Saudi Arabia · 20th century
Ottoman Fort (Great Farasan Island) ranks #8,769 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #18 of the 21 mapped in Saudi Arabia. Founded c. 1905, one of 161 atlas entries founded in the 20th century. See how Saudi Arabia compares in the castle statistics.
The Ottoman Fort is an archaeological castle located in the north of Farasan island, which belongs to the Jazan region in the south-west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and it is considered one of the island's prominent symbols. The castle is a fortified house, containing installations, redoubts, gates, wells, horse stables and storehouses, as well as living quarters accommodating about 30 people. The castle dates to the Ottoman era, when it was used as a military base at the beginning of the twentieth century; its area is estimated at about 500 m2, at a height of 10 metres above sea level.
Machine-translated from “القلعة العثمانية (فرسان)” on the Arabic Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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