Şile Castle
Şile Castle or Ocaklı Ada Castle is a castle located on Ocaklı Island in the Şile district of Istanbul. It was criticized for its appearance after the restoration of 2015 because it looked like SpongeBob SquarePants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Justinianus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Şile Lighthouse.
Şile Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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The Şile Feneri, a historical lighthouse still in use, is located on the western Black Sea coast in the northeast town Şile of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Şile Lighthouse is situated 740 metres southeast of Şile Castle.
Şile Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Turkey
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Şile, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
41.18159° or 41° 10′ 54″ northLongitude
29.60917° or 29° 36′ 33″ eastOpen location code
8GHF5JJ5+JMOpenStreetMap ID
way 643467902OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q91682094
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Şile Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة شيلة”
- Italian: “castello della Ocaklı Ada”
- Italian: “Castello di Şile”
- Russian: “Замок Шиле”
- Turkish: “Ocaklı Ada Kalesi”
- Turkish: “Şile Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ocaklı Ada and Maşatlık Parkı.
Nearby Places
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Şile Castle”. Photo: Justinianus, CC BY-SA 4.0.