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

Register of sites

Japan 38

  1. Himeji Castle ◆ 1601 · Hyōgo Prefecture
  2. Kumamoto Castle 1601 · Kumamoto Prefecture
  3. Nijō Castle ◆ 1601 · Kyōto Prefecture
  4. Kōchi Castle 1601 · Kōchi Prefecture
  5. Sendai (Aoba) Castle 1601 · Miyagi Prefecture
  6. Uwajima Castle 1601 · Ehime Prefecture
  7. Kagoshima Castle 1601 · Kagoshima Prefecture
  8. Fukuoka Castle 1601 · Fukuoka Prefecture
  9. Kuwana Castle 1601 · Mie Prefecture
  10. Matsuyama Castle 1602 · Ehime Prefecture
  11. Kokura Castle 1602 · Fukuoka Prefecture
  12. Imabari Castle 1602 · Ehime Prefecture
  13. Saga Castle 1602 · Saga Prefecture
  14. Karatsu Castle 1602 · Saga Prefecture
  15. Hikone Castle 1603 · Shiga Prefecture
  16. Hagi Castle ◆ 1604 · Yamaguchi Prefecture
  17. Kubota Castle, Akita 1604 · Akita Prefecture
  18. Tsuyama Castle c. 1604 · Okayama Prefecture
  19. Izushi Castle 1604 · Hyōgo Prefecture
  20. Fukui Castle 1606 · Fukui Prefecture
  21. Matsue Castle 1607 · Shimane Prefecture
  22. Iwakuni Castle 1608 · Yamaguchi Prefecture
  23. Sasayama Castle 1609 · Hyōgo Prefecture
  24. Takaoka Castle 1609 · Toyama Prefecture
  25. Nagoya Castle 1610 · Aichi Prefecture
  26. Sakura Castle 1610 · Chiba Prefecture
  27. Hirosaki Castle 1611 · Aomori Prefecture
  28. Takada Castle 1614 · Niigata Prefecture
  29. Akashi Castle 1617 · Hyōgo Prefecture
  30. Amagasaki Castle 1617 · Hyōgo Prefecture
  31. Shimabara Castle 1618 · Nagasaki Prefecture
  32. Fukuyama Castle 1619 · Hiroshima Prefecture
  33. Hachinohe Castle 1627 · Aomori Prefecture
  34. Maruoka Castle c. 1628 · Fukui Prefecture
  35. Komine Castle, Shirakawa 1629 · Fukushima Prefecture
  36. Obama Castle 1641 · Fukui Prefecture
  37. Akō Castle 1648 · Hyōgo Prefecture
  38. Bitchū Matsuyama Castle c. 1681 · Okayama Prefecture

France 21

  1. Château de Malmaison 17th century · Île-de-France
  2. Château de Brissac c. 1606 · Pays de la Loire
  3. Château de Selles-sur-Cher 1612 · Centre-Val de Loire
  4. Château de Maisons c. 1630 · Île-de-France
  5. Château de Beaumesnil 1633 · Normandie
  6. Château de Cheverny 1634 · Centre-Val de Loire
  7. Château de Menars c. 1646 · Centre-Val de Loire
  8. Vaux-le-Vicomte 1656 · Île-de-France
  9. Fort Saint-Jean 1660 · Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
  10. Fort Saint-Nicolas 1660 · Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
  11. Palace of Versailles ◆ 1661 · Île-de-France
  12. Château de Flers 1661 · Hauts-de-France
  13. Citadel of Besançon 1668 · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
  14. Château de Choisy 1678 · Île-de-France
  15. Château de Marly 1679 · Île-de-France
  16. Cidadel of Blaye 1680 · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  17. Fort Liberia ◆ 1681 · Occitanie
  18. Fort National 1689 · Bretagne
  19. Fort Paté 1693 · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  20. Neuf-Brisach 1698 · Grand Est
  21. Château de Maintenon 17th century · Centre-Val de Loire

Sweden 19

  1. Viderup Castle 1623 · Skåne
  2. Tyresö Palace 1633 · Stockholm
  3. Tunbyholm Castle 1634 · Skåne
  4. Bogesund Castle c. 1640 · Stockholm
  5. Marsvinsholm Castle 1648 · Skåne
  6. Brahehus c. 1650 · Jönköping
  7. Åkeshov Castle c. 1650 · Stockholm
  8. New Elfsborg Fortress 1653 · Västra Götaland
  9. Skokloster Castle 1654 · Uppsala
  10. Carlsten Fortress 1658 · Västra Götaland
  11. Stenhammar Castle 1658 · Södermanland
  12. Mariedal Castle c. 1660 · Västra Götaland
  13. Löfstad Castle 1660 · Östergötland
  14. Finspång Castle 1666 · Östergötland
  15. Sävstaholm Castle 1666 · Södermanland
  16. Venngarn Castle 1670 · Stockholm
  17. Pålsjö Castle 1676 · Skåne
  18. Steninge Palace 1698 · Stockholm
  19. Crown Redoubt 1700 · Västra Götaland

Germany 18

  1. Blankenhain Castle 1601 · Thuringia
  2. Wewelsburg 1603 · North Rhine-Westphalia
  3. Schloss Johannisburg 1605 · Bavaria
  4. Oldenburg Castle 1607 · Lower Saxony
  5. Schloss Schwarzenberg 1608 · Bavaria
  6. Wasserschloss Darfeld 1612 · North Rhine-Westphalia
  7. Fortress of Mainz 1619 · Rhineland-Palatinate
  8. Evenburg 1642 · Lower Saxony
  9. Friedenstein Castle 1656 · Thuringia
  10. Schönhausen Palace 1664 · Berlin
  11. Petersberg Citadel 1665 · Thuringia
  12. Schloss Lembeck 1670 · North Rhine-Westphalia
  13. Schloss Oranienstein 1671 · Rhineland-Palatinate
  14. Köpenick Palace 1677 · Berlin
  15. Bad Homburg Castle 1680 · Hesse
  16. Friedrichsfelde Castle 1695 · Berlin
  17. Rastatt Palace 1697 · Baden-Württemberg
  18. Philippsruhe Castle 1700 · Hesse

Ghana 14

  1. Fort São Sebastião de Xama ◆ 17th century · Western
  2. Fort Coenraadsburg ◆ 17th century · Central
  3. Fort Nassau 1612 · Central
  4. Fort Amsterdam, Ghana ◆ 1638 · Central
  5. Fort William ◆ 1640 · Central
  6. Ussher Fort ◆ 1649
  7. Cape Coast Castle ◆ 1653 · Central
  8. Fort Batenstein ◆ 1656 · Western
  9. Osu Castle ◆ 1661 · Greater Accra
  10. Fort James ◆ 1673
  11. Fort Vredenburgh ◆ 1682 · Central
  12. Fort Metal Cross ◆ 1683 · Western
  13. Fort Orange 1690 · Western
  14. Fort Patience ◆ 1697 · Central

India 13

  1. Jahangir Mahal 17th century · Madhya Pradesh
  2. Dindigul Fort 1605 · Tamil Nadu
  3. Fort Aguada, Goa 1612 · Goa
  4. Fort Dansborg 1620 · Tamil Nadu
  5. Red Fort ◆ 1639 · Delhi
  6. Fort St. George, Chennai 1640 · Tamil Nadu
  7. Castella de Aguada 1640 · Maharashtra
  8. Bekal Fort c. 1650 · Kerala
  9. Pratapgad ◆ 1656 · Maharashtra
  10. Sindhudurg Fort ◆ 1664 · Maharashtra
  11. Worli Fort 1675 · Maharashtra
  12. Khanderi Island Fort ◆ 1679 · Maharashtra
  13. Akola Fort 1697 · Maharashtra

United Kingdom 8

  1. Barcaldine Castle 1601 · Scotland
  2. Kirkwall Earl's Palace 1601 · Scotland
  3. Ballygally Castle 1625 · Northern Ireland
  4. Craigievar Castle 1626 · Scotland
  5. Braemar Castle 1628 · Scotland
  6. Glenarm Castle 1636 · Northern Ireland
  7. Nottingham Castle 1674 · England
  8. Castle Howard 1699 · England

Austria 7

  1. Mirabell Palace 1606 · Salzburg
  2. Hellbrunn Palace, Salzburg 1613 · Salzburg
  3. Esterházy Palace, Eisenstadt 1663 · Burgenland
  4. Schloss Trautenfels 1672 · Styria
  5. Hetzendorf Palace 1694 · Vienna
  6. Schönbrunn Palace ◆ 1696 · Vienna
  7. Schloss Klessheim 1700 · Salzburg

United States 6

  1. Fort Amsterdam, New Amsterdam 1625 · New York
  2. Castillo San Cristóbal 1634
  3. Fort Christina, Wilmington 1638 · Delaware
  4. Fort Independence 1643 · Massachusetts
  5. Fort Christian, Charlotte Amalie 1672
  6. Castillo de San Marcos 1672 · Florida

Sri Lanka 5

  1. Galle Fort ◆ 17th century · Galle
  2. Jaffna Fort 17th century · Jaffna
  3. Batticaloa Fort 1628 · Batticaloa
  4. Fort Fredrick, Trincomalee 1665 · Trincomalee
  5. Negombo Fort 1672 · Gampaha

Poland 5

  1. Baranów Sandomierski Castle 1606 · Podkarpackie Voivodeship
  2. Ujazdów Castle, Warsaw 1624 · Masovian Voivodeship
  3. Krzyżtopór Castle 1627 · Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
  4. Łańcut Castle 1629 · Podkarpackie Voivodeship
  5. Oława Castle 17th century · Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Ukraine 4

  1. Zbarazh Castle 1631 · Ternopil
  2. Zolochiv Castle 1634 · Lviv
  3. Pidhirtsi Castle 1635 · Lviv
  4. Kodak Fortress 1635 · Dnipropetrovsk

Spain 4

  1. Castillo de San Juan Bautista 1641 · Santa Cruz de Tenerife
  2. Castro fortress 1665 · Pontevedra
  3. Peñón de Alhucemas 1673
  4. Castle of Santa Catalina 1683 · Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Malta 3

  1. Fort St Angelo 17th century · Malta Xlokk
  2. Fort San Lucian 1610 · Malta Xlokk
  3. Fort Ricasoli 1670 · Malta Xlokk

Italy 3

  1. Castello del Valentino, Turin ◆ 17th century · Piemonte
  2. Fort Fuentes 1603 · Lombardia
  3. Palace of Venaria ◆ 1658 · Piemonte

Russia 3

  1. Arabat Fortress 17th century · Volga
  2. Yeni-Kale Fortress 1699 · Volga
  3. Verkhoturye Kremlin 1699 · Urals

China 3

  1. Monte Fort, Macau ◆ 1617 · Guangdong
  2. Guia Fortress, Macau c. 1622 · Guangdong
  3. Wanping Fortress c. 1640 · Beijing

Ireland 3

  1. Birr Castle c. 1620 · Offaly
  2. Parke's Castle 1628 · Leitrim
  3. Charles Fort 1670 · Cork

Taiwan 3

  1. Fort Zeelandia, Tainan 1624 · Tainan
  2. Fort Santo Domingo, Tamsui 1644 · New Taipei
  3. Fort Provintia (Chihkan Tower), Tainan 1653 · Tainan

Luxembourg 3

  1. New Castle of Ansembourg 1639 · Luxembourg
  2. Sanem Castle c. 1700 · Luxembourg
  3. Dommeldange Castle c. 1700 · Luxembourg

Netherlands 3

  1. Fort Sint-Michiel 1641 · Limburg
  2. Amerongen Castle 1662 · Utrecht
  3. Oud Poelgeest 1668 · South Holland

Norway 3

  1. Fredriksten Fortress c. 1660 · Østfold
  2. Christiansholm Fortress 1672 · Vest-Agder
  3. Kristiansten Fortress 1681 · Sør-Trøndelag

Indonesia 2

  1. Fort Oranje 1607 · North Maluku
  2. Fort Belgica, Banda Neira 1672 · Maluku

Bangladesh 2

  1. Hajiganj Fort 1610 · Dhaka
  2. Lalbagh Fort 1678 · Dhaka

Portugal 2

  1. Fortaleza de São Tiago 1614 · Madeira
  2. Castle of Almeida 1641 · Guarda

Denmark 2

  1. Kastellet, Copenhagen 1662 · Capital Region of Denmark
  2. Augustenborg Palace 1664 · Southern Denmark

Czechia 2

  1. Kroměříž Archbishop's Palace ◆ c. 1665 · Zlín
  2. Troja Palace, Prague 1679 · Prague

Canada 2

  1. Fort Chambly 1665 · Quebec
  2. Fort Frontenac, Kingston 1673 · Ontario

Armenia 1

  1. Halidzor Fortress 17th century · Syunik

Oman 1

  1. Nizwa Fort 17th century · Ad Dakhiliyah

Finland 1

  1. Kajaani Castle 1604 · Kainuu

Lithuania 1

  1. Panemunė Castle 1604 · Marijampolė

Mexico 1

  1. Fort San Diego 1616 · Guerrero

Brazil 1

  1. São Marcelo Fort 1623 · Bahia

South Korea 1

  1. Namhansanseong ◆ 1624 · Gyeonggi

Cyprus 1

  1. Larnaca Castle 1625 · Larnaca

Curaçao 1

  1. Fort Amsterdam, Curaçao 1634 · Curaçao

Cuba 1

  1. Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca ◆ 1638 · Santiago de Cuba

Latvia 1

  1. Daugavgrīva Fortress 1641 · Riga

Türkiye 1

  1. Hoşap Castle 1643 · Van

Guatemala 1

  1. Castillo de San Felipe de Lara 1644 · Izabal

Colombia 1

  1. Castillo San Felipe de Barajas ◆ c. 1657 · Bolívar

Switzerland 1

  1. Aarburg Castle 1659 · Aargau

South Africa 1

  1. Castle of Good Hope 1666 · Western Cape

Nicaragua 1

  1. Fortress of the Immaculate Conception 1673 · Río San Juan

Serbia 1

  1. Petrovaradin Fortress 1692 · South Bačka

Tanzania 1

  1. Old Fort of Zanzibar ◆ 1699 · Mjini Magharibi