Flightmussy/castles-of-the-world
Castles of the World — 8,131 castles, fortresses & palaces A curated, hand-checked dataset of the world's 8,131 great castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins across 149 countries — every landmark verified to have exact coordinates, a real Wikimedia Commons photo and an English Wikipedia article. This is the exact dataset behind Castlemap, a free interactive night-map of all 8,131 landmarks. 🗺️ Interactive map: https://thecastlemap.com 📄 Dataset page & downloads:… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/Flightmussy/castles-of-the-world.
v2.2.0 - 7,738 -> 8,131 landmarks across 149 countries
v2.1.0: recount the card against the file (7,738 landmarks, 5,727 with a year)
v2.1.0: 7,044 -> 7,738 landmarks across 141 countries
Point the Kaggle mirror at the real dataset
v2.0.0: 2,435 -> 7,044 landmarks across 141 countries
v1.2.0: 26 founding-year corrections + Erebuni Urartu -> Armenia (129 countries)
Card: 2,435 landmarks / 130 countries; add mirrors, DOI and release notes
v1.1.0: 2,435 landmarks; 225 category corrections (name-first types + ruin-state)
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Castles of the World dataset v1.0 — 2,400 landmarks, CC0
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