Lambesar Castle

Lambsar, Lamasar, Lambasar, Lambesar or Lomasar was probably the largest and the most fortified of the Ismaili castles. The fortress is located in the central mountains, south of the Caspian Sea, about 120 km from present-day .
  • Castle
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,251 metres (4,104 feet)
  • …is open 24/7
  • Description: castle in Qazvin County, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site
  • Email: rasoulzarei93@gmail.com
  • Also known as
    “Lamasar Castle”
    “Lambasar Castle”
    “Lambsar Castle”
    “Lammasar Castle”
    “Lamsar Castle”
    “Lanbasar Castle”
    “Lembesser Castle”
    “Lemsher Castle”
    “Lomasar Castle”

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Latitude
36.5483° or 36° 32′ 54″ north
Longitude
50.22701° or 50° 13′ 37″ east
Open location code
8H8GG6XG+8R
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Lambesar Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة لمسر”
  • Catalan: “Lamasar”
  • Catalan: “Lambasar”
  • Catalan: “Lanbasar”
  • French: “Château de Lambsar”
  • German: “Lamasar”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת למסר”
  • Indonesian: “Lambasar”
  • Japanese: “ランバサル城”
  • Persian: “دژ لمبسر”
  • Persian: “دژ لمسر”
  • Persian: “قلعه لمبسر”
  • Persian: “قلعه لمسر”
  • Persian: “لمبسر”
  • Persian: “لمسر”
  • Russian: “Ламасар”
  • Slovenian: “grad Lambsar”
  • Slovenian: “Lamsar”
  • Spanish: “Lambasar”
  • Turkish: “Lambsar Kalesi”
  • Uzbek: “Lambsar qalʼasi”

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