Castle of San Juan de Ulúa
San Juan de Ulúa, now known as Castle of San Juan de Ulúa, is a large complex of fortresses, prisons and one former palace on an island of the same name in the Gulf of Mexico overlooking the seaport of Veracruz, Mexico.
- Fort
- …lies at an elevation of 12 metres (39 feet)
- …is also known as “San Juan de Ulúa”
- Description: colonial Spanish group of defensive military settlements in Veracruz, Mexico
Castle of San Juan de Ulúa
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Latitude
19.20939° or 19° 12′ 34″ north
Longitude
-96.13137° or 96° 7′ 53″ west
Open location code
76F56V59+QF
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Castle of San Juan de Ulúa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سان خوان دي أولوا”
- Basque: “San Juan de Ulúa”
- Bengali: “সান হুয়ান দে উলুয়া”
- Czech: “San Juan de Ulúa”
- Dutch: “San Juan de Ulua”
- Dutch: “San Juan de Ulúa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سان خوان دى اولوا”
- French: “San Juan de Ulúa”
- German: “San Juan de Ulúa”
- Indonesian: “San Juan de Ulúa”
- Italian: “San Juan de Ulua”
- Italian: “San Juan de Ulúa”
- Japanese: “サン・フアン・デ・ウルア”
- Lithuanian: “San Chuan de Ulua”
- Portuguese: “Forte de San Juan de Ulúa”
- Spanish: “Castillo San Juan de Ulúa”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de San Juan de Ulua”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de San Juan de Ulúa”
- Spanish: “San Juan de Ulua”
- Spanish: “San Juan de Ulúa”
- Swedish: “Fort San Juan de Ulúa”
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