Castlemap MCP server

This is a small helper that connects your AI assistant to a public atlas of castles. It holds 7,786 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins in 141 countries, each with coordinates, founding dates, a fame ranking and a short Wikipedia summary. It is handy if you are curious about a castle you saw, planning a trip, or writing something that needs a real castle with real facts.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI a question about castles in normal words. Your AI sends that request to this helper, which is already running at a web address. The helper searches the Castlemap dataset and finds matching castles, or a single castle, or the ones closest to a spot on the map. Then your AI writes the answer back to you in the chat, in plain language, using the facts it got back.

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What you can do with it

• Search castles by name, country or category
• Get the full record for one castle, including coordinates and founding date
• Find the nearest castles to a place you name
• List the best-known castles by fame ranking
• See all 141 countries covered, with how many castles each has
• Get live totals, per-country and per-century counts
• Pull up one random castle just for fun

Try asking your AI

• “Find castles in Wales with a real photo and a founding date”
• “What is the nearest castle to Edinburgh?”
• “Tell me about Neuschwanstein Castle, with its coordinates and a short history”
• “Show me the ten best-known castles in the dataset”

What it gives back to you

You get answers in the chat: names, countries, coordinates, founding dates, categories, fame rank and a short Wikipedia summary. For a search you get a list of matching castles. For one castle you get its full record. For nearby castles you get the closest ones to the spot you asked about.

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Who it's for

Anyone curious about castles, plus travel planners, history fans, teachers and writers who need real castle facts quickly.