Kangelo Castle
Kangelo Castle is a historical fortress located in Kangelo Village, Savadkuh County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Kangelo Castle was built during the time of the Sassanian Empire. According to historians, this castle was used as a place to worship the Mithra.Photo: Rose rtn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kangelo and Emaft.
Kangelo
Village
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Kangelo is a village in Rastupey Rural District, in the Central District of Savadkuh County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Kangelo Castle dates back to the Sassanian empire.
Emaft
Village
Emaft is a village in Rastupey Rural District, in the Central District of Savadkuh County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Emaft is situated 3½ km northwest of Kangelo Castle.
Arim
Village
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Arim is a village in Rastupey Rural District, in the Central District of Savadkuh County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Arim located after Kangelo Village. At the 2016 census, its population was 61, in 26 families, down from 111 people in 2006. Arim is situated 4 km east of Kangelo Castle.
Kangelo Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Savadkuh County, Iranian national heritage site
- Categories: cultural property, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mazandaran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.93927° or 35° 56′ 21″ northLongitude
53.15475° or 53° 9′ 17″ eastElevation
1,788 metres (5,866 feet)Open location code
8H7MW5Q3+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 5222645297OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q6403411
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Kangelo Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة كنغلو”
- French: “château de Kangelo”
- French: “Château de Kangelo”
- Mazanderani: “کنگلو”
- Persian: “قلعه کنگلو”
- Persian: “قلعه کنگو”
- Turkish: “Kangelo Kalesi”
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