Kantara Castle
Kantara Castle is a castle in Cyprus, in the area controlled by Northern Cyprus. The exact date of its construction is unknown, the most plausible theory being the Byzantine period.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 613 metres (2,011 feet)
- …is also known as “Kandara Castle”
- Description: fortification
Villages in the Area
Discover Kaplıca and Kantara.
Kaplıca
Karpaz is a slender, 80-km long peninsula in the northeast of Northern Cyprus.
Kantara
Kantara is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located south-west of Kantara Castle.
3 km southwest of Kantara Castle
Ovgoros
Ovgoros is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located northeast of Trikomo.
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
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = castle
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Kantara Castle” goes by many names.
قلعة القنطرةArabic
ԿանտարաArmenian
Kantara qalasıAzerbaijani
Kantara gazteluaBasque
KantaraBosnian
KantáraCebuano
Hrad KantaraCzech
Kasteel KantaraDutch
قلعة القنطرهEgyptian Arabic
Kantáran linnaFinnish
კანტარის ციხესიმაგრეGeorgian
KantáraGreek
ΚαντάραGreek
Κάστρο της ΚαντάραςGreek
Kantarai várHungarian
Castello di KantaraItalian
カンタラ城Japanese
칸타라성Korean
KantaraLithuanian
കാൻടറ കാസിൽMalayalam
കാന്താര കാസിൽMalayalam
Kantara-festningenNorwegian
Kantara-festningenNorwegian Bokmål
Kandára-festningaNorwegian Nynorsk
قلعه کانتاراPersian
KantaraPolish
Kantara (zamek)Polish
КантараRussian
Grad KantaraSlovenian
KantáraSwedish
Kantara KalesiTurkish
КантараUkrainian
KantaraUzbek
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