Castles in Syria

Crusader castle near Homs, Syria

medieval castle in northwestern Syria

Margat, also known as Marqab (), is a castle near Baniyas, Syria, which was a Crusader fortress and one of the major strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller. It is located around from the Mediterranean coast and approximately south of Baniyas. The castle remained in a poor state of preservation until 2007 when some reconstruction and renovation began.

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Shaizar or Shayzar (; in modern Arabic Saijar; Hellenistic name: Larissa in Syria, Λάρισσα εν Συρία in Greek) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama. Nearby localities include, Mahardah, Tremseh, Kafr Hud, Khunayzir and Halfaya. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shaizar had a population of 5,953 in the 2004 census.

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castle in Damascus, Syria

medieval fortress situated in the occupied Golan Heights

archaeological site in Hama, Syria

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crusader keep in a small Syrian village

Citadel in Hama, Syria

Shmemis () also ash-Shmemis, ash-Shmamis) is a castle located in Syria. It is located 3 km north west of Salamiyah and 30 km south east from Hama. ==History== thumb|200px|A view of Shmemis castle at sunset The castle (Qalat Shmamis) was first built, on top of an extinct volcano, in the 1st century BC by Sampsiceramus I, the first Priest King of the Royal family of Emesa. Most of the original structure was subsequently destroyed by an earthquake. It was later destroyed by the Persian king Khosrau II in AD 613. It was rebuilt by Assad ud-Din Shirkoh, an Ayyubid governor of Homs; the da

castle ruin in Shathah District, Syria

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Khawabi (), also spelled '''Qal'at al-Khawabi' () is a village and medieval citadel in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located 20 kilometers northeast of Tartus and 12 kilometers east of al-Sawda. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Khawabi had a population of 1,039 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims. The village formerly had a significant Ismaili population until the early 20th century, and during the medieval period, its citadel (Qal'at Khawabi'') served as a center of the Ismaili community when they were

Al-Rahba (/ALA-LC: al-Raḥba, sometimes spelled Raḥabah), also known as '''Qal'at al-Rahba''', which translates as the "Citadel of al-Rahba", is a medieval Arab fortress on the west bank of the Euphrates River, adjacent to the city of Mayadin in Syria. Situated atop a mound with an elevation of , al-Rahba oversees the Syrian Desert steppe. It has been described as "a fortress within a fortress"; it consists of an inner keep measuring , protected by an enclosure measuring . Al-Rahba is largely in ruins today as a result of wind erosion.

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Areimeh () is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus District of the Tartus Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Areimeh had a population of 507 in the 2004 census. It is the site of the medieval fortress of Arima.

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