# com.thecastlemap/castles

- Registry name: `com.thecastlemap/castles` · version 1.0.3
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Datasets & public data, Search & data, Research & knowledge
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Not declared (tools carry no read/destructive hints)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=com.thecastlemap%2Fcastles
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/com.thecastlemap--castles.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

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

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://thecastlemap.com/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `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.

Measured by MCP Station. Methods: https://mcpstation.net/methods.html · Terms: https://mcpstation.net/terms.html