Bahrain Fort
The Qal'at al-Bahrain, also known as the Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, is an archaeological site located in Bahrain. Archaeological excavations carried out since 1954 have unearthed antiquities from an artificial mound of 12 m height containing seven…
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- Description: archaeological site in Bahrain
- Also known as“Fort of Bahrain”“Qal’at al-Bahrain”
- Historically known as“Portugal Fort”“Portuguese Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
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International Hospital of Bahrain
The International Hospital of Bahrain was a private hospital in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
1½ km south of Bahrain Fort
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hillat Abdul Saleh and Karbabad.
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Bahrain Fort
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Latitude
26.23334° or 26° 14′ north
Longitude
50.52021° or 50° 31′ 13″ east
Open location code
7HRG6GMC+83
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OpenStreetMap feature
building = yes
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historic = castle
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tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bahrain Fort” goes by many names.
قلعة البحرينArabic
قلعه البحرينArabic
Քալաթ ալ ԲահրեյնArmenian
Qalat al-BahrainBasque
Калат-аль-БахрэйнBelarusian
কাল’আত আল-বাহরাইনBengali
কাল’আত আল-বাহরিনBengali
Бахрейнска крепостBulgarian
Бахрейнската крепостBulgarian
Калат ал БахрейнBulgarian
Qal’at al-BahrainCatalan
Qal’at al-BahrainCebuano
巴林堡Chinese
Qal’at al-BahrainCroatian
Utvrda BahreinCroatian
Qal’at al–BahrainCzech
Qal’at al-BahrainDutch
Qal’at al-BahreinDutch
Qal’at al-BahrainFinnish
Qal’at al-BahrainGalician
კალათ ალ ბაჰრეინიGeorgian
ქალათ-ალ-ბაჰრეინიGeorgian
Καλάτ αλ ΜπαχρέινGreek
מצודת בחרייןHebrew
क़लात अल-बहरीनHindi
Qal`at al-BahrainIndonesian
Qal’at al-BahrainItalian
カルアト・アル＝バフレーン - 古代の港とディルムンの首都Japanese
バーレーン要塞Japanese
Калат-аль-БахрейнKazakh
바레인 요새Korean
Kalat el BahreinaLatvian
Kalat al BahreinasLithuanian
Бахреинска тврдинаMacedonian
Бахреинско калеMacedonian
Kubu BahrainMalay
Qal’at al-BahrainMaltese
Калат ал-БахрейнMongolian
Калат аль-БахрейнMongolian
Qal’at al-BahrainNorwegian
Qal’at al-BahrainNorwegian Bokmål
Qal’at al-BahrainNorwegian Nynorsk
قلعهٔ بحرینPersian
Kalat al-BahrajnPolish
Калат-аль-БахрейнRussian
Калат ел-БахреинSerbian
Bahreinska tvrđavaSerbo-Croatian
Qal’at al-BahrainSerbo-Croatian
Utvrda BahreinSerbo-Croatian
Kal’a al–BahrajnSlovak
Qal’at al-BahrainSwedish
கல்ஆ அல்-பகுறைன்Tamil
Bahreyn KalesiTurkish
Калат-аль-БахрейнUkrainian
قلعہ بحرینUrdu
Qal’at al-BahrainVietnamese
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