Carp castle

Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called Carp Castle, is a castle in , Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but much of it was dismantled in the Meiji era, and what remained was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945.
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  • Castle
  • …lies at an elevation of 8 metres (26 feet)
  • …is also known as “Hiroshima castle”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine and Jōhoku Station.
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Hiroshima Gokoku Jinja is a Japanese Shinto Shrine in , . is situated 190 metres south of Carp castle.
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is a HRT station on Astram Line… is situated 290 metres north of Carp castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagarekawacho and Higashi-ku.
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is a neighborhood.
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is one of the eight wards located in , Japan.
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is one of eight wards in the city of , Japan. is situated 2½ km southwest of Carp castle.

Carp castle

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Latitude
34.4028° or 34° 24′ 10″ north
Longitude
132.45901° or 132° 27′ 32″ east
Open location code
8Q6JCF35+4J
Geo­Names ID
6324549
Wiki­data ID
Q41977

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Carp castle” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kështjella Hiroshima”
  • Arabic: “قلعة هيروشيما”
  • Aragonese: “Castiello d’Hiroshima”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hiroşima qəsri”
  • Basque: “Hiroshimako gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “Castell d’Hiroshima”
  • Catalan: “castell de Hiroshima”
  • Central Bikol: “Kastilyo nin Hiroshima”
  • Chinese: “广岛城”
  • Chinese: “廣島城”
  • Czech: “Hirošima”
  • Czech: “Hrad Hirošima”
  • Dutch: “Hiroshima Castle”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعه هيروشيما”
  • Esperanto: “Hiroŝima-jo”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo de la karpo”
  • Estonian: “Hiroshima kindlus”
  • French: “castel de Hiroshima”
  • French: “château de Hiroshima”
  • French: “Château de Hiroshima”
  • French: “château de la Carpe”
  • French: “Hiroshima-jō”
  • German: “Burg Hiroshima”
  • German: “Hiroshima-jo”
  • German: “Hiroshima-jō”
  • German: “Karpfenburg”
  • German: “Rijo”
  • German: “Rijō”
  • German: “広島城”
  • German: “鯉城”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο της Χιροσίμα”
  • Hebrew: “טירת הירושימה”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Hiroshima”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Hiroshima”
  • Italian: “Castello di Hiroshima”
  • Japanese: “在間城”
  • Japanese: “広島城”
  • Japanese: “当麻城”
  • Japanese: “鯉城”
  • Javanese: “Istana Hiroshima”
  • Javanese: “Kadhaton Hiroshima”
  • Javanese: “Kastil Hiroshima”
  • Korean: “히로시마성”
  • Malayalam: “ഹിരോഷിമ കാസിൽ”
  • Marathi: “हिरोशिमा किल्ला”
  • Persian: “قلعه هیروشیما”
  • Polish: “Zamek Hiroshima”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Hiroshima”
  • Russian: “Замок карпа”
  • Russian: “Замок карпов”
  • Russian: “Замок Хиросима”
  • Russian: “Хиросимский замок”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Hirošima”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Hiroshima”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Hiroshima”
  • Turkish: “Hiroşima Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок карпів”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Хіросіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Хіросіми”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Хірошіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіросімський замок”

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