Es Castell
Es Castell is a town of almost 8,000 people at the mouth of the port of Maó in the east of Menorca. The town takes its name from the Castle of San Felipe, which was built to protect the island against attacks by the Turks in the 16th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Markus Trienke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Illa del Rei and Paleochristian Basilica of l’illa del Rei.
Illa del Rei
Islet
Photo: Dreizung, CC BY-SA 3.0.
L'Illa del Rei, also called Hospital Island in English, is a small island in the middle of the main navigable entry channel to Mahon on the northeastern side of Menorca in the Mediterranean Sea.
Paleochristian Basilica of l’illa del Rei
Archaeological site
Photo: Pytxy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paleochristian Basilica of l’illa del Rei is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maó and Sa Mesquida.
Maó
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Maó is the capital city of Menorca. It has a fine natural harbour, one of the best in the Mediterranean, which was why the British made it the capital following their occupation of 1708.
Sa Mesquida
Hamlet
Photo: Sandro3coma14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sa Mesquida is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km north of Es Castell.
Sant Lluís
Village
Photo: LucT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sant Lluís is a municipality on the tip of south-east Menorca in the Spanish Balearic Islands. The area is most noteworthy for its varied coastline, with fine sand beaches and cliffs. Sant Lluís is situated 4½ km southwest of Es Castell.
Es Castell
- Categories: municipality of Spain and locality
- Location: Es Castell, Balearic Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
39.87986° or 39° 52′ 48″ northLongitude
4.29046° or 4° 17′ 26″ eastPopulation
4,830Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)United Nations Location Code
ES LCLOpen location code
8FF6V7HR+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 960167798OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Es Castell” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Es Castell”
- Arabic: “فياكارلوس”
- Aragonese: “Es Castell”
- Armenian: “Էս Կաստել”
- Asturian: “Es Castell”
- Asturian: “Villacarlos”
- Basque: “Es Castell”
- Catalan: “es Castell”
- Catalan: “Es Castell”
- Cebuano: “Es Castell”
- Chechen: “Эс-Кастель”
- Chinese: “埃斯卡斯特利”
- Chinese: “比利亚卡洛斯”
- Danish: “Villacarlos”
- Dutch: “Es Castell”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فياكارلوس”
- French: “Es Castell”
- Galician: “Es Castell”
- Georgian: “ეს-კასტელი”
- German: “Es Castell”
- Hungarian: “Es Castell”
- Interlingua: “Es Castell”
- Irish: “Es Castell”
- Italian: “Es Castell”
- Japanese: “アス・カステイ”
- Ladin: “Es Castell”
- Lithuanian: “Es Kastelas”
- Lombard: “Es Castell”
- Malay: “Es Castell”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Villacarlos”
- Norwegian: “Villacarlos”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Es Castell”
- Polish: “Es Castell”
- Portuguese: “Es Castell”
- Romanian: “Es Castell”
- Russian: “Эс-Кастель”
- Spanish: “Es Castell”
- Spanish: “Villacarlos”
- Swedish: “Es Castell”
- Tatar: “Эс-Кастель”
- Turkish: “Es Castell”
- Venetian: “Es Castell”
- Vietnamese: “Es Castell”
- Waray (Philippines): “Es Castell”
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Localities in the Area
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