Castle
Sant Ferran Castle
🇪🇸 Spain · 18th century
The Sant Ferran Castle (Catalan: Castell de Sant Ferran) is situated on a hill in Figueres, Catalonia at the end of Pujada del Castell. It is a large military fortress built in the eighteenth century under the orders of several military engineers, including Pedro Martín Cermeño and Juan Martín Cermeño. It is the largest man-made monument in Catalonia.
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Sant Ferran Castle ranks #2,072 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #77 of the 180 mapped in Spain. Founded 1753, it is older than 18% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 238 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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