Bourzey castle
Bourzey castle, also known as Mirza castle, is located at the border of Syria coastal mountains and Ghab valley, 25 km away from Jisr al-Shughur, at altitude 450 m.Photo: Kasteelbeer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Ruin
- Description: castle ruin in Shathah District, Syria
- Also known as: “Bourzey Castle”, “Kalaat Beit Rabbi”, “Qal‘at Burzay”, “Qal`at Burzay”, “Qalaat Bourzej”, “Qalaat Bourzey”, and “Ruines de Bourzey”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Az-Ziyara.
Az-Ziyara
Village
Al-Ziyarah is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located 75 kilometers northwest of Hama. It is situated in the Ghab plain, on the eastern bank of the Orontes River. Az-Ziyara is situated 9 km northeast of Bourzey castle.
Bourzey castle
- Categories: castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hama Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Bourzey castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة ميرزا”
- Bulgarian: “Бурзе”
- Catalan: “Barzuya”
- Catalan: “Bourzey”
- Catalan: “Kalat Marza”
- Catalan: “Kalat Mirza”
- Dutch: “Bourzey”
- German: “Bourzey”
- German: “Burg Bourzey”
- German: “Qal‘At Barzūyā”
- German: “Qal‘At Mīrzā”
- German: “Rochefort”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Μπούρζεϊ”
- Japanese: “ブルゼイ城”
- Spanish: “Castillo Bourzey”
- Turkish: “Burze Kalesi”
- Uzbek: “Bourzey qalʼasi”
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