Dover Castle

Dover Castle is a medieval castle in , , England and is Grade I listed. It was founded in the 11th century and has been described as the "Key to England" because of its defensive significance throughout history.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Dover (hrad)”, “Доувър (замък)”, and “ドーバー城”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Dubris Pharos and St Mary sub Castro, Dover.

Lighthouse
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Dubris, also known as Portus Dubris and Dubrae, was…

Church
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St Mary sub Castro, or St Mary de Castro, or St Mary…

City gate
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is a city gate, which is situated 470 feet west of Dover Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buckland and Maxton.

Suburb
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including Valley is a village near , in the county of , England.

Suburb
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is an area in the west of , in the county of , England. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Dover Castle.

Hamlet
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or Westcliffe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of St. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Dover Castle.

Dover Castle

Latitude
51.12888° or 51° 7′ 44″ north
Longitude
1.32273° or 1° 19′ 22″ east
Elevation
367 feet (112 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9F3348HF+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26658038
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6287214
Wiki­data ID
Q950970
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Dover Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة دوفر”
  • Basque: “Dover gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Дуўрскі замак”
  • Bulgarian: “Доувър”
  • Catalan: “castell de Dover”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Dover”
  • Cebuano: “Dover Castle (kastilyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Dover Castle”
  • Chinese: “多佛城堡”
  • Chinese: “多佛爾城堡”
  • Czech: “Dover”
  • Danish: “Dover Castle”
  • Dutch: “Dover Castle”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Dover”
  • Esperanto: “Burgo de Dovero”
  • Finnish: “Doverin linna”
  • French: “château de Douvres”
  • French: “Château de Douvres”
  • Georgian: “დუვრის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Dover Castle”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο του Ντόβερ”
  • Hebrew: “טירת דובר”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Dover”
  • Italian: “castello di Dover”
  • Italian: “Castello di Dover”
  • Japanese: “ドーヴァー城”
  • Lithuanian: “Doverio pilis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Schlass vun Dover”
  • Malay: “Istana kota Dover”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dover Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Dover Castle”
  • Persian: “قلعه دوور”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Dover”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Dover”
  • Russian: “Дуврский замок”
  • Slovenian: “Dovrski grad”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Dover”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Dover”
  • Swedish: “Dover Castle”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทโดเวอร์”
  • Turkish: “Dover Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Дуврський замок”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ ڈوور”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Dover”
  • Welsh: “Castell Dofr”
  • Wu Chinese: “多佛城堡”
  • Yue Chinese: “多佛城堡”

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