Moorish Castle

The Moorish Castle is the name given to a medieval fortification in comprising various buildings, gates, and fortified walls, with the dominant features being the Tower of Homage and the Gate House.
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  • Castle
  • …lies at an elevation of 402 metres (1,319 feet)
  • …is also known as “Tower of Homage”
  • Description: medieval fortification in Gibraltar

Places of Interest Nearby

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Moorish Castle

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Latitude
36.14386° or 36° 8′ 38″ north
Longitude
-5.35015° or 5° 21′ 1″ west
Open location code
8C8P4JVX+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13970855661
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6693878
Wiki­data ID
Q249047

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Moorish Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القلعة الحرة”
  • Basque: “Gaztelu moriskoa”
  • Basque: “Mairuen Gaztelua”
  • Bengali: “মুরিশ দুর্গ”
  • Cebuano: “Moorish Castle”
  • Chinese: “摩爾人城堡”
  • Dutch: “Moorish Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Maŭra Kastelo”
  • Finnish: “Moorish Castle”
  • French: “château maure”
  • French: “Château maure”
  • Hebrew: “הטירה המורית”
  • Hindi: “मूरिश किला”
  • Hungarian: “Mór vár”
  • Indonesian: “Moorish Castle”
  • Italian: “Castello moresco”
  • Japanese: “ムーア城”
  • Latvian: “Mauru pils”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੂਰਿਸ਼ ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੂਰੀਸ਼ ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Polish: “Moorish Castle”
  • Russian: “Мавританский замок”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de los Moros”
  • Spanish: “castillo morisco de Gibraltar”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Morisco”
  • Spanish: “Moorish Castle”
  • Swedish: “Moorish Castle”
  • Turkish: “Moorish Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мавританський замок”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Moorish”

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