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This is a list of castles in Syria.
Key | |
Name | Name of the surviving building, either how it is popularly known in English, its medieval name or its Arabic name |
Type | Usually the type of castle represented by the predominant surviving fortified remains |
Date | Usually the dates of the principal building works relating to the surviving remains |
Condition | An indication as to what remains of the original castle structure |
Image | Building or site as it currently exists |
Coordinates | Location of the castle |
Governorate | Governorate in which the castle is located |
Notes | Brief description or information of note |
Located under Israeli occupation. |
Name |
Type |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Coordinates | Governorate | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Citadel of Aleppo | Castle | 12th–13th centuries | Partially restored | ![]() |
36°11′57″N 37°09′45″E | Aleppo | Covers an ancient tell with remains dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE. |
Qal'at Najm | Hilltop castle | 12th–13th centuries | Partially restored | ![]() |
36°33′18″N 38°15′42″E | Aleppo | Besieged in 1820 by Ottoman forces after a local warlord had sought refuge in the castle.[1] |
Citadel of Damascus | Castle | 11th–13th centuries | Partially restored | ![]() |
33°30′42″N 36°18′7″E | Damascus | Part of the Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site.[2] |
Citadel of Bosra | Castle | Partially restored | ![]() |
32°31′04″N 36°28′54″E | Daraa | Built around a Roman theatre. Part of the Ancient City of Bosra World Heritage Site.[3] | |
Halabiye | Hilltop castle | 6th century | Ruins | ![]() |
35°41′22″N 39°49′08″E | Deir ez-Zor | Originally fortified by Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, refortified under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and partially re-used after the Muslim conquest of Syria.[4] |
Qal'at Rahbeh | Hilltop castle | Ruins | ![]() |
35°00′18″N 40°25′24″E | Deir ez-Zor | Much of the current structure dates back to its construction by the Ayyubid lord, Shirkuh II, in 1207. | |
Qal'at Sukkara | Hilltop castle | Ruins | ![]() |
36°25′38″N 40°23′56″E | Al Hasakah | Located in the Jebel Abd al-Aziz. | |
Qalʿat Abū Qubais | Hilltop castle | Partially restored | ![]() |
35°14′05.9″N 36°19′50.8″E | Hama | ||
Citadel of Hama | Castle | Ruins | 35°08′10″N 36°44′58″E | Hama | Excavated by a Danish expedition between 1931 and 1938.[5] | ||
Qalaat al-Madiq | Hilltop castle | Residential area | ![]() |
35°25′12″N 36°23′33″E | Hama | ||
Qal'at al-Rahiyya | Castle | Ruins | 35°16′45″N 37°6′30″E | Hama | The castle dates back to the second millennium BC.[6] | ||
Masyaf Castle | Spur castle | Partially restored | ![]() |
35°03′58″N 36°20′36″E | Hama | ||
Shaizar | Spur castle | Partially restored | ![]() |
35°15′55″N 36°33′59″E | Hama | ||
Shmemis | Hilltop castle | Ruins | ![]() |
35°02′13″N 37°00′49″E | Hama | ||
Citadel of Homs | Castle | Ruins | ![]() |
34°43′25″N 36°42′52″E | Homs | Built on top of an ancient tell with remains dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE.[7] | |
Fakhr-al-Din al-Maani Castle | Hilltop castle | Partially restored | ![]() |
34°33′46″N 38°15′25″E | Homs | ||
Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi | Desert castle | Ruins | 34°22′28″N 37°36′21″E | Homs | |||
Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi | Desert castle | Ruins | ![]() |
35°4′26″N 39°4′16″E | Homs | ||
Krak des Chevaliers | Hilltop castle | Partially restored | ![]() |
34°45′25″N 36°17′4″E | Homs | Part of the Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din World Heritage Site.[8] | |
Harem Castle | Hilltop castle | Ruins | 36°12′27″N 36°31′09″E | Idlib | |||
Sarmada | Hilltop castle | Ruins | 36°11′N 36°43′E | Idlib | |||
Bani Qahtan Castle | Hilltop castle | Ruins | 35°23′44″N 36°09′15″E | Latakia | |||
Bourzey castle | Hilltop castle | Ruins | ![]() |
35°39′29″N 36°15′39″E | Latakia | ||
Mahalibeh Castle | Hilltop castle | Partially restored | ![]() |
35°30′28″N 36°05′14″E | Latakia | ||
Qal'at Salah ed-Din | Spur castle | Partially restored | ![]() |
35°35′45″N 36°03′26″E | Latakia | Part of the Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din World Heritage Site.[8] | |
Nimrod Fortress | Hilltop castle | 13th century | ![]() |
33°15′10″N 35°42′53″E | Quneitra | Located in the Golan Heights | |
Castle of al-Al | Castle | Quneitra | Located in the Golan Heights | ||||
Qasr Bardawil | Hilltop castle | 32°49′11.23″N 35°44′32.57″E | Quneitra | Located in the Golan Heights | |||
Citadel of Raqqa | Castle | 13th century | Destroyed | 35°56′4″N 39°00′5″E | Raqqa | The citadel was completely removed and built over in the 1950s.[9] | |
Qal'at Ja'bar | Hilltop castle | 12th century | Partially restored | ![]() |
35°53′51″N 38°28′51″E | Raqqa | Originally situated on a hilltop overlooking the Euphrates Valley but now turned into an island by the flooding of Lake Assad.[10] |
Jabal Sais | Desert castle/fortification | 7th century | Ruins | 33.266667°N 37.366667°E | Rif Dimashq | The fortification sits near an extinct volcano.[11] | |
Salkhad Castle | Hilltop castle | Ruins | 32°29′38″N 36°42′36″E | Suwayda | |||
Chastel Blanc | Hilltop castle | Partially restored | ![]() |
34°49′14″N 36°07′01″E | Tartus | ||
Chastel Rouge | Spur castle | Partially restored | ![]() |
34°48′44″N 35°58′14″E | Tartus | ||
Al-Kahf Castle | Spur castle | 12th century | Ruins | 35°02′27″N 36°04′58″E | Tartus | In 1192, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, also known as the Old Man of the Mountain, died in Al-Kahf Castle, which was an Ismaili stronghold during the 12th century.[12] | |
Qala'at Khawabi | Spur castle | Residential area | ![]() |
34°58′22″N 36°00′06″E | Tartus | ||
Burj al-Sabi | Spur castle | 12th century | Ruins | 35°9′14″N 35°55′38″E | Tartus | Castle of Knights Hospitallers | |
Areimeh Castle | Spur castle | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() |
34°44′40″N 36°02′33″E | Tartus | Castle of Knights Templar |
Margat | Spur castle | 11th–12th centuries | Partially restored | ![]() |
35°09′08″N 35°57′0″E | Tartus | Headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Syria. |
Maraclea | Hilltop castle | 11th century | Ruins | 35°4′4″N 35°53′26″E | Tartus | Castle of Knights Hospitaller | |
Al-Qadmus Castle | Hilltop castle | 11th–12th centuries | Ruins | 35°6′5″N 36°9′40″E | Tartus | Crusader Castle | |
al-Sheikh Deeb Castle | Hilltop castle | Ruins | ![]() |
34°56′52″N 36°15′30″E | Tartus | ||
Citadel of Tartus | Castle | Residential area | 34°53′36″N 35°52′35″E | Tartus |
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