Rig Castle
Rig Castle is a Castle related to the Seljuq dynasty and is located in the Kashmar County, Quzhd village.Photo: POS78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: POS78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle near Kashmar, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Rig castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dasht Tala Abad Cemetery and Tala Abad Watermill.
Dasht Tala Abad Cemetery
Archaeological site
Photo: POS78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dasht Tala Abad Cemetery is an archaeological site, which is situated 120 metres south of Rig Castle.
Tala Abad Watermill
Photo: POS78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tala Abad Watermill is situated 1¼ km northeast of Rig Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eshaqabad and Talabad.
Eshaqabad
Village
Photo: POS78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eshaqabad is a village in Bala Velayat Rural District of the Central District in Kashmar County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Eshaqabad is situated 2½ km southwest of Rig Castle.
Talabad
Village
Photo: POS78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Talabad is a village in Bala Velayat Rural District of the Central District in Kashmar County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Talabad is situated 3 km west of Rig Castle.
Quzhd
Village
Photo: Kashmariran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Quzhd is a village in, and the capital of Bala Velayat Rural District in the Central District of Kashmar County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Farahabad, now a neighborhood in the city of Farg Qaleh. Quzhd is situated 3 km north of Rig Castle.
Rig Castle
- Categories: castle, cultural property, building, and tourism
- Location: Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.18094° or 35° 10′ 51″ northLongitude
58.45422° or 58° 27′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8H7W5FJ3+9MOpenStreetMap ID
way 1056613004OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5893468
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Rig Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة ريغ”
- French: “château de Rig”
- French: “Château de Rig”
- Persian: “قلعه ریگ”
- Turkish: “Rig Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Modarres Hospital and مسجد.
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