) · Târgu Mureș (212 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
