Castello Barbarossa
Castello Barbarossa is an archaeological ruin and ornithological station in Anacapri, on the island of Capri, Italy. It is named after the former corsair and Ottoman Kapudan Pasha Hayreddin Barbarossa, who stormed it in 1535 and destroyed it in 1544.- Type: Castle
- Description: archaeological ruin
- Also known as: “Castello di Barbarossa”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Villa San Michele and St. Michael’s Chapel.
Villa San Michele
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Villa San Michele was built about the end of the 19th century on the isle of Capri, Italy, by the Swedish physician and author Axel Munthe. Villa San Michele is situated 260 metres northwest of Castello Barbarossa.
St. Michael’s Chapel
Museum
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Michael’s Chapel is a museum, which is situated 200 metres northwest of Castello Barbarossa.
Garden of Villa San Michele
Park
Photo: MiguelHermoso, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garden of Villa San Michele is a park, which is situated 230 metres northwest of Castello Barbarossa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capri.
Capri
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY 3.0.
The small Italian island of Capri is 5 km from the mainland in the Bay of Naples, a celebrated beauty spot and coastal resort since the days of the Roman Republic until now. It is also part of Campania.
Castello Barbarossa
- Categories: archaeological site, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Anacapri, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.5556° or 40° 33′ 20″ northLongitude
14.22711° or 14° 13′ 38″ eastHeight
3 metres (9.8 feet)Open location code
8FGPH64G+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 751445563OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2941392
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Castello Barbarossa” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castell de Barba-rossa”
- Croatian: “Castello Barbarossa”
- Dutch: “Castello Barbarossa”
- French: “Castello Barbarossa”
- German: “Castello Barbarossa”
- Italian: “Castello Barbarossa”
- Macedonian: “Замок Барбароса”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Castello Barbarossa”
- Norwegian: “Castello Barbarossa”
- Spanish: “Castello Barbarossa”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Barbarroja”
- Turkish: “Castello Barbarossa”
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