Qal`ah-ye Biland

Qal`ah-ye Biland is a castle in Kabul District, Afghanistan and has an elevation of 1,808 metres. Qal`ah-ye Biland is situated nearby to Safi Landmark Hotel, as well as near the shopping center Kabul City Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kabul City Centre and Shar-i-Naw Park.

Kabul City Centre

Shopping center

Photo: Jim Kelly, CC BY 2.0.

Kabul City Center is a shopping mall in Shahr-e Naw, Kabul, Afghanistan. Opened in 2005, it consists of 100 stores and a food court. It is equipped with see-through elevators and escalators and is notable for being the first building in Kabul to be equipped with functional escalators. Kabul City Centre is situated 1 km east of Qal`ah-ye Biland.

Shar-i-Naw Park

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0.

The Shahr-e Naw Park, also known as Pārk-e Shahr-e Naw, is the largest public park in the affluent Shahr-e Naw neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is one of several original open-space parks planned by Afghan kings during the 19th century. Shar-i-Naw Park is situated 1 km east of Qal`ah-ye Biland.

Safi Landmark Hotel

Hotel

Safi Landmark Hotel is a four star hotel, in Kabul, Afghanistan. It was opened in 2005 with the attached Kabul City Center mall. The hotel has nine floors and contains 90 rooms, according to SnapTravel. Safi Landmark Hotel is situated 790 metres east of Qal`ah-ye Biland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kabul.

Kabul

Photo: SiarFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. A crowded metropolis pressed into a basin of the Hindu Kush mountains, its bazaars, battle-scarred buildings and traffic-choked streets bear the traces of an ancient trading city, rapid urban expansion, periods of cosmopolitan ambition, and nearly half a century of war.

Qal`ah-ye Biland

Type: Tourist attraction
Also known as: “Qal‘ah-ye Biland”, “Qal’ah-ye Biland”, and “قلعه بلند”
Categories: castle, tourism, and historic site
Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.53496° or 34° 32′ 6″ north

Longitude

69.15716° or 69° 9′ 26″ east

Elevation

1,808 metres (5,932 feet)

Open location code

8J6FG5M4+XV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1337315308

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

GeoNames ID

8741809

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Russian: “замок Бланд”

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