Fortress
Kelibia Fort
🇹🇳 Tunisia · 16th century
Kelibia Fort is a citadel built in the sixteenth century, situated on a rocky promontory 150 meters high overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and the city of Kélibia in the Governorate of Nabeul, on the northeast coast of the Tunisian peninsula of Cap Bon.
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Kelibia Fort ranks #4,723 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 30 mapped in Tunisia. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 39% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,568 times in the last 60 days, more than 61% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Tunis, 83 km away. See how Tunisia compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Kelibia Fort?
Kelibia Fort stands in Tunisia, at 36.8378°, 11.11575°.
When was Kelibia Fort built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1550. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Kelibia Fort?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,723 of 8,133 worldwide, and #5 in Tunisia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Kelibia Fort?
Dar Othman, about 84 km away.
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