Forget ticking off humdrum attractions and landmarks. For travellers with a soft spot for towers, battlements and drawbridges, there’s a handy tool that brings the world’s castles in one place.

Across 141 countries and currently featuring 7,738 landmarks, Castlemap presents the world’s castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins on a free, interactive map. The platform utilises open source data from Wikidata, with coordinates and founding dates for each landmark. Each is pinned on the map with a photograph and bitesize story about its history.

Castlemap’s atlas is divided into four overarching categories: castles and châteaux, fortresses and forts…

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