Castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins worldwide: search, nearby, fame ranking, statistics. CC0.
Scored across 7 tools
Each tool occupies a clear niche: name lookup (search_castles), detail fetch (get_castle), radius search (castles_near), fame ranking (top_castles), random discovery, country aggregates, and global stats. The only mild overlap is between top_castles and castles_near when a user asks for 'castles in France', but the descriptions clarify ranking vs. proximity well enough.
Half the set follows a clean verb_noun pattern (get_castle, get_statistics, list_countries, search_castles), but the others break it with adjective_noun or noun+preposition forms (castles_near, top_castles, random_castle). 'castles_near' in particular is awkward and inconsistently plural compared to the singular search_castles/get_castle.
Seven tools is a tight, well-scoped surface for a read-only landmark atlas. Every tool covers a distinct access path (search, fetch, geo, ranking, random, country, stats) with no filler.
The core discovery lifecycle is covered: find by name, browse by country, find nearby, rank by fame, sample randomly, and fetch full records plus aggregates. Minor gaps remain, such as no way to enumerate categories/types or filter by founding century directly, forcing agents to infer those from other calls.
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 ", geocode the place yourself, then call this with its latitude/longitude.
Inputs: latitude (required), longitude (required), limit, category, +1 more.
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.
Inputs: castle (required).
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/.
Inputs: no named parameters.
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.
Inputs: no named parameters.
One random landmark with its full record, optionally limited to a country — for discovery, quizzes and "castle of the day" features.
Inputs: country.
Search the atlas’s 9,902 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.
Inputs: query (required), limit, country, category.
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 "; filter by country and/or category.
Inputs: limit, country, category.
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