Guatemala · 19th century
San José Castle ranks #8,013 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #2 of the 2 mapped in Guatemala. Founded 1846, it is older than 8% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Guatemala compares in the castle statistics.
San José Castle -also known as Castillo de San José in Spanish- was opened to the public on 25 May 1846 on the «Buena Vista Hill» on the southeast of Guatemala City by general Rafael Carrera government; it was also known as «Carrera Castle». San José Fort was located where later Guatemalan administrations built a new city Hall, a National Theater and part of the Bolivar Avenue. The fort had a shooting range for the soldiers, ammunition warehouses, horses, diners and a small pond that was called "Soldier's Pond".
Text adapted from “San José Castle (Guatemala City)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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