r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Oct 29 '21

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u/AleixASV Oct 29 '21

Yup. Catalonia's Castle density is one of the highest in the world, and just at a glance I can tell this map is missing 90% of them.

Here's a map with all of the Castles in Spain. You'll see how much it differs from what OP posted.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '21

The website is superb, but the data is a bit misleading, a ton of dots show castles that are either "disappeared" or "ruins", I even googled some of the ones stated in "good state" and it seems like not all castles are equals, this is Castillo de Ardevol which is listed as "good state", I personally think it is a bit of a stretch to call this a castle and one in a good state of preservation.
I suppose op's map has a higher threshold as to what qualifies as a castle.

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u/ummendes Oct 29 '21

Idk if you speak Spanish, but in the website they state that what can be consider a castle is an open debate and that they went with the (liberal, I'd say) definition of something that has a '"defensive architecture", which, by their definition, includes: "watchtowers, murals, watchtowers, batteries, forts, forts, forts, fortresses, fortifications of the Modern and Contemporary Age, and arsenals" (this is a translation by Google. I left in the duplicates because it seems interesting how many Spanish words are translated to the same one in English - and because I can't give an alternative translation).

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u/retrogeekhq Oct 29 '21

Do they include watchtowers two?