Castle Hill

Castle Hill also known as the American Flag-Raising Site and now as the Baranof Castle State Historic Site, is a National Historic Landmark and state park in .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: National Historic Landmark and state park in Sitka, Alaska, USA
  • Also known as: Baranof Castle State Historic Site”, “Katalan’s Rock”, and “Noow Tlein

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel and Sitka Lutheran Church.

Church
Photo: Barek, Public domain.
St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in , . The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built in the nineteenth century, when Alaska was under the control of Russia, though this structure burned down in 1966.

Church
is an Evangelical Lutheran Church in . Its first building was constructed in 1843 on what is now 224 Lincoln Street and was the first Protestant church in Alaska.

Building
The , also known as the Communications Center and Quarters, is a historic telecommunications building on Lincoln Street at Harbor Road in .

Castle Hill

Latitude
57.04867° or 57° 2′ 55″ north
Longitude
-135.33804° or 135° 20′ 17″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
94962MX6+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 243594065
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
5845208
Wiki­data ID
Q5050134
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Castle Hill” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كاسل هيل (سيتكا)
  • Arabic: كاسل هيل
  • German: Castle Hill
  • Russian: Замковый холм

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