Sant Ferran Castle
The Sant Ferran Castle is situated on a hill in Figueres, Catalonia at the end of Pujada del Castell. It is a large military fortress built in the eighteenth century under the orders of several military engineers, including Pedro Martín Cermeño and Juan Martín Cermeño.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Asarola, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Figueres–Vilafant railway station and Hospital de Figueres.
Figueres–Vilafant railway station
Railway station
Photo: Primecoordinator, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Figueres–Vilafant is a railway station serving the city of Figueres in Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the municipality of Vilafant, at about 2 kilometres west from its urban center and 1.5 kilometres from Figueres city centre. Figueres–Vilafant railway station is situated 1 km south of Sant Ferran Castle.
Hospital de Figueres
Hospital
Photo: Enfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hospital de Figueres is situated 1 km southeast of Sant Ferran Castle.
Torre Gorgot
Historic building
Torre Gorgot is a historic building, which is situated 1¼ km southeast of Sant Ferran Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vilafant and Vilabertran.
Vilafant
Village
Photo: Jvinolase, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vilafant is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Vilafant is situated 2½ km south of Sant Ferran Castle.
Vilabertran
Village
Vilabertran is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Vilabertran is situated 3 km east of Sant Ferran Castle.
Palol Sabaldòria
Hamlet
Photo: Resnoesmesqui, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palol Sabaldòria is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km south of Sant Ferran Castle.
Sant Ferran Castle
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: cultural property in Figueras, Spain
- Categories: fort, Monument (Spain), museum building, semaphore tower, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Figueres, Costa Brava, Girona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
42.27374° or 42° 16′ 26″ northLongitude
2.94658° or 2° 56′ 48″ eastElevation
102 metres (335 feet)Open location code
8FJ47WFW+FJOpenStreetMap ID
way 232798308OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
3125796Wikidata ID
Q1048695
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Sant Ferran Castle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castell de Figueres”
- Catalan: “Castell de San Fernando”
- Catalan: “Castell de Sant Ferran (Figueres)”
- Catalan: “Castell de Sant Ferran de Figueres”
- Catalan: “castell de Sant Ferran”
- Catalan: “Castell de Sant Ferran”
- Catalan: “Espasa Tisó”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa de Sant Ferran”
- Chinese: “圣费兰城堡”
- Chinese: “聖費蘭城堡”
- Danish: “Sant Ferran Borg”
- Dutch: “Castel de Sant Ferran”
- Dutch: “Castell de Sant Ferran”
- Dutch: “Castell de Sant Ferrán”
- French: “Castell de Sant Ferran”
- French: “château de Sant Ferran”
- French: “Château de Sant Ferran”
- German: “Castell de Sant Ferran”
- German: “Festung Castell de Sant Ferran”
- German: “Festung Sant Ferran”
- Japanese: “サンフェラン城”
- Russian: “Замок Сан-Ферран”
- Russian: “Сан-Фернандо”
- Russian: “Сан-Ферран”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Figueras”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Figueres”
- Spanish: “Castillo de San Fernando (Figueras)”
- Spanish: “Castillo de San Fernando (Figueres)”
- Spanish: “Castillo de San Fernando de Figueras”
- Spanish: “Castillo de San Fernando”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Sant Ferran”
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