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.
Wikipedia
Photo: James Cridland, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: medieval fortification in Gibraltar
  • Also known as: “Moorish Castle Tower of Homage” and “Tower of Homage”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Queen Charlotte’s Battery and Tunnels of Gibraltar.

Fort
Photo: Gibmetal77, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Queen Charlotte's Battery is a 1727 artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of .

The were constructed over the course of nearly 200 years, principally by the British Army. Within a land area of only 2.6 square miles, has around 34 miles of tunnels, nearly twice the length of its entire road network.

Princess Caroline's Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of . It is located at the northern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, at the junction of Willis's Road and Queen's Road. is situated 180 metres northeast of Moorish Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ocean Village and East Side.

Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mixed-use marina, residential, business, and leisure development in , in the North end of the Iberian peninsula. The project features 316 residential apartments, over 250 marina berths and extensive business accommodation.

Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm Tredinnick, CC BY 2.0.
Catalan Bay is a bay and fishing in , on the eastern side of away from Westside.

Moorish Castle

Latitude
36.144° or 36° 8′ 38″ north
Longitude
-5.34971° or 5° 20′ 59″ west
Elevation
402 metres (1,319 feet)
Open location code
8C8P4MV2+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 950058970
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6693878
Wiki­data ID
Q249047
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Satellite Map

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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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