🇧🇷 Brazil
20 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 Paço de São Cristóvão, 2 km west of the city centre; the most famous is Fort Copacabana — #723 of 7,787 worldwide — 9 km south. The oldest dated site in the circle is Fort Coligny, founded 1555.
Every one of them stands in Brazil — the country page shows the full national picture.
9 km south · Fortress
Fort Copacabana is a military base at the south end of the beach that defines the district of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2 km west · Palace & château
Paço de São Cristóvão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpasu d sɐ̃w kɾisˈtɔvɐ̃w]; English: Palace of Saint Christopher; also known as Palácio Imperial or…
3 km east · Palace & château
The Paço Imperial, or Imperial Palace, previously known as the Royal Palace of Rio de Janeiro and Palace of the Viceroys, is a historic building in…
3 km east · Palace & château
The Gustavo Capanema Palace, also known architecturally as the Ministry of Education and Health Building, is a government office building in…
3 km south-east · Palace & château
The Catete Palace is an urban mansion in the Flamengo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
4 km south-east · Palace & château
The Guanabara Palace is the official seat of the government of Rio de Janeiro state.
3 km east · Palace & château
The Tiradentes Palace is an eclectic government building located in the Centro neighborhood, next to the Paço Imperial in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
5 km east · Ruin
Fort Coligny was a fortress founded by Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon in Guanabara Bay, Brazil in 1555, in what constituted the so-called France…
6 km south-east · Fortress
The Fortress of São João da Barra do Rio de Janeiro, commonly known as the Fortress of São João or São João Fort, is a 16th-century star fort in the…
10 km south-east · Fortress
Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra is a fort located in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
7 km south-east · Fortress
The Tamandaré da Laje Fort is located on Laje island, city and state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.
7 km south-east · Fortress
The Forte Duque de Caxias, also called in Portuguese Forte da Ponta da Vigia, Forte da Vigia, Forte da Espia or Forte do Leme, is a historic fort on…
+ 6 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
45 km north · Palace & château
The Museu Imperial de Petrópolis is a museum in the historic center of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
61 km north-east · Castle
The Castelo Montebello is located in the city of Teresópolis, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q8678.
The Castlemap atlas maps 20 landmarks (4 castles · 8 fortresses · 7 palaces & châteaux · 1 ruin) within 100 km of the centre of Rio de Janeiro, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Paço de São Cristóvão, a palace 2 km west of the city centre.
Fort Copacabana, ranked #723 of 7,787 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 9 km south from Rio de Janeiro.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Fort Coligny, founded 1555 — 5 km east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Japeri (55 km) · Teresópolis (61 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
