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{{Infobox World Heritage Site
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| WHS = Qal`at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
| Image = ]
| State Party = Bahrain
| Type = Cultural
| Criteria = ii, iii, iv
| ID = 1192
| Region = ]
| Year = 2005
| Session = 29th
| Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1192
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The '''Bahrain Fort''' (in {{lang-ar|قلعة البحرين}}, ]: '''Qal`at al-Bahrain''', also known as the '''Fort of Bahrain''' and previously known as the Portugal Fort (''Qal'at al Pourtugal'') as well as the fort of ], the Persian king,<ref>Axworthy pp.175–274 </ref> is an archaeological site located in ]. It is composed of an artificial mound created by ] inhabitants from 2300 BC up to the 18th century, including Portuguese and Persians. Among other things, it was once the capital of the ] civilization, and served more recently as a ] ]. For these reasons, it was inscribed as a ] ] in 2005.

Qal`at al-Bahrain is a typical ] — an artificial ] created by many successive layers of human occupation. The ] of the 300×600-metre tell testify to continuous human presence from about 2300 BC to the 16th century AD. About 25% of the site has been ]d revealing structures of different types: residential, public, commercial, religious and military. They testify to the importance of the site as a trading port over the centuries. On the top of the 12m high mound, there is the impressive Qal`at al-Burtughal (] ]), which gave the whole site its name, ''qal`a'', meaning fort. The site was the capital of the ], one of the most important ]s of the region. It contains the richest remains inventoried of this civilization, which was hitherto only known from written ] references.

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File:Bahrain Fort.1.JPG|Bahrain Fort
File:Bahrain Fort.2.JPG|Bahrain Fort side view
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== See also ==
{{commons category|Qal'at al-Bahrain}}
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