Century

Castles: 14th century

Sites dated to the 14th century. For castles described by our editors this is when the present building was built; for the rest it is the earliest date in Wikidata – founding, first mention or start of construction. Many castles were rebuilt over the following centuries.

187
sites
11
UNESCO
  • Castle ruins: 41
  • Castles: 128
  • Palaces and châteaux: 5
  • Fortresses and forts: 13

Best known

Register of sites

United Kingdom 32

  1. Craigmillar Castle 14th century · Scotland
  2. Roslin Castle 1305 · Scotland
  3. Dunstanburgh Castle 1313 · England
  4. Moorish Castle, Gibraltar 1333
  5. Ford Castle 1338 · England
  6. Westenhanger Castle 1343 · England
  7. Chillingham Castle 1344 · England
  8. Shane's Castle ruins 1345 · Northern Ireland
  9. Maxstoke Castle 1345 · England
  10. Greys Court 1348 · England
  11. Tantallon Castle 1350 · Scotland
  12. Greystoke Castle 1353 · England
  13. Kellie Castle 1360 · Scotland
  14. Threave Castle 1369 · Scotland
  15. Raby Castle 1378 · England
  16. Cawood Castle 1378 · England
  17. Bolton Castle 1379 · England
  18. Sheriff Hutton Castle 1382 · England
  19. Farleigh Hungerford Castle 1383 · England
  20. Wingfield Castle 1384 · England
  21. Bodiam Castle 1385 · England
  22. Helmsley Castle 1385 · England
  23. Donnington Castle 1386 · England
  24. Dartmouth Castle 1388 · England
  25. Lumley Castle 1389 · England
  26. Wressle Castle c. 1390 · England
  27. Penrith Castle 1399 · England
  28. Dunnottar Castle 1400 · Scotland
  29. Doune Castle 1400 · Scotland
  30. Spofforth Castle 14th century · England
  31. Thurland Castle 14th century · England
  32. Dacre Castle 14th century · England

Czechia 18

  1. Helfštýn 1306 · Olomouc
  2. Střekov Castle c. 1310 · Ústí nad Labem
  3. Sloup Castle 1324 · Liberec
  4. Hasištejn Castle 1340 · Ústí nad Labem
  5. Karlštejn Castle 1348 · Central Bohemian
  6. Helfenburk 1355 · South Bohemian
  7. Kašperk Castle 1356 · Plzeň-
  8. Trosky Castle c. 1380 · Liberec
  9. Frýdštejn Castle 1385 · Liberec
  10. Kokořín Castle 14th century · Central Bohemian
  11. Hrubý Rohozec 14th century · Liberec
  12. Telč château 14th century · Vysočina
  13. Talmberk Castle 14th century · Central Bohemian
  14. Rabí Castle 14th century · Plzeň-
  15. Sovinec 14th century · Moravian-Silesian
  16. Točník Castle 14th century · Central Bohemian
  17. Castle Valečov 14th century · Central Bohemian
  18. Žumberk Castle 14th century · Pardubice

Poland 18

  1. Barciany Castle 1325 · Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
  2. Kwidzyn Castle 1344 · Pomeranian Voivodeship
  3. Ducal Castle, Szczecin 1346 · West Pomeranian Voivodeship
  4. Bobolice Castle c. 1350 · Silesian Voivodeship
  5. Chojnik Castle c. 1350 · Lower Silesian Voivodeship
  6. Castle of Warmian Bishops in Lidzbark Warmiński 1350 · Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
  7. Darłowo Castle 1352 · West Pomeranian Voivodeship
  8. Reszel Castle 1373 · Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
  9. Otmuchów Castle 1376 · Opole Voivodeship
  10. Jasna Góra Monastery, Częstochowa 1382 · Silesian Voivodeship
  11. Bytów Castle 1383 · Pomeranian Voivodeship
  12. Gniew Castle 1383 · Pomeranian Voivodeship
  13. Ogrodzieniec Castle 14th century · Silesian Voivodeship
  14. Sandomierz Castle 14th century · Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
  15. Łęczyca Castle 14th century · Łódź Voivodeship
  16. Tuczno Castle 14th century · West Pomeranian Voivodeship
  17. Pęzino Castle 14th century · West Pomeranian Voivodeship
  18. Strzelce Opolskie Castle 14th century · Opole Voivodeship

Japan 16

  1. Katsuren Castle, Okinawa ◆ 14th century · Okinawa Prefecture
  2. Tsuwano Castle 1324 · Shimane Prefecture
  3. Ōzu Castle 1331 · Ehime Prefecture
  4. Chihaya Castle 1332 · Ōsaka Prefecture
  5. Takatori Castle 1332 · Nara Prefecture
  6. Ne Castle, Hachinohe 1334 · Aomori Prefecture
  7. Yuzuki Castle 1335 · Ehime Prefecture
  8. Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle 1336 · Hiroshima Prefecture
  9. Ichinomiya Castle 1338 · Tokushima Prefecture
  10. Nihonmatsu Castle 1341 · Fukushima Prefecture
  11. Yamagata Castle 1357 · Yamagata Prefecture
  12. Aizuwakamatsu Castle (Tsuruga Castle) 1384 · Fukushima Prefecture
  13. Kiyosu Castle 1394 · Aichi Prefecture
  14. Gassantoda Castle 1396 · Shimane Prefecture
  15. Shuri Castle ◆ 14th century · Okinawa Prefecture
  16. Nakagusuku Castle, Okinawa ◆ 14th century · Okinawa Prefecture

France 14

  1. Château de Rambouillet 14th century · Île-de-France
  2. Château de Villandraut 14th century · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  3. Château de Sarzay 14th century · Centre-Val de Loire
  4. Château de Roquetaillade 1306 · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  5. Château de la Brède 1306 · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  6. Château de Miglos 1320 · Occitanie
  7. Château d'Andlau 1330 · Grand Est
  8. Castle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1333 · Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
  9. Château de Vincennes 1340 · Île-de-France
  10. Château de Saumur c. 1370 · Pays de la Loire
  11. Château de Dinan 1384 · Bretagne
  12. Château de Pierrefonds 1393 · Hauts-de-France
  13. Château de Sully-sur-Loire c. 1395 · Centre-Val de Loire
  14. Château de Tarascon 1400 · Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

Germany 11

  1. Katz Castle 14th century · Rhineland-Palatinate
  2. Schloss Herten 14th century · North Rhine-Westphalia
  3. Wolfsburg Castle 1302 · Lower Saxony
  4. Rheinstein Castle 1316 · Rhineland-Palatinate
  5. Pfalzgrafenstein Castle 1326 · Rhineland-Palatinate
  6. Sababurg 1334 · Hesse
  7. Ebernburg Castle 1338 · Rhineland-Palatinate
  8. Maus Castle 1353 · Rhineland-Palatinate
  9. Neues Schloss Baden-Baden 1370 · Baden-Württemberg
  10. Kriebstein Castle 1384 · Saxony
  11. Munich Residenz 1385 · Bavaria

Italy 6

  1. Fénis Castle 14th century · Valle d'Aosta
  2. Castelvecchio 1354 · Veneto
  3. Ivrea Castle 1358 · Piemonte
  4. Visconti Castle 1360 · Lombardia
  5. Castello Estense 1385 · Emilia-Romagna
  6. Piccolomini Castle 1392 · Abruzzo

Spain 6

  1. Castle of San Servando 14th century · Toledo
  2. Royal Palace of La Almudaina 14th century · Balearic Islands
  3. Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos ◆ 1328 · Córdoba
  4. Royal Alcázar of Seville ◆ 1364 · Seville
  5. Royal Palace of Olite c. 1400 · Navarre
  6. Cocentaina Castle 14th century · Alicante

Slovakia 5

  1. Krásna Hôrka Castle 14th century · Košice
  2. Zvolen Castle 14th century · Banská Bystrica
  3. Ľubovňa Castle 14th century · Prešov
  4. Likava 14th century · Žilina
  5. Čičava Castle 14th century · Prešov

Latvia 5

  1. Jaunpils Castle 1301 · Riga
  2. Alsunga Castle 14th century · Kurzeme
  3. Riga Castle 1330 · Riga
  4. Alūksne Castle 1342 · Vidzeme
  5. Ludza Castle 1399 · Latgale

Portugal 5

  1. Castle of Beja 1310 · Beja
  2. Castle of Campo Maior 1310 · Portalegre
  3. Castle of Redondo 1319 · Évora
  4. Castelo de Monsaraz 1320 · Évora
  5. Castle of Alter do Chão 1357 · Portalegre

Russia 5

  1. Oreshek Fortress, Shlisselburg ◆ 1323 · Northwestern
  2. Insterburg Castle 1336 · Northwestern
  3. Fortress of Izborsk 1341 · Northwestern
  4. Gross Wohnsdorf Castle 1356 · Northwestern
  5. Genoese Fortress, Sudak 1371

Croatia 5

  1. Walls of Ston 1358 · Dubrovnik-Neretva
  2. Cetin Castle 14th century · Karlovac
  3. Sokolac Castle 14th century · Lika-Senj
  4. Old town Đurđevac 14th century · Koprivnica-Križevci
  5. Sokol Fortress 14th century · Dubrovnik-Neretva

Sweden 4

  1. Dalaborg 1304 · Västra Götaland
  2. Bohus Fortress 1308 · Västra Götaland
  3. Älvsborg Fortress c. 1360 · Västra Götaland
  4. Tosterup Castle 14th century · Skåne

Switzerland 4

  1. Kropfenstein Castle 1312 · Grisons
  2. Castello Visconteo 1341 · Ticino
  3. Vufflens Castle 1395 · Vaud
  4. Château Saint-Maire 1397 · Vaud

Ukraine 3

  1. Lubart's Castle, Lutsk 14th century · Volyn
  2. Khotyn Fortress 1325 · Chernivtsi
  3. Vyshnivets Palace 1395 · Ternopil

Austria 3

  1. Hasegg Castle 1306 · Tyrol
  2. Burg Bideneck 1339 · Tyrol
  3. Neu-Ems Castle 1343 · Vorarlberg

Greece 3

  1. Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes ◆ 14th century · South Aegean
  2. Frangokastello 1371 · Crete
  3. Ioannina Castle 1378 · Epirus

Serbia 3

  1. Golubac Fortress 1335 · Braničevo
  2. Bač Fortress 1338 · South Bačka
  3. Kruševac Fortress 1381 · Rasina

Netherlands 3

  1. Loevestein Castle ◆ 1368 · Gelderland
  2. Muiderslot ◆ c. 1370 · North Holland
  3. Doornenburg Castle 14th century · Gelderland

Azerbaijan 2

  1. Nardaran Fortress 1301 · Absheron Economic Region
  2. Ramana Tower, Baku 14th century · Absheron Economic Region

India 2

  1. Siri Fort 1303 · Delhi
  2. Tughlaqabad Fort, Delhi 1321 · Delhi

Denmark 2

  1. Kalø Castle 1313 · Central Denmark
  2. Copenhagen Castle 14th century · Capital Region of Denmark

Belarus 2

  1. Lida Castle c. 1323 · Grodno
  2. Bobruisk Castle 14th century · Mahilioŭ

Finland 2

  1. Raseborg Castle 1373 · Uusimaa
  2. Kastelholm Castle, Åland 14th century

Israel 1

  1. Tower of David 1310 · Jerusalem

Slovenia 1

  1. Celje Castle 1322 · Savinjska

Bosnia & Herzegovina 1

  1. Bobovac 1349 · Zenica-Doboj Canton

Romania 1

  1. Bran Castle c. 1377 · Brașov

Estonia 1

  1. Kuressaare Castle c. 1380 · Saare

China 1

  1. Shanhai Pass ◆ 1381 · Hebei

Vietnam 1

  1. Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty ◆ 1397 · Thanh Hóa

Luxembourg 1

  1. Schuttbourg Castle 14th century · Diekirch