Very cool project, but obviously missing (too) many great castles. I'm not sure if that way of measuring popularity is really well done.
Missing a lot, at least three around my home town.
Map of the world's great castles and fortresses
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#22Is Fort Ross really "Renowned" as listed? I've never heard of it and honestly it doesn't look very interesting. I'd rather visit Fort Knox which is a real fortification currently in use, world famous, and not listed here.
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#23Clicking on full story doesn't do anything. It closes the popup (mobile android)
it's part of a webring of vibecoded slopsites
yes, webrings! time for a comeback. i just found an AI agent trained on AOL chat room materials out in the wild, way to go Bending Spoons
why do all the vibecoded slopsites have the same design? i feel icky when i visit one like eternal sunshine of the spotless vibe
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#24This is off by many degrees of magnitude for Ireland at least: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1nkvqd7/oc...
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#25Interesting that in Canada Rideau Hall counts, but Casa Loma does not.
or Chateau Frontenac in Quebec? What's the criteria for being a castle?
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#26Why 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...
There's at least a couple on the map, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapultepec_Castle
That one you linked definitely merits inclsion, tho. Had never heard of it. Thanks.
Edit: Or maybe not: apparently it's not considered a castle, despite the name.
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#27If 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 touristically interesting. In the map I count like 9.
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#28Why 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...
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#29There are many castles near my parents house in france. I don't see any of them? AI generated?
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#30Why 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...
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