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 around 10 metres (40 feet)
- …is also known as “San Juan de Ulúa”
- Description: colonial Spanish group of defensive military settlements in Veracruz, Mexico
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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.
سان خوان دي أولواArabic
San Juan de UlúaBasque
সান হুয়ান দে উলুয়াBengali
San Juan de UlúaCzech
San Juan de UlúaDutch
سان خوان دى اولواEgyptian Arabic
San Juan de UlúaIndonesian
San Juan de UlúaItalian
サン・フアン・デ・ウルアJapanese
San Chuan de UluaLithuanian
Fort San Juan de UlúaSwedish
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