Century
Castles: 17th century
Sites dated to the 17th 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.
- 220
- sites
- 31
- UNESCO
- Castle ruins: 8
- Castles: 82
- Palaces and châteaux: 50
- Fortresses and forts: 80
Best known
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Himeji Castle
Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
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Kumamoto Castle
Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
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Nijō Castle
Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
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Château de Malmaison
Île-de-France, France
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Fort St Angelo
Malta Xlokk, Malta
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Kōchi Castle
Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
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Castello del Valentino, Turin
Piemonte, Italy
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Galle Fort
Galle, Sri Lanka
Register of sites
Japan 38
- Himeji Castle ◆ 1601 · Hyōgo Prefecture
- Kumamoto Castle 1601 · Kumamoto Prefecture
- Nijō Castle ◆ 1601 · Kyōto Prefecture
- Kōchi Castle 1601 · Kōchi Prefecture
- Sendai (Aoba) Castle 1601 · Miyagi Prefecture
- Uwajima Castle 1601 · Ehime Prefecture
- Kagoshima Castle 1601 · Kagoshima Prefecture
- Fukuoka Castle 1601 · Fukuoka Prefecture
- Kuwana Castle 1601 · Mie Prefecture
- Matsuyama Castle 1602 · Ehime Prefecture
- Kokura Castle 1602 · Fukuoka Prefecture
- Imabari Castle 1602 · Ehime Prefecture
- Saga Castle 1602 · Saga Prefecture
- Karatsu Castle 1602 · Saga Prefecture
- Hikone Castle 1603 · Shiga Prefecture
- Hagi Castle ◆ 1604 · Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Kubota Castle, Akita 1604 · Akita Prefecture
- Tsuyama Castle c. 1604 · Okayama Prefecture
- Izushi Castle 1604 · Hyōgo Prefecture
- Fukui Castle 1606 · Fukui Prefecture
- Matsue Castle 1607 · Shimane Prefecture
- Iwakuni Castle 1608 · Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Sasayama Castle 1609 · Hyōgo Prefecture
- Takaoka Castle 1609 · Toyama Prefecture
- Nagoya Castle 1610 · Aichi Prefecture
- Sakura Castle 1610 · Chiba Prefecture
- Hirosaki Castle 1611 · Aomori Prefecture
- Takada Castle 1614 · Niigata Prefecture
- Akashi Castle 1617 · Hyōgo Prefecture
- Amagasaki Castle 1617 · Hyōgo Prefecture
- Shimabara Castle 1618 · Nagasaki Prefecture
- Fukuyama Castle 1619 · Hiroshima Prefecture
- Hachinohe Castle 1627 · Aomori Prefecture
- Maruoka Castle c. 1628 · Fukui Prefecture
- Komine Castle, Shirakawa 1629 · Fukushima Prefecture
- Obama Castle 1641 · Fukui Prefecture
- Akō Castle 1648 · Hyōgo Prefecture
- Bitchū Matsuyama Castle c. 1681 · Okayama Prefecture
France 21
- Château de Malmaison 17th century · Île-de-France
- Château de Brissac c. 1606 · Pays de la Loire
- Château de Selles-sur-Cher 1612 · Centre-Val de Loire
- Château de Maisons c. 1630 · Île-de-France
- Château de Beaumesnil 1633 · Normandie
- Château de Cheverny 1634 · Centre-Val de Loire
- Château de Menars c. 1646 · Centre-Val de Loire
- Vaux-le-Vicomte 1656 · Île-de-France
- Fort Saint-Jean 1660 · Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
- Fort Saint-Nicolas 1660 · Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
- Palace of Versailles ◆ 1661 · Île-de-France
- Château de Flers 1661 · Hauts-de-France
- Citadel of Besançon 1668 · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Château de Choisy 1678 · Île-de-France
- Château de Marly 1679 · Île-de-France
- Cidadel of Blaye 1680 · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Fort Liberia ◆ 1681 · Occitanie
- Fort National 1689 · Bretagne
- Fort Paté 1693 · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Neuf-Brisach 1698 · Grand Est
- Château de Maintenon 17th century · Centre-Val de Loire
Sweden 19
- Viderup Castle 1623 · Skåne
- Tyresö Palace 1633 · Stockholm
- Tunbyholm Castle 1634 · Skåne
- Bogesund Castle c. 1640 · Stockholm
- Marsvinsholm Castle 1648 · Skåne
- Brahehus c. 1650 · Jönköping
- Åkeshov Castle c. 1650 · Stockholm
- New Elfsborg Fortress 1653 · Västra Götaland
- Skokloster Castle 1654 · Uppsala
- Carlsten Fortress 1658 · Västra Götaland
- Stenhammar Castle 1658 · Södermanland
- Mariedal Castle c. 1660 · Västra Götaland
- Löfstad Castle 1660 · Östergötland
- Finspång Castle 1666 · Östergötland
- Sävstaholm Castle 1666 · Södermanland
- Venngarn Castle 1670 · Stockholm
- Pålsjö Castle 1676 · Skåne
- Steninge Palace 1698 · Stockholm
- Crown Redoubt 1700 · Västra Götaland
Germany 18
- Blankenhain Castle 1601 · Thuringia
- Wewelsburg 1603 · North Rhine-Westphalia
- Schloss Johannisburg 1605 · Bavaria
- Oldenburg Castle 1607 · Lower Saxony
- Schloss Schwarzenberg 1608 · Bavaria
- Wasserschloss Darfeld 1612 · North Rhine-Westphalia
- Fortress of Mainz 1619 · Rhineland-Palatinate
- Evenburg 1642 · Lower Saxony
- Friedenstein Castle 1656 · Thuringia
- Schönhausen Palace 1664 · Berlin
- Petersberg Citadel 1665 · Thuringia
- Schloss Lembeck 1670 · North Rhine-Westphalia
- Schloss Oranienstein 1671 · Rhineland-Palatinate
- Köpenick Palace 1677 · Berlin
- Bad Homburg Castle 1680 · Hesse
- Friedrichsfelde Castle 1695 · Berlin
- Rastatt Palace 1697 · Baden-Württemberg
- Philippsruhe Castle 1700 · Hesse
Ghana 14
- Fort São Sebastião de Xama ◆ 17th century · Western
- Fort Coenraadsburg ◆ 17th century · Central
- Fort Nassau 1612 · Central
- Fort Amsterdam, Ghana ◆ 1638 · Central
- Fort William ◆ 1640 · Central
- Ussher Fort ◆ 1649
- Cape Coast Castle ◆ 1653 · Central
- Fort Batenstein ◆ 1656 · Western
- Osu Castle ◆ 1661 · Greater Accra
- Fort James ◆ 1673
- Fort Vredenburgh ◆ 1682 · Central
- Fort Metal Cross ◆ 1683 · Western
- Fort Orange 1690 · Western
- Fort Patience ◆ 1697 · Central
India 13
- Jahangir Mahal 17th century · Madhya Pradesh
- Dindigul Fort 1605 · Tamil Nadu
- Fort Aguada, Goa 1612 · Goa
- Fort Dansborg 1620 · Tamil Nadu
- Red Fort ◆ 1639 · Delhi
- Fort St. George, Chennai 1640 · Tamil Nadu
- Castella de Aguada 1640 · Maharashtra
- Bekal Fort c. 1650 · Kerala
- Pratapgad ◆ 1656 · Maharashtra
- Sindhudurg Fort ◆ 1664 · Maharashtra
- Worli Fort 1675 · Maharashtra
- Khanderi Island Fort ◆ 1679 · Maharashtra
- Akola Fort 1697 · Maharashtra