Alamut
Alamut is a ruined mountain fortress located in the Alamut region in the South Caspian, near the village of Gazor Khan in Qazvin Province in Iran, approximately 200 km from present-day Tehran.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hadibehestani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in Qazvin County, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Alamout”, “Alamut Castle”, “Citadel of Alamut”, “Qal‘eh-ye Alamūt”, and “Qal`eh-ye Alamut”
Photo: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalayeh and Madan.
Kalayeh
Village
Kalayeh is a village in Alamut-e Pain Rural District of Rudbar-e Alamut-e Sharqi District in Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Iran. Kalayeh is situated 5 km east of Alamut.
Madan
Village
Madan is a village in Alamut-e Pain Rural District, Rudbar-e Alamut District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 315, in 77 families. Madan is situated 6 km south of Alamut.
Maḩmūdābād
Village
Mahmudabad is a village in Alamut-e Bala Rural District, Rudbar-e Alamut District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 89, in 26 families. Maḩmūdābād is situated 6 km southwest of Alamut.
Alamut
- Categories: castle, cultural property, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Qazvin Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.44478° or 36° 26′ 41″ northLongitude
50.58621° or 50° 35′ 10″ eastElevation
2,090 metres (6,857 feet)Open location code
8H8GCHVP+WFOpenStreetMap ID
way 590499418OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
120399Wikidata ID
Q4706020
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Alamut” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ألموت”
- Arabic: “قلعة ألموت”
- Azerbaijani: “Ələmut qalası”
- Azerbaijani: “Ələmut”
- Basque: “Alamut”
- Bulgarian: “Аламут”
- Catalan: “fortalesa d’Alamut”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa d’Alamut”
- Central Kurdish: “قەڵای ئەلەموت”
- Chinese: “阿剌模忒堡”
- Czech: “Alamút”
- Dutch: “Alamoet”
- Dutch: “Alamutkasteel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة آلموت”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة الموت”
- Finnish: “Alamut”
- French: “Alamut”
- Georgian: “ალამუთის ციხე”
- German: “Alamut”
- German: “Burg Alamut”
- Greek: “Αλαμούτ”
- Hebrew: “מצודת אלמות”
- Hindi: “अलमौत किला”
- Indonesian: “Alamut”
- Indonesian: “Kastel Alamut”
- Italian: “Alamūt”
- Italian: “castello alamut”
- Japanese: “アラムート城”
- Japanese: “アラムート城砦”
- Kirghiz: “Аламут”
- Korean: “알라무트”
- Kurdish: “Elemût”
- Lithuanian: “Alamutas”
- Macedonian: “Аламут”
- Malay: “Alamut”
- Mazanderani: “الموت قلعه”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alamut”
- Norwegian: “Alamut”
- Persian: “الموت”
- Persian: “قلعه الموت”
- Persian: “قَلعِۀ اَلَموت”
- Polish: “Alamut”
- Portuguese: “Alamut”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Alamut”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Alamute”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Alamut”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Alamut”
- Russian: “Аламут”
- Saraiki: “قلعہ الموت”
- Serbian: “Аламут”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alamutski zamak”
- Slovenian: “Alamut”
- South Azerbaijani: “الموت قالاسی”
- Spanish: “Alamut”
- Swedish: “Alamut”
- Tajik: “Аламут”
- Tamil: “அலமுத் கோட்டை”
- Turkish: “Alamut Kalesi”
- Turkish: “Elemût Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Аламут”
- Urdu: “قلعہ الموت”
- Uzbek: “Alamut”
- Western Panjabi: “قلعہ الموت”
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