Kadifekale

Kadifekale is a hilltop castle in , . The castle is located on the Mount Pagos which has an elevation of 186 metres. It was built in the 3rd century BC.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in İzmir, western Turkey
  • Also known as: “Pagos”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kadifekale Mosque and Agora of Smyrna.

Mosque
Photo: Michael Paraskevas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 170 metres west of Kadifekale.

Museum
Photo: IgnisFatuus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , alternatively known as the Agora of İzmir, is an ancient Roman agora located in Smyrna. Originally built by the Greeks in the 4th century BC, the agora was ruined by an earthquake in 178 AD. is situated 1 km northwest of Kadifekale.

Railway station
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is an intercity and regional railway terminal and rapid transit station in , . Along with , Basmane is one of two railway terminals in the city. is situated 1 km north of Kadifekale.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kemeraltı and Konak.

Quarter
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a historical market district of , Turkey. It remains one of the liveliest districts of İzmir.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 24 km2, and its population is 332,277. It is the most densely populated of the thirty districts of , and has historically acted as the administrative and economic core of the city.

Photo: Vav, CC BY-SA 4.0.
İzmir is a port on the coast of Turkey, known in antiquity as Smyrna. It's the country's third-largest city, with a population of 3.12 million in 2024.

Kadifekale

Latitude
38.41378° or 38° 24′ 50″ north
Longitude
27.14496° or 27° 8′ 42″ east
Elevation
86 metres (282 feet)
Open location code
8GC9C47V+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1936293144
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
9889150
Wiki­data ID
Q4810717
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Kadifekale” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kadifekale”
  • Arabic: “قلعة كاديفيكالي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kadifekale”
  • Chinese: “卡狄菲凱勒”
  • Chinese: “天鵝絨城堡”
  • Dutch: “Kadifekale”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كاديفيكال”
  • French: “Kadifekale”
  • German: “Kadifekale”
  • Hungarian: “Kadifekale”
  • Hungarian: “Pagosz”
  • Japanese: “カディフェカレ”
  • Kazakh: “Кадифекале”
  • Kurdish: “Kadifekale”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kadifekale”
  • Persian: “کادیفه قلعه”
  • Persian: “کادیفهٔ قلعه”
  • Persian: “کادیفه کاله”
  • Persian: “کادیفهٔ کاله”
  • Romanian: “Kadifekale”
  • Russian: “Бархатный замок Кадифекале”
  • Russian: “Кадифекале”
  • Russian: “Пагос”
  • Spanish: “Kadifekale”
  • Turkish: “Kadifekale”
  • Turkish: “Pagos”
  • Ukrainian: “Кадіфекале”
  • Ukrainian: “Пагос”

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