Castles in Syria
28 entries in the Castles in Syria compendium.
Abu Qubays, SyriaMedieval castle and Alawite village in northwestern Syria.AreimehSyrian village site of the medieval Crusader fortress Arima.Areimeh CastleCrusader castle on Syrian coast, built on Byzantine ruins.Bani Qahtan CastleRuined Syrian castle with Byzantine, Crusader, and Nizari Ismaili history.Bourzey castleByzantine-era castle with Crusader, Ayyubid, and Mamluk additions.Castle of al-AlA disputed Crusader castle known only from one chronicler.Chastel BlancCrusader Templar keep and chapel in western Syria.Chastel RougeA small Crusader stronghold in northwestern Syria.Citadel of AleppoOne of the oldest and largest castles in the world.Citadel of DamascusAyyubid-era fortified palace in Damascus, Syria.Citadel of RaqqaMedieval fortress of Abbasid-era Raqqa, demolished in the 1950s.Citadel of TartusA key Templar fortress on the Syrian coast.Al-Kahf CastleMedieval Nizari Isma'ili castle in northwest Syria.KhawabiMedieval Ismaili fortress and village in northwestern Syria.Mahalibeh CastleMedieval castle and inhabited place in western Syria.ManiqaAn 11th-century castle in Syria, held by Byzantines, Crusaders, and Assassins.MargatCrusader fortress and major Hospitaller stronghold in Syria.Masyaf CastleMedieval fortress and capital of the Nizari Ismaili emirate.Palmyra CastleA Mamluk-era castle overlooking the ancient ruins of Palmyra.Qal'at Ja'barA Syrian castle rebuilt by Nur ad-Din, now an island.Qal'at NajmA Euphrates castle restored by Zengid and Ayyubid rulers.Qalaat al-MadiqMedieval fortress town atop ancient Apamea in northwestern Syria.Qasr Ibn WardanByzantine-era complex built by Justinian I in the Syrian Desert.Qulay'aMedieval Nizari Ismaili citadel in the Syrian coastal mountains.Al-RahbaMedieval Arab fortress key to Syria and Iraq.Sahyun CastleMedieval fortress in Syria, captured by Saladin in 1188.ShaizarCrusader-era fortress of the Banu Munqidh on the Orontes.ShmemisA castle on an extinct volcano in Syria, first raised in the 1st century BC and battered ever since.
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