Castel del Monte

Castel del Monte is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated on a hill in in the region of southeast Italy. It was built during the 1240s by King Frederick II, who had inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: medieval castle in Andria, Apulia, Italy
  • Also known as: Castel del Monte, Apulia
Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.

Castel del Monte

Latitude
41.08479° or 41° 5′ 5″ north
Longitude
16.27097° or 16° 16′ 16″ east
Elevation
533 metres (1,749 feet)
Open location code
8FHR37MC+W9
Geo­Names ID
3173050
Wiki­data ID
Q215897
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Castel del Monte” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كاستل دل مونتي
  • Arabic: كاستيل ديل مونتة
  • Arabic: كاستيل ديل مونتي
  • Armenian: Կաստել դել Մոնտեի ամրոց
  • Balinese: Castel del Monte
  • Basque: Castel del Monte
  • Belarusian: Кастэль-дэль-Мантэ
  • Belarusian: Кастэль-дэль-Монтэ
  • Bulgarian: Кастел дел Монте
  • Catalan: Castel del Monte
  • Chinese: 蒙特城堡
  • Chinese: 蒙特堡
  • Croatian: Castel del Monte
  • Czech: Castel del Monte
  • Danish: Castel del Monte
  • Dutch: Castel del Monte
  • Egyptian Arabic: كاستل دل مونتى
  • Esperanto: Castel del Monte
  • Estonian: Castel del Monte keisrilinnus
  • Finnish: Castel del Monte
  • French: Castel del Monte
  • Galician: Castel del Monte, Apulia
  • Galician: Castel del Monte
  • Georgian: კასტელ-დელ-მონტეს ციხესიმაგრე
  • German: Castel del Monte
  • German: Krone Apuliens
  • Greek: Καστέλ ντελ Μόντε
  • Hebrew: קסטל דל מונטה
  • Hindi: कास्टेल डेल मोंटे, अपुलीया
  • Hungarian: Castel del Monte
  • Italian: Castel del Monte
  • Japanese: カステル・デル・モンテ
  • Japanese: デル・モンテ城
  • Korean: 몬테성
  • Latvian: Kasteldelmontes pils
  • Lithuanian: Kastel del Montė
  • Luxembourgish: Castel del Monte
  • Macedonian: Кастел дел Монте (Апулија)
  • Macedonian: Кастел дел Монте
  • Maltese: Castel del Monte, Puglia
  • Maltese: Castel del Monte
  • Mingrelian: კასტელ-დელ-მონტეშ ჯიხაზურგა
  • Mingrelian: კასტელ-დელ-მონტეშ ჯიხასიმანგარა
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Castel del Monte
  • Norwegian: Castel del Monte
  • Persian: کاستل دل مونته
  • Polish: Castel del Monte
  • Portuguese: Castel del Monte
  • Romanian: Castel del Monte
  • Russian: Замок Кастель-дель-Монте
  • Russian: Кастель дель Монте
  • Russian: Кастель-дель-Монте
  • Serbian: Кастел дел Монте
  • Serbo-Croatian: Castel del Monte
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kastel del Monte
  • Sicilian: Castiddu dû Monti
  • Slovak: Castel del Monte
  • Slovenian: Castel del Monte
  • Spanish: Castel del Monte
  • Swedish: Castel del Monte
  • Tagalog: Castel del Monte, Apulia
  • Tatar: Кастель дель Монте
  • Thai: Castel del Monte
  • Thai: กัสเตลเดลมอนเต
  • Thai: ปราสาทเดลมอนเต
  • Turkish: Castel del Monte
  • Ukrainian: Кастель-дель-Монте
  • Venetian: Castel del Monte
  • Vietnamese: Castel del Monte
  • Welsh: Castel del Monte, Puglia
  • Welsh: Castel del Monte
  • Western Panjabi: کیسل ڈل مونٹی
  • Yue Chinese: 蒙特城堡

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