Sherwana Castle
Sherwana Castle, also known as Shirwanah Castle, is a castle located in Kalar, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Sherwana Castle is the ancestral home of the Jaff family.Photo: ئاسۆ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sherwana Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: palace-fortification in Iraq
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kalar District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.607° or 34° 36′ 25″ northLongitude
45.31362° or 45° 18′ 49″ eastInception
1866Height
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8H67J847+QCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1284879181OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q3944781
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Sherwana Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة شيروانة”
- Arabic: “قلعه شيروانه”
- Central Kurdish: “قەڵای شێروانە”
- French: “château de Sherwana”
- French: “Château de Sherwana”
- Hebrew: “טירת שירואנה”
- Hebrew: “טירת שרואנה”
- Kurdish: “Kela Şêrwane”
- Persian: “قلعه شیروانه”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Sherwana”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sherwana Castle and گردی شێروانە Sherwana Hill.
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