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That's less than I expected for worldwide Apparently Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, etc... were not really into castles, while Japan was?
Why nothing in North America but forts? There are lots of ancient structures that should be considered. Ex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montezuma_Castle_National_Monu...
> # Etymology > Neither part of the monument's name is correct. ... was not a "castle" in the traditional sense, but instead may have functioned more like a "prehistoric high rise apartment complex".[8] My understanding was always that aside from vanity castles like Craigdarroch ( https://thecastle.ca ) there aren't castles in North America because they're only practical in a pre-cannon world
Since forts are included in the USA, there are loads of Napoleonic forts missing in the UK. Plymouth is surrounded by them.
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Same for France and Spain, which is what I am familiar with. I am expecting it to be true all around. The map of France shows maybe 100 castles? If you include castles, forts and chateaux (which it seems the map aims to do) France has around 45000 of them, including 15k medieval castles (military), an other 15k from the Renaissance period (mix of military and luxury), and 20k more recent ones (some military, many lux…
and for Romania, which has far, far more than are listed
Would be amazing to see which one of these are on sale.
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If you submit some map, at least don't have the title contradict the content description: "the 2,435 most significant landmarks worldwide, ordered by a fame ranking that blends Wikipedia coverage with real readership." or someone fix the title here please to what on the app right now: "Map of the world's great castles & fortresses" whatever that means. Germany's Saxony alone has 700+ fortications with about 100 being…
If you submit some map, at least don't have the title contradict the content description: "the 2,435 most significant landmarks worldwide, ordered by a fame ranking that blends Wikipedia coverage with real readership." or someone fix the title here please to what on the app right now: "Map of the world's great castles & fortresses" whatever that means. Germany's Saxony alone has 700+ fortications with about 100 being…