Middle East
Syria
Tartus Governorate

Chastel Rouge

Chastel Rouge, also called Qal’at Yahmur, is a small Crusader stronghold in the North West of that belonged to the County of Tripoli. It is also identified as Castrum Rubrum mentioned in Latin texts.
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  • Type: Village with 3,770 residents
  • Description: crusader keep in a small Syrian village
  • Also known as: “Qal’at Yahmur”, “Yahmoûr”, “Yahmur”, and “Yaḩmūr”

Chastel Rouge

Latitude
34.81105° or 34° 48′ 40″ north
Longitude
35.97014° or 35° 58′ 13″ east
Population
3,770
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
Open location code
8G6QRX6C+C3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12390957401
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
162619
Wiki­data ID
Q653936
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Chastel Rouge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة يحمور”
  • Arabic: “يحمور”
  • Bulgarian: “Шател Руж”
  • Catalan: “Castell Roig”
  • Dutch: “Chastel Rouge”
  • Dutch: “Qal’at Yahmur”
  • French: “Chastel Rouge”
  • French: “Yahmour”
  • German: “Burg Yahmur”
  • German: “Jahmur”
  • German: “Qal‘At Yaḥmūr”
  • German: “Yahmur”
  • Hebrew: “יחמור”
  • Hebrew: “קלעת יחמור”
  • Hebrew: “שסטל רוז‘”
  • Hebrew: “שסטל רוז’”
  • Italian: “Chastel Rouge”
  • Japanese: “ヤヘムール”
  • Korean: “얗물”
  • Persian: “قلعه یحمور”
  • Russian: “Яхмур”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Rouge”
  • Spanish: “Chastel Rouge”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chastel Rouge”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.