Download Place Name Data
Search and download location data by country and feature type. Export as CSV, GeoJSON, Shapefile, KML, and more. Powered by GeoNames.
All results are point locations (lat/lng coordinates). These are not polygon or line geometries — for boundary polygons try our administrative boundaries tool, and for river or coastline lines try Natural Earth.
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About This Tool
Download castle and fortification locations as point data for any country. Useful for historical mapping, heritage tourism projects, education, and cultural geography. Castle data is particularly rich for the UK, France, Germany, Spain, and Central Europe. Data is sourced from GeoNames.