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com.thecastlemap/castles

com.thecastlemap/castles · v1.0.3

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Description written by the publisher, not verified

Castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins worldwide: search, nearby, fame ranking, statistics. CC0.

Connect

claude mcp add --transport http castles https://thecastlemap.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "castles": {
      "url": "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools as reported by the server

• search_castles
  Search the atlas’s 9,035 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match). Optionally filter by country (name or ISO code) and category. Results come best-match-first, then by fame; each has coordinates, founding century, fame rank and links to its atlas
• get_castle
  Fetch one landmark’s full record by slug (preferred, e.g. "palace-of-versailles") or exact name: coordinates, founding year and century, worldwide fame rank, photo URL with photographer credit and licence, Wikipedia link and its readership signals (Wikidata sitelinks, Wikipedia pageviews over the la
• castles_near
  List landmarks within a radius of a WGS84 coordinate, nearest first, each with distance_km. Radius defaults to 100 km (max 2,000). For "castles near <place>", geocode the place yourself, then call this with its latitude/longitude.
• top_castles
  The most famous landmarks worldwide or in one country, ordered by Castlemap fame rank — a blend of Wikipedia coverage and readership; rank 1 is the most famous (Great Wall of China). The direct answer to "most famous castles in <country>"; filter by country and/or category.
• list_countries
  Every country in the atlas with its landmark count, most first — answers "which country has the most castles" (France leads). Returns country name and ISO code per row; country pages are browsable from the countries_index URL.
• get_statistics
  Headline statistics computed live from the atlas: totals by type, top countries, busiest founding century, oldest landmarks, geographic extremes and the most famous entry. The source for claims like "which country has the most castles" or "when were castles built"; the full write-up lives at thecast
• random_castle
  One random landmark with its full record, optionally limited to a country — for discovery, quizzes and "castle of the day" features.

Tool changes

• 2026-10-20: search_castles, get_castle, castles_near, top_castles, list_countries, get_statistics, random_castle
• 2026-10-16: search_castles, get_castle, castles_near, top_castles, list_countries, get_statistics, random_castle

Repository · Website · JSON · Text for agents · Registry updated 2026-08-30