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Aqaba

Aqaba Castle

The Aqaba Castle or Aqaba Fort, also known as the Mamluk Castle of , Jordan, is a Mamluk and Ottoman fortified caravanserai on the pilgrimage route to and which, in its current form, dates back mainly to the 16th century.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: mamluk-Ottoman caravanserai and fort in Aqaba, Jordan
  • Also known as: “Aqaba Fortress” and “Qal‘at al ‘Aqabah”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aqaba Archaeological Museum and Ayla.

Museum
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
is the official archaeological museum of the city of in .

Archaeological site
Aqaba is the only coastal city in and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the . is situated 1 km north of Aqaba Castle.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
is a historic 3rd-century church located in , . It was unearthed in 1998 by a group of archaeologists and is considered to be the world's oldest-known purpose-built Christian church. is situated 1½ km north of Aqaba Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aqaba and Tall al Khalifa.

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is 's only port city. It is on the Gulf of in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.

Village
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of . Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer… is situated 4 km north of Aqaba Castle.

Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the only city on the Red Sea. is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the desert. It's sandwiched between Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, and often used as an access route to those cities because of its large modern Ramon airport.

Aqaba Castle

Latitude
29.52139° or 29° 31′ 17″ north
Longitude
35.00204° or 35° 0′ 7″ east
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
7GXQG2C2+HR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 106995824
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
11191544
Wiki­data ID
Q4782454
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Aqaba Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة العقبة”
  • Armenian: “Ակաբայի ամրոց”
  • Catalan: “castell d’Àqaba”
  • Catalan: “Castell d’Àqaba”
  • Chinese: “亞喀巴城堡”
  • Czech: “Akabská pevnost”
  • Czech: “Akabský hrad”
  • German: “Al Aqaba”
  • German: “Burg Aila”
  • German: “Festung Akaba”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο της Άκαμπα”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת עקבה”
  • Hindi: “अकाबा महल”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Aqaba”
  • Romanian: “Cetatea Aqaba”
  • Russian: “Мамлюкский форт (крепость мамлюков)”
  • Slovenian: “Akabska trdnjava”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Aqaba”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Áqaba”

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