Es Castell
Es Castell is a town of almost 8,000 people at the mouth of the port of Maó in the east of Menorca. The town takes its name from the Castle of San Felipe, which was built to protect the island against attacks by the Turks in the 16th century.
- Village with 5,040 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 19 metres (62 feet)
- Description: municipality of Spain
- Postal code: 07720
- Also known as“Vilacarlos”“Villacarlos”
- Neighbors
Places of Interest
Highlights include Illa del Rei and Lazaretto.
St. Philip’s Castle
Museum
St. Philip's Castle was a fortress guarding the entrance to the port of Mahón.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maó and Sant Lluís.
Sant Lluís
Sant Lluís is a municipality on the tip of south-east Menorca in the Spanish Balearic Islands.
Sa Mesquida
Hamlet
Sa Mesquida is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km north of Es Castell.
Es Castell
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Latitude
39.8799° or 39° 52′ 48″ north
Longitude
4.2905° or 4° 17′ 26″ east
UN/LOCODE
ES LCL
Open location code
8FF6V7HR+W5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Es Castell” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Es Castell”
- Arabic: “فياكارلوس”
- Aragonese: “Es Castell”
- Armenian: “Էս Կաստել”
- Asturian: “Es Castell”
- Asturian: “Villacarlos”
- Basque: “Es Castell”
- Catalan: “es Castell”
- Catalan: “Es Castell”
- Cebuano: “Es Castell”
- Chechen: “Эс-Кастель”
- Chinese: “埃斯卡斯特利”
- Chinese: “比利亚卡洛斯”
- Danish: “Villacarlos”
- Dutch: “Es Castell”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فياكارلوس”
- French: “Es Castell”
- Galician: “Es Castell”
- Georgian: “ეს-კასტელი”
- German: “Es Castell”
- Hungarian: “Es Castell”
- Interlingua: “Es Castell”
- Irish: “Es Castell”
- Italian: “Es Castell”
- Japanese: “アス・カステイ”
- Ladin: “Es Castell”
- Lithuanian: “Es Kastelas”
- Lombard: “Es Castell”
- Malay: “Es Castell”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Villacarlos”
- Norwegian: “Villacarlos”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Es Castell”
- Polish: “Es Castell”
- Portuguese: “Es Castell”
- Romanian: “Es Castell”
- Russian: “Эс-Кастель”
- Spanish: “Es Castell”
- Spanish: “Villacarlos”
- Swedish: “Es Castell”
- Tatar: “Эс-Кастель”
- Turkish: “Es Castell”
- Venetian: “Es Castell”
- Vietnamese: “Es Castell”
- Waray (Philippines): “Es Castell”
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