Chastel Rouge
Chastel Rouge, also called Qal’at Yahmur, is a small Crusader stronghold in the North West of Syria that belonged to the County of Tripoli. It is also identified as Castrum Rubrum mentioned in Latin texts.
- 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
- Categories: castle ruin, castle, archaeological site, crusader castle, and locality
- Location: Tartus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Chastel Rouge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة يحمور”
- Arabic: “يحمور”
- Armenian: “Յահմուրի ամրոց”
- 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”
- Turkish: “Yahmur Kalesi”
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