Turkey
Van Province
Gürpınar İlçesi

Hoşap Castle

Hoşap Castle is a large 17th-century castle located in the village of Hoşab, District, , . It is at a distance of approximately 50 km to the city center of .
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: fortification in Gürpınar, Van, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Hosap Kalesi” and “Hoşap Kalesi”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hoşab, Gürpınar.

Village
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hoşab is the historical name of a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its present name is Güzelsu. Its population is 1,256.

Hoşap Castle

Latitude
38.31715° or 38° 19′ 2″ north
Longitude
43.80177° or 43° 48′ 6″ east
Elevation
1,991 metres (6,532 feet)
Open location code
8HC58R82+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1449289710
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6969839
Wiki­data ID
Q1420248
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Hoşap Castle” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Խոշաբ”
  • Armenian: “Խոշապի ամրոցը”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hoşap qalası”
  • French: “fort de Hoşap”
  • French: “Fort de Hoşap”
  • German: “Burg Hoşap”
  • German: “Hoşap Kalesi”
  • German: “Hoşap”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Hoşap”
  • Kurdish: “Kela Xoşabê”
  • Kurdish: “Keleha Xoşabê”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Coxape”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Hoşap”
  • Turkish: “Hoşap Kalesi”
  • Turkish: “Mahmudi Kalesi”
  • Turkish: “Narin Kale”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hoşap Castle”. Photo: Attaleiv, CC BY-SA 3.0.