Rumkale

Rumkale is a ruined fortress on the , located in the province of and 50 km west of Şanlıurfa. Although Rumkale is sometimes linked with places mentioned in ancient sources, the foundations of the structure can be traced back to the Byzantine rule the earliest, when the fortress was the seat of a Syriac Orthodox bishopric.
Wikipedia
Ferrus, Public domain.
  • Castle
  • …lies at an elevation of 436 metres (1,430 feet)
  • Description: castle ruin

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Rumkale

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Latitude
37.27092° or 37° 16′ 15″ north
Longitude
37.83824° or 37° 50′ 18″ east
Open location code
8G9V7RCQ+97
Geo­Names ID
7619098
Wiki­data ID
Q1477613

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Rumkale” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة الروم”
  • Armenian: “Հռոմկլա”
  • Belarusian: “Ромкла”
  • Bulgarian: “Румкале”
  • Catalan: “Hromgla”
  • Catalan: “Kalat al-Rum”
  • Catalan: “Romqla”
  • Catalan: “Rum Kalesi”
  • Catalan: “Rumqala”
  • Chinese: “羅姆凱爾”
  • Dutch: “Hromgla”
  • Dutch: “Rumkale”
  • Esperanto: “Hromgla”
  • French: “Hromgla”
  • French: “Qal’at ar-Rum”
  • French: “Rumkale”
  • Georgian: “რუმკალე”
  • German: “Hromgla”
  • German: “Hromkla”
  • German: “Rum Kalesi”
  • German: “Rumkale”
  • Greek: “Ρουμ Καλεσί”
  • Italian: “Hromgla”
  • Kurdish: “Hromkla”
  • Kurdish: “Rumkale”
  • Kurdish: “حرۆمکلا”
  • Persian: “روم‌قلعه”
  • Polish: “Rumkale”
  • Russian: “Громкла”
  • Russian: “Ромкла”
  • Russian: “Рум-кале”
  • Russian: “Румкале”
  • Russian: “Хромкла”
  • Slovenian: “Rumkale”
  • Spanish: “Hromgla”
  • Turkish: “Kal-at el Müslimin”
  • Turkish: “Kale-i Zerrin”
  • Turkish: “Rumkale”
  • Western Armenian: “Հռոմկլա”

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