Furg Citadel
Furg Citadel is an 18th-century citadel located in Furg Village in Darmian County, South Khorasan province, Iran. Furg Citadel was constructed by Meerza Muhammad Rafiee Darmiany I. It was registered in the List of National Works on 18 March 2001.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mehdi Rafiei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Castle
- Description: citadel in Darmian County, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Forg Castle”, “Forg Citadel”, “Furg Castle”, “Mirza Rafi Khan Citadel”, “Qal‘eh-ye Rabī‘”, and “Qal`eh-ye Rabi`”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Furg and Arreh Furg.
Furg
Village
Photo: Arefbayyat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Furg is a village in Darmian Rural District, in the Central District of Darmian County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 854, in 240 families.
Arreh Furg
Hamlet
Arreh Furg is a village in Darmian Rural District, in the Central District of Darmian County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 148, in 35 families.
Darmian
Village
Photo: Qaderi.amin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darmian is a village in, and the capital of, Darmian Rural District of the Central District of Darmian County, South Khorasan province, Iran. Darmian is situated 4½ km west of Furg Citadel.
Furg Citadel
- Categories: citadel, cultural property, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: South Khorasan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.8449° or 32° 50′ 42″ northLongitude
59.94834° or 59° 56′ 54″ eastElevation
1,822 metres (5,978 feet)Open location code
8H4XRWVX+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 690391439OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Furg Citadel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة فورغ”
- Dutch: “Citadel van Furg”
- French: “château de Furg”
- French: “Château de Furg”
- Persian: “ارگ فورگ”
- Persian: “قلعه ربیع”
- Persian: “قلعه فورگ”
- Persian: “قلعهٔ فورگ”
- Persian: “قلعه فوزگ”
- Swedish: “Furgs borg”
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