🇧🇷 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 Castelo Montebello, 1 km north of the city centre; the most famous is Fort Copacabana — #733 of 8,134 worldwide — 68 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.
24 km south-west · Palace & château
The Museu Imperial de Petrópolis is a museum in the historic center of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1 km north · Castle
The Castelo Montebello is located in the city of Teresópolis, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
59 km south · 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…
59 km south · Palace & château
The Gustavo Capanema Palace, also known architecturally as the Ministry of Education and Health Building, is a government office building in…
59 km south · 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.
59 km south · 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…
59 km south · Fortress
Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Conceição is a fort located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
57 km south · Fortress
Forte de São Domingos de Gragoatá is a fort located in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
58 km south · Castle
The Fortaleza de São José da Ilha das Cobras is located on the Ilha das Cobras, within Guanabara Bay, in the historic centre of the city of Rio de…
59 km south · Fortress
The Fort of Santiago was a former fortification located at the São Tiago quay, at the foot of the Morro do Descanso, between the beaches of Piaçaba…
68 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.
61 km south-west · Palace & château
Paço de São Cristóvão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpasu d sɐ̃w kɾisˈtɔvɐ̃w]; English: Palace of Saint Christopher; also known as Palácio Imperial or…
61 km south · Palace & château
The Catete Palace is an urban mansion in the Flamengo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
63 km south · Palace & château
The Guanabara Palace is the official seat of the government of Rio de Janeiro state.
62 km south · 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…
62 km south · Fortress
Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra is a fort located in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
61 km south · Fortress
The Tamandaré da Laje Fort is located on Laje island, city and state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.
65 km south · 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…
60 km south · Fortress
Forte de São Luís is a fort located in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
62 km south-west · Castle
The Fortim de Caetano Madeira stood in the city and state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q622836.
The Castlemap atlas maps 20 landmarks (3 castles · 9 fortresses · 7 palaces & châteaux · 1 ruin) within 100 km of the centre of Teresópolis, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Castelo Montebello, a castle 1 km north of the city centre.
Fort Copacabana, ranked #733 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 68 km south from Teresópolis.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Fort Coligny, founded 1555 — 59 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Rio de Janeiro (61 km) · Japeri (75 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
