Fort Julien
Fort Julien is a fort located on the left or west bank of the Nile about 5 kilometres north-west of Rashid on the north coast of Egypt. It was originally built by the Mamluks and occupied by the French during Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt and Syria between 1798 and 1801.
- Castle
- …is also known as “Fort Rashid”
- Description: fort in Egypt on the Nile
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosetta.
Fort Julien
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Latitude
31.43965° or 31° 26′ 23″ north
Longitude
30.38951° or 30° 23′ 22″ east
Open location code
8G3GC9QQ+VR
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Fort Julien” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “طابية رشيد”
- Arabic: “طابية_رشيد”
- Arabic: “قلعة رشيد”
- Arabic: “قلعة سان جوليان”
- Arabic: “قلعة قايتباي”
- Bengali: “জুলিয়েন দুর্গ”
- Catalan: “Fort Julien”
- Dutch: “Fort Julien”
- Egyptian Arabic: “طابية رشيد”
- French: “fort Julien”
- French: “Fort Jullien”
- Galician: “Forte Julien”
- German: “Fort Julien”
- German: “Fort Rashid”
- Hausa: “Fort Julien”
- Hebrew: “מבצר ז’וליאן”
- Indonesian: “Benteng Julien”
- Irish: “Fort Julien”
- Italian: “Fort Julien”
- Japanese: “ジュリアン砦”
- Japanese: “ジュリアン要塞”
- Persian: “قلعه جولیان”
- Portuguese: “Forte Julien”
- Sinhala: “ජූලියන් කොටුව”
- Slovenian: “Fort Julien”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Julien”
- Turkish: “Reşid Kalesi”
- Urdu: “قلعہ جولیان”
- Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Julien”
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