🇮🇹 Italy
92 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 dei Conservatori, 1 km south-east of the city centre; the most famous is Castel Sant'Angelo — #22 of 8,133 worldwide — 2 km north-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Servian Wall, founded c. 350 BC.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Italy (90), Vatican City (2).
2 km north-west · Castle · #22 worldwide
Castel Sant'Angelo, also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian, is a towering rotunda in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy.
2 km north-west · Palace & château · #44 worldwide
The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, located in Vatican City.
1 km north-east · Palace & château · #93 worldwide
The Quirinal Palace is a historic building in Rome, Italy, the main official residence of the president of the Italian Republic, together with Villa…
3 km south-east · Fortress · #100 worldwide
The Aurelian Walls are a line of city walls built between AD 271 and AD 275 in Rome, Italy, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Aurelian.
1 km east · Ruin · #121 worldwide
The Domus Aurea was a vast landscaped complex built by the Emperor Nero largely on the Oppian Hill in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire…
2 km east · Palace & château · #150 worldwide
The Apostolic Palace of the Lateran, informally the Lateran Palace, is an ancient palace of the Roman Empire and later the main papal residence in…
1 km west · Palace & château · #204 worldwide
Palazzo Farnese or Farnese Palace is one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome.
1 km north · Palace & château · #205 worldwide
The Chigi Palace is a palace and former noble residence in Rome which is the seat of the Council of Ministers and the official residence of the prime…
1 km north · Palace & château · #240 worldwide
The Palazzo Venezia or Palazzo Barbo, formerly Palazzo di San Marco, is a large early Renaissance palace in central Rome, Italy, situated to the…
1 km north-east · Palace & château · #244 worldwide
The Palazzo Barberini is a 17th-century palace in Rome, facing the Piazza Barberini in Rione Trevi.
2 km north-east · Fortress · #268 worldwide
The Servian Wall is an ancient Roman defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the early 4th century BC.
21 km south-east · Palace & château · #299 worldwide
The Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo, or the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo from its Italian name Palazzo Apostolico di Castel Gandolfo, is a…
+ 59 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
53 km north-west · Palace & château
The Villa Farnese, also known as Villa Caprarola, is a pentagonal mansion in the town of Caprarola in the province of Viterbo, Northern Lazio, Italy,…
34 km north-west · Castle
Castello Orsini-Odescalchi is a castle in Bracciano, Italy. It is located on the southern shore of Lake Bracciano.
46 km west · Castle
Santa Severa Castle is a 14th-century castle located in the frazione of Santa Severa in the municipality of Santa Marinella in Lazio.
51 km south · Fortress
Forte Sangallo, also known as the Fortezza di Nettuno, is a Renaissance fortification built on the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the historic village of the…
40 km north · Castle
The Castello Borgia is a 16th-century castle in Nepi, in province of Viterbo, Italy originally refurbished for Lucrezia Borgia.
51 km east · Castle
The Rocca Abbaziale is an abbey, designed as a castle, in Subiaco, Lazio, Italy.
55 km north-east · Castle
Castello di Carsoli is a medieval castle in Carsoli, Province of L'Aquila, central Italy.
54 km east · Castle
Castello di Pereto is a Middle Ages castle in Pereto, Province of L'Aquila, Italy.
49 km east · Castle
Castello di Oricola is a medieval castle in Oricola, Province of L'Aquila. The origin of Oricola Castle dates back to the 9th century when…
92 km north-east · Fortress
The Forte Spagnolo is a Renaissance castle in L'Aquila, central Italy. In the 15th century, L'Aquila had become the second most powerful city in…
66 km north-west · Palace & château
Palace of the Popes in Viterbo is a palace in Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy.
90 km east · Castle
Castello Piccolomini is a castle in Celano, Province of L'Aquila. The building of the castle took place in several stages.
91 km east · Castle
Castello Piccolomini is a Middle Ages-Renaissance castle in Balsorano, Province of L'Aquila.
79 km east · Castle
The Orsini-Colonna castle is a castle in Avezzano, Province of L'Aquila. Castello Orsini was constructed in 1490 by Virginio Orsini and, in 1565,…
94 km north-east · Castle
The Abbey of Santo Spirito d'Ocre was a Cistercian monastery located in Ocre, Province of L'Aquila, Italy.
94 km north-east · Castle
Castello di Ocre is a medieval castle in Ocre, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, southern Italy.
94 km north-east · Castle
The Castle of Fossa is a Middle Ages castle in Fossa, province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, southern Italy.
74 km east · Castle
Rocca Orsini is a Middle Ages castle in Scurcola Marsicana, Province of L'Aquila.
80 km east · Castle
Castello Orsini is a Middle Ages castle in Massa d'Albe, Province of L'Aquila.
97 km north-east · Castle
The Castle of Sant'Eusanio Forconese is a medieval castle in Sant'Eusanio Forconese, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, southern Italy.
96 km east · Castle
Castello Piccolomini is a Middle Ages castle in Ortucchio, Province of L'Aquila.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q220.
The Castlemap atlas maps 92 landmarks (19 castles · 6 fortresses · 64 palaces & châteaux · 3 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Rome, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Palazzo dei Conservatori, a palace 1 km south-east of the city centre.
Castel Sant'Angelo, ranked #22 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 2 km north-west from Rome.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Servian Wall, founded c. 350 BC — 2 km north-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Latina (59 km) · Civitavecchia (61 km) · Viterbo (66 km) · Terni (75 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
