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Bam Citadel

citadel in Bam, Iran
AdministrativeArea citadel Q43277

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
citadel
Inception
500 BC[6]
Country
Iran[3]
Part of the series
list of World Heritage in Danger
Location
Bam[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 29.117°, 58.368°
Area
+180000[10]
Heritage designation
World Heritage Site, Iranian National Heritage[7][8]
Length
+1815[9]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Kerman Province[2]
Made from material
adobe[4]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
World Heritage criteria
(ii), (iii), (iv), (v)[11][12][13][14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bam Citadel en Arg-e Bam en Arg-é Bam ar قلعة بم cs Arge Bám es Arg é-Bam es Arg-é-Bam es Ciudadela de Bam es Arg é Bam es Arg e Bam es Arg e-Bam es Arg-e Bam es Arg-e-Bam fa ارگ بم fi Bamin linna fi Bamin linnoitus fr Arg-e Bam fr Citadelle de Bam he ארג-י בם he מצודת בם
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2018000491
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Arge Bam Arad edit.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
03151905n
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
27035
Freebase ID
/m/025qgz
GNS Unique Feature ID
10523808
GeoNames ID
8181804
Iranian National Heritage registration number
519
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
465883
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987012403726105171
OpenStreetMap way ID
400586489
Pleiades ID
29501
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World Heritage Site ID
1208bis

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Located in time zoneP421
Asia/Tehran 2026-09-26 S/FT · IR GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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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
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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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.
🔗 Connections
Heritage designation 2
World Heritage Site, Iranian National Heritage
Country 1
Iran
Instance of 1
citadel
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Kerman Province
Location 1
Bam
Made from material 1
adobe
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Significant event 1
list of World Heritage in Danger
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Summary

Bam Citadel is a citadel[1].

Related Entities

Iran

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/bam-znicena-citadela/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User tal"
  2. 25w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 29.116855555556, 'lon': 58.368475}
    Coordinates → —
    Location → Bam
    Located in → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving Significant event to Part of the series"
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