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Masmak Fort

clay and mud-brick fort in the center of Riyadh
Organization Fort Q751987

Facts

8 properties

Identity

Instance of
fort, museum[4]
Short name
Masmak[8]

Status and dates

Inception
1865[6]

Location

Country
Saudi Arabia[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 24.631°, 46.713°[7]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Riyadh[2]
More facts +2
Architectural style
Najdi architecture[5]
Different from
Turaif[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Qaṣr al-Maṣmak en Masmak Fort en Masmak ar قلعة المصمك ar المصمك ar حصن المصمك ar قصر المصمك de Fort Masmak de Al-Masmak-Festung fa قصر المصمک he מצודת אל-מסמכ hi अल मसमक hu Turajf id Benteng Masmak ja マスマク城 pt Forte Masmak ru Замок Масмак sv Masmakfortet th ป้อมมัศมัก tr Masmak Kalesi
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Masmak castle.jpg ↗
Atlas Obscura place ID
al-masmak-fortress
Freebase ID
/m/0cphjl
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
466079
OpenStreetMap node ID
462607307

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
museum, fort
Country 1
Saudi Arabia
Different from 1
Turaif
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Riyadh
← Destination point 1
2020 Saudi Tour
← Different from 1
Turaif
← FactGrid item ID 1
Alexander Braun
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Summary

Masmak Fort is a fort[1].

Related Entities

Saudi Arabia

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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. 7w ago · Ibrohim tijani · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Architectural style → Najdi architecture
    "Created claim: Architectural style: Najdi architecture"
  2. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1865-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Riyadh
    Different from → Turaif
    Instance of → fort, museum
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #39448"
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