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3 landmarks in the Castle Map atlas: every one mapped with a photo and its story, all 3 with sourced founding dates, ranked by Wikipedia coverage and real readership.
The most famous castle in Uruguay is Cerro Fortress, ranked #3,281 of 9,040 in the world, followed by Fortaleza de Santa Teresa and Fuerte San Miguel.
The Castle Map atlas charts 3 fortresses in Uruguay. Every one is plotted with its photo, founding date and story on the interactive castle map of Uruguay.
The northernmost is Fuerte San Miguel, the southernmost Cerro Fortress: about 283 km apart.
See them on the map →Fortress · 19th century · #1 in Uruguay
The Fortaleza del Cerro, also known as Fortaleza General Artigas, is a fortress situated in Montevideo, Uruguay overlooking the Bay of Montevideo.
Fortress · 18th century · #2 in Uruguay
The Fortaleza de Santa Teresa, or Fortaleza Santa Tereza is a military fortification located 36 km south of Chuy and 305 km northeast of Montevideo…
Fortress · 18th century · #3 in Uruguay
Fuerte de San Miguel is a military fortification in the small town of Dieciocho de Julio in the Rocha Department of eastern Uruguay.
The Castle Map atlas maps 3 fortresses in Uruguay: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks from Wikidata, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Cerro Fortress, ranked #3,281 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking, founded in the 19th century.
The oldest dated landmark in the atlas in Uruguay is Fuerte San Miguel, founded 1737. Earlier structures may have existed: this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
See also: the most famous castle in every country · the oldest in every country · medieval castles · castle statistics.
