Zilkale
Zilkale is a medieval castle located in the Fırtına Valley within the Pontic Mountains, and is one of the most important historical structures in the Çamlıhemşin district of Rize Province, within the Black Sea Region of Turkey.Photo: Hamdigumus, CC0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include palovit falls.
palovit falls
Waterfall
Photo: BSRF, CC BY-SA 4.0.
palovit falls is a waterfall, which is situated 3 km southeast of Zilkale.
Zilkale
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in Turkey
- Categories: fortification, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Rize Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.95933° or 40° 57′ 34″ northLongitude
40.96317° or 40° 57′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8HG2XX57+P7OpenStreetMap ID
way 297314092OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q8071903
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Zilkale” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة زل كالي”
- Arabic: “قلعة زيلكالي”
- Armenian: “Զիլքալե”
- Azerbaijani: “Zilqala”
- Dutch: “Zilkale”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة زيلكالى”
- French: “Zilkale”
- Georgian: “ზილქალე”
- German: “Zilkale”
- Persian: “زیرقلعه”
- Russian: “Зилкале (крепость Зил)”
- Russian: “Зилкале”
- Spanish: “Zilkale”
- Turkish: “Zil Kale”
- Turkish: “Zil Kalesi”
- Turkish: “Zilkale”
- Turkish: “Zilkalesi”
- Uzbek: “Zilkale - Zilqal’a”
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