Qalaat al-Madiq
Qalaat al-Madiq is a town and medieval fortress in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama. It is situated in the al-Ghab plain, on the eastern bank of the Orontes River.- Type: Village
- Description: Citadel in Hama, Syria
- Also known as: “Kal’at al Madik”, “Kalaat Moudik”, “Kalat el Mudik”, “Qal’al al-Mudiq”, “Qal’at al-Madiq”, “Qal`at al Maḑīq”, “Qal`at al Mudiq”, “Qal`at al Muḑīq”, “Qal`at el Madhiq”, “Qal`at el Mudiq”, “Qalaat el Moudiq”, and “Qalat el-Mudiq”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Apamea.
Apamea
Photo: Jim Gordon, CC BY 2.0.
Apamea, on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city. It was the capital of Apamene under the Macedonians, became the capital and Metropolitan Archbishopric of late Roman province Syria Secunda, again in the crusader period.
Qalaat al-Madiq
- Categories: castle, fortified town, fortress, residential area, historic site, and locality
- Location: Hama Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.42013° or 35° 25′ 13″ northLongitude
36.39265° or 36° 23′ 34″ eastOpen location code
8G7RC9CV+33OpenStreetMap ID
way 171784870OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q7265911
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Qalaat al-Madiq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة المضيق”
- Arabic: “قلعة المضيق”
- Belarusian: “Калаат эль-Мадык”
- Catalan: “Afamiya”
- Catalan: “Qàlat al-Madiq”
- Chinese: “卡拉阿馬迪克”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة المضيق”
- French: “Qal’at al-Mudiq”
- German: “Kalaat al-Madik”
- German: “Qal’at al-Mudiq”
- Hebrew: “קלעת אל-מודיק”
- Japanese: “カルアト・アル=マディーク”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Qalaat al-Madiq”
- Persian: “قلعة المضیق”
- Persian: “قلعه المضیق”
- Polish: “Kalat al-Madik”
- Russian: “Калъат-эль-Мудик”
- Spanish: “Qal’at al-Mudiq”
- Turkish: “Medik Kalesi”
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