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Century

Castles: 18th century

Sites dated to the 18th 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.

147
sites
10
UNESCO
  • Castle ruins: 3
  • Castles: 19
  • Palaces and châteaux: 57
  • Fortresses and forts: 68

Best known

Register of sites

Germany 16

  1. Biebrich Palace 1702 · Hesse
  2. Schloss Nordkirchen 1703 · North Rhine-Westphalia
  3. Neues Schloss 1710 · Baden-Württemberg
  4. Schloss Weißenstein 1711 · Bavaria
  5. Würzburg Residence ◆ 1720 · Bavaria
  6. Pillnitz Palace, Dresden 1720 · Saxony
  7. New Palace, Stuttgart 1746 · Baden-Württemberg
  8. Leineschloss 1746 · Lower Saxony
  9. New Chambers 1747 · Brandenburg
  10. Karlsruhe Palace 1749 · Baden-Württemberg
  11. Schloss Mosigkau ◆ 1752 · Saxony-Anhalt
  12. Solitude Palace 1769 · Baden-Württemberg
  13. Georgium ◆ 1783 · Saxony-Anhalt
  14. Bellevue Palace 1786 · Berlin
  15. Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel 1786 · Hesse
  16. Wesel citadel 18th century · North Rhine-Westphalia

United States 13

  1. Fort Detroit 1701 · Michigan
  2. Los Adaes 1721 · Louisiana
  3. Fort Niagara 1726 · New York
  4. Fort Matanzas 1740 · Florida
  5. Fort Le Boeuf 1753 · Pennsylvania
  6. Fort Duquesne, Pittsburgh 1754 · Pennsylvania
  7. Fort Ticonderoga 1755 · Vermont
  8. Fort William Henry 1755 · New York
  9. Fort Carillon 1755 · Vermont
  10. Fort Loudoun 1756 · Pennsylvania
  11. Fort Stanwix 1758 · New York
  12. Fort Pitt 1759 · Pennsylvania
  13. Fort McHenry 1798 · Maryland

Czechia 10

  1. Ploskovice Castle 18th century · Ústí nad Labem
  2. Veltrusy Mansion 1706 · Central Bohemian
  3. Buchlovice Castle 1707 · Zlín
  4. Karlova Koruna Chateau 1723 · Hradec Králové
  5. Jaroměřice Castle 1737 · Vysočina
  6. Slavkov Castle 1769 · South Moravian
  7. Terezín 1780 · Ústí nad Labem
  8. Kozel Castle c. 1780 · Plzeň-
  9. Josefov Fortress c. 1780 · Hradec Králové
  10. Milotice Castle 18th century · South Moravian

Sweden 10

  1. Sturefors Castle 1704 · Östergötland
  2. Björnstorp Castle 1752 · Skåne
  3. Åkerö Castle 1757 · Södermanland
  4. Trolleholm Castle c. 1760 · Skåne
  5. Kavlås Castle 1775 · Västra Götaland
  6. Övedskloster Castle 1776 · Skåne
  7. Gunnebo House 1778 · Västra Götaland
  8. Heby Castle 1778 · Södermanland
  9. Maltesholm Castle 1780 · Skåne
  10. Bjärka-Säby Castle 1797 · Östergötland

India 8

  1. Visapur Fort 1713 · Maharashtra
  2. Jaigarh Fort 1726 · Rajasthan
  3. Shaniwar Wada, Pune 1730 · Maharashtra
  4. Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur 18th century · Rajasthan
  5. Ramnagar Fort, Varanasi 1750 · Uttar Pradesh
  6. Fort William, Kolkata 1758 · West Bengal
  7. Qila Mubarak, Patiala 1763 · Punjab
  8. Fort George 1769 · Maharashtra

Canada 8

  1. Prince of Wales Fort 1717 · Manitoba
  2. Fortress of Louisbourg c. 1720 · Nova Scotia
  3. Fort Rouillé 1750 · Ontario
  4. Fort Beauséjour 1751 · New Brunswick
  5. Fort Erie 1764 · Ontario
  6. Fort San Miguel 1789 · British Columbia
  7. Fort York 1793 · Ontario
  8. Fort George 1796 · Ontario

United Kingdom 6

  1. Kimbolton Castle 1707 · England
  2. Seaton Delaval Hall 1728 · England
  3. Fort George 1748 · Scotland
  4. Culzean Castle 1777 · Scotland
  5. Hillsborough Castle 18th century · Northern Ireland
  6. Alton Castle 18th century · England

Spain 5

  1. Castle of San Sebastián 1706 · Cádiz
  2. Montjuïc Castle c. 1751 · Barcelona
  3. Sant Ferran Castle 1753 · Girona
  4. San Andrés Castle, Tenerife 1769 · Santa Cruz de Tenerife
  5. Castillo de San José 1779 · Las Palmas

Belgium 5

  1. Château of Stuyvenberg 1725 · Brussels Capital
  2. Castle of Seneffe c. 1760 · Hainaut
  3. Château Malou 1776 · Brussels Capital
  4. Royal Castle of Laeken 1782 · Brussels Capital
  5. Belvédère Château 1788 · Brussels Capital

Luxembourg 5

  1. Bettendorf Castle 1728 · Diekirch
  2. Fort Thüngen, Luxembourg 1733 · Luxembourg
  3. Bettembourg Castle 1734 · Luxembourg
  4. Bettange-sur-Mess Castle 1753 · Luxembourg
  5. Château de Septfontaines c. 1780 · Luxembourg

Italy 4

  1. Sarre Royal Castle 1708 · Valle d'Aosta
  2. Castle of Rivoli ◆ 1718 · Piemonte
  3. Fenestrelle Fort 1728 · Piemonte
  4. Marchione Castle 1730 · Apulia

Denmark 4

  1. Fredensborg Palace 1722 · Capital Region of Denmark
  2. Jægerspris Castle 1722 · Capital Region of Denmark
  3. Gavnø Castle 1758 · Zealand
  4. Bernstorff Palace 1759 · Capital Region of Denmark

France 4

  1. Château d'Hérouville 1740 · Île-de-France
  2. Château de Commercy 1747 · Grand Est
  3. Château de Compiègne 1751 · Hauts-de-France
  4. Château d'Yquem 18th century · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Azerbaijan 4

  1. Shaki Fortress 1743 · Shaki-Zaqatala Economic Region
  2. Askeran Fortress (Əsgəran) 1751 · Yukhari Garabakh Economic Region
  3. Shusha Fortress 1752 · Yukhari Garabakh Economic Region
  4. Shahbulag Castle 1752 · Yukhari Garabakh Economic Region

Russia 3

  1. Peter and Paul Fortress 1703 · Northwestern
  2. Fortress of Saint Dimitry of Rostov 1761 · Volga
  3. Saint Michael's Castle 1797 · Northwestern

Ghana 3

  1. Fort Goede Hoop ◆ 1705 · Central
  2. Fort Prinzenstein, Keta ◆ 1784 · Volta
  3. Fort Augustaborg 1787 · Greater Accra

Croatia 3

  1. Tvrđa, Osijek 1712 · Osijek-Baranja
  2. Brod Fortress 1715 · Brod-Posavina
  3. Eltz Manor, Vukovar 1751 · Vukovar-Syrmia

Malta 3

  1. Fort Manoel 1723 · Malta Majjistral
  2. Fort Chambray 1749
  3. Fort Tigné 1793 · Malta Majjistral

Finland 3

  1. Suomenlinna ◆ 1748 · Uusimaa
  2. Svartholm Fortress 1764 · Uusimaa
  3. Kärnäkoski Fortress 1791 · South Karelia

Romania 2

  1. Mogoșoaia Palace 1702 · Ilfov
  2. Alba Iulia Fortress 1715 · Alba

Hungary 2

  1. Eszterháza Palace, Fertőd 1720 · Győr-Moson-Sopron
  2. Gödöllő Royal Palace c. 1733 · Pest

Ireland 2

  1. Westport House c. 1730 · Mayo
  2. Slane Castle 1785 · Meath

Cuba 2

  1. Castillo de Jagua 1745 · Cienfuegos
  2. Fortress of San Carlos de la Cabaña ◆ 1763 · Havana

Ukraine 2

  1. Fortress of St Elizabeth, Kropyvnytskyi 1754 · Kirovohrad
  2. Kachanivka Palace 1770 · Chernihiv

Japan 1

  1. Hirado Castle 1704 · Nagasaki Prefecture

Greece 1

  1. Palamidi, Nafplio 1714 · Peloponnese

Serbia 1

  1. Niš Fortress 1719 · Nišava

Taiwan 1

  1. Cihou Fort 1720 · Kaohsiung

Benin 1

  1. Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá 1721 · Atlantique

Austria 1

  1. Schloss Hof 1726 · Lower Austria

Bosnia & Herzegovina 1

  1. Žuta Tabija 1727 · Sarajevo Canton

China 1

  1. Fan Lau Fort 1729 · Guangdong

Switzerland 1

  1. Prangins Castle 1732 · Vaud

Latvia 1

  1. Jelgava Palace 1738 · Zemgale

Slovakia 1

  1. Manor in Svätý Anton 1744 · Banská Bystrica

Uruguay 1

  1. Fortaleza de Santa Teresa 1762 · Rocha

Iran 1

  1. Karim Khan Citadel, Shiraz 1766 · Fars

Saudi Arabia 1

  1. Ajyad Fortress 1777 · Makkah

Mexico 1

  1. Chapultepec Castle 1785 · Mexico

Australia 1

  1. Fort Denison 1788 · New South Wales

Vietnam 1

  1. Citadel of Saigon (1790) 1790 · Ho Chi Minh

Portugal 1

  1. Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort ◆ 1792 · Portalegre

South Korea 1

  1. Hwaseong Fortress ◆ 1794 · Gyeonggi

Poland 1

  1. Żmigród Castle 18th century · Lower Silesian Voivodeship