Castles MCP server

• castles_nearFree

  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.

• get_castleFree

  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 last 60 days summed across its largest language editions). Unsure of the slug? Call search_castles first.

• get_statisticsFree

  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 thecastlemap.com/statistics/.

• list_countriesFree

  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.

• random_castleFree

  One random landmark with its full record, optionally limited to a country — for discovery, quizzes and "castle of the day" features.

• search_castlesFree

  Search the atlas’s 8,764 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 page and Wikipedia. If nothing matches, retry with a shorter fragment of the name.

• top_castlesFree

  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.

• –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
• Live reliabilityremote reachable in 1678ms20/20
• Tool poisoning7 tool descriptions checked15/15
• Auth qualityopen endpoint, read-only tools10/15
• Maintenancelast push 21 days ago15/15
• Maintainer identitynamespace and repository owner differ; website matches verified namespace5/10

Castles: common questions

Is Castles MCP server safe?

Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (87/100). Read the Castles safety report

How do I install Castles?

It runs remotely at thecastlemap.com. Add it to Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.

Does Castles need an API key?

Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.

Is Castles maintained?

The last commit was 21 days ago (2026-08-30). The latest release is v1.0.3.

Is Castles up?

100% of our last 6 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.

What can I use instead of Castles?

Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Wikipedia MCP server.