Alamut Castle
Facts
23 properties- Instance of
- castle, cultural property[4]
- Has use
- capitol building, prison[13][14]
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 36.445°, 50.586°
- Short name
- Alamut[24]
- Architectural style
- Nizari architecture, Safavid architecture[9][10]
- Described by source
- Encyclopedic Lexicon[19]
- Directions
- شهرستان قزوین، بخش رودبار الموت[28]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- December 1256[16]
- Elevation above sea level
- +2131[26]
- Has part(s)
- Alamut Library[15]
- Heritage designation
- Iranian National Heritage, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[20][21]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity
- Alamut-e Bala Rural District[2]
- Significant event
- Siege of Alamut, Siege of Alamut[18]
- World Heritage criteria
- (iii)[27]
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2008iran. Iran, Alamut Castle (2573255326).jpg ↗
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID
- 1703
- Atlas Obscura place ID
- alamut-castle
- Biblissima authority ID
- AK4711
- Burgenwelt ID
- iran/alamut
- De Agostini ID
- Alamut
- Freebase ID
- /m/01d2st
- GeoNames ID
- 120399
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- alamut-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0001572
- Grove Art Online ID
- T001430
- Iranian National Heritage registration number
- 7252
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- Source
- GeoNames
- Edition
- 20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
- Bronze
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People born here 4
Commanded by 3
People who died here 3
Has use 2
Heritage designation 2
Instance of 2
Located in this place 2
Named after 2
Residents 2
← Work location 2
Architectural style 1
Country 1
Different from 1
Founder 1
Located in/on physical feature 1
Made from material 1
Mountain range 1
Owned by 1
Owns / has subsidiaries 1
Significant event 1
← Capital 1
← Destroyed 1
← Different from 1
← Headquarters location 1
← Place of detention 1
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Summary
Alamut Castle is a castle[1].
Body
Cultural Significance
Things named for Alamut Castle include Nizari Ismaili state[31], a historical country[32], founded in 1090[33] and Alamut[34], a written work[35], written by Vladimir Bartol[36].
Why It Matters
Entities named for it include Nizari Ismaili state[31], a historical country[32], founded in 1090[33] and Alamut[34], a written work[35], written by Vladimir Bartol[36].