Qalat al-Bahrain

settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD

An ancient settlement with evidence of occupation stretching from 2300 BC to the sixteenth century AD, Qal'at al-Bahrain was once the capital of the Dilmun civilization. In 2005, it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Coordinates

26.23294, 50.52065

Also known as

Bahrain Fort, Fort of Bahrain, Portugal Fort, Portuguese Fort, Qal'at al-Bahrain (ar), قلعة البحرين‎ (ar)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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