Kantara Castle

Kantara Castle is a castle in , in the area controlled by . The exact date of its construction is unknown, the most plausible theory being the Byzantine period.
Wikipedia
Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 585 metres (1,919 feet)
  • …is also known as “Kandara Castle”
  • Description: fortification

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaplıca and Kantara.

Village
Photo: Seksen iki yüz kırk beş, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karpaz is a slender, 80-km long peninsula in the northeast of .

Village
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is a village in the of , located south-west of Castle. is situated 3 km southwest of Kantara Castle.

Village
is a village in the of , located northeast of . is situated 4½ km south of Kantara Castle.

Kantara Castle

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Latitude
35.40639° or 35° 24′ 23″ north
Longitude
33.92328° or 33° 55′ 24″ east
Open location code
8G7MCW4F+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 102187375
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
146554
Wiki­data ID
Q1271457

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Kantara Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة القنطرة”
  • Armenian: “Կանտարա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kantara qalası”
  • Basque: “Kantara gaztelua”
  • Bosnian: “Kantara”
  • Cebuano: “Kantára”
  • Czech: “Hrad Kantara”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel Kantara”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة القنطره”
  • Finnish: “Kantaran linna”
  • Finnish: “Kantáran linna”
  • French: “château de Kantara”
  • French: “Château de Kantara”
  • Georgian: “კანტარის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Burg Kantara”
  • German: “Kantara Burg”
  • German: “Kantara”
  • Greek: “Kantára”
  • Greek: “Καντάρα”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο της Καντάρας”
  • Hungarian: “kantarai vár”
  • Hungarian: “Kantarai vár”
  • Italian: “castello di Kantara”
  • Italian: “Castello di Kantara”
  • Japanese: “カンタラ城”
  • Korean: “칸타라성”
  • Lithuanian: “Kantara”
  • Malayalam: “കാൻടറ കാസിൽ”
  • Malayalam: “കാന്താര കാസിൽ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kantara-festningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kandára-festninga”
  • Norwegian: “Kantara-festningen”
  • Persian: “قلعه کانتارا”
  • Polish: “Kantara (zamek)”
  • Polish: “Kantara”
  • Russian: “Кантара”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Kantara”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Kantara”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Kantara”
  • Swedish: “Kantára”
  • Turkish: “Kantara Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кантара”
  • Uzbek: “Kantara”

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