Sahyun Castle (Arabic: قلعة صهيون), also known as the Castle of Saladin (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين, romanized: Qal'at Salah al-Din), is a medieval castle...
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siege of Sahyun Castle took place in July 1188 between the Ayyubid Sultanate led by Saladin and the Knights Hospitaller, who held Sahyun Castle. After a...
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Masyaf Castle (Arabic: قلعة مصياف) is a medieval structure in the town of Masyaf in Hama Governorate, Syria, situated in the Orontes Valley, approximately...
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Sunqur al-Ashqar (section Control of Sahyun)
rebellion in Damascus was quashed in 1280, Sunqur ensconced himself in the Sahyun Castle in the coastal mountains of northern Syria. He joined Qalawun in the...
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Fortress or Nimrod Castle (Arabic: قلعة الصبيبة Qal'at al-Subeiba, "Castle of the Large Cliff", later Qal'at Namrud, "Nimrod's Castle"; Hebrew: מבצר נמרוד...
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and left Sahyun Castle on July 30, he reached and encamped on the banks of the Orontes River near a fortress of Jisr ash-Shughur, this castle on the heights...
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of Belvoir Castle began the next month and the Hospitaller stronghold finally fell a year later. The sieges of Laodicea and Sahyun Castle in July 1188...
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Shmemis (redirect from Chmemis Castle)
ash-Shmemis, ash-Shmamis) is a Syrian castle located 3 km north west of Salamiyah and 30 km south east from Hama. The castle (Qalat Shmamis) was first built...
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turns inland and, after a few days of fierce fighting, takes Sahyun Castle (called Castle of Saladin) on July 29. September 4 – King Guy of Lusignan is...
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when, but during that same year, he attacked and captured the Crusader castle of Eilat, built on an island off the head of the Gulf of Aqaba. It did not...
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Qal'at Ja'bar (redirect from Jaber Castle)
Qal'at Ja'bar (Arabic: قلعة جعبر, Turkish: Caber Kalesi) is a castle on the left bank of Lake Assad in Raqqa Governorate, Syria. Its site, formerly a prominent...
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Mahalibeh castle (Arabic: قلعة المهالبة), formerly known as Balatanos or Balatunus (name derived from the Latin Platanus), is located on a high mountain...
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of the Krak des Chevaliers castle. The Citadel of Aleppo was also affected. In addition, one of the towers of Sahyun Castle near Latakia was destroyed...
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Margat (redirect from Al-Marqab Castle)
(Arabic: قلعة المرقب, romanized: Qalʻat al-Marqab, lit. 'Castle of the Watchtower'), is a castle near Baniyas, Syria, which was a Crusader fortress and...
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Palmyra Castle, also known as Fakhr-al-Din al-Ma'ani Castle (Arabic: قلعة فخر الدين المعني) or Tadmur Castle, is a castle overlooking Palmyra in the province...
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Krak des Chevaliers (redirect from Castle of the Kurds)
began rebuilding the castle in the 1140s and were finished by 1170 when an earthquake damaged the castle. The order controlled castles along the border of...
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and had headquarters there until 1291, thereafter being based in Kolossi Castle in Cyprus (1302–1310), the island of Rhodes (1310–1522), Malta (1530–1798)...
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Citadel of Aleppo (category Castles in Syria)
northern Syria. It is considered to be one of the oldest and largest castles in the world. Usage of the Citadel hill dates back at least to the middle...
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Al-Kahf Castle or the Castle of the Cave (Arabic: قلعة الكهف, romanized: Qalʻat al-Kahf) is a medieval Nizari Isma'ili castle located around 30 kilometres...
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Castle began the next month and this stronghold of the Knights Hospitaller finally fell a year later. The Siege of Laodicea and the Siege of Sahyun Castle...
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26–29 July. Saladin defeats the Knights Hospitaller at the Siege of Sahyun Castle. 5–9 August. The Principality of Antioch is defeated by the forces of...
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al-Sharqi Qasr Ibn Wardan Qulay'ah Castle Al-Rahba Sahyun Castle Shaizar Shmemis Qalaat al-Shaghur Qal'at Sukkara Citadel of Tartus Also See: Castles in Syria...
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Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi (category Castles in Syria)
قصر الحير الشرقي, lit. 'Eastern al-Hayr Palace or the "Eastern Castle"') is a castle (qasr) in the middle of the Syrian Desert. It was built by the Umayyad...
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Antiquity and during the Byzantine period. Krac des Chevaliers and Sahyun Castle SyrHoms and Latakia Governorates, Syria 34°46′54″N 36°15′47″E / 34...
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claim of leadership was soon quashed, and he was soon ensconced in Sahyun Castle. The common threat of the Mongols caused a reconciliation of Qalawun...
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Hama Castle (Arabic: قلعة حماة) is a mostly-ruined fortress located in Hama, Syria, Located on the Orontes River. The location is dated back to the Seleucids...
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Chastel Blanc (redirect from Castle Blanc)
essential elements in case of siege. From the other fortifications of the castle, only a portal at 45 metres (148 ft) to the east of the keep can still be...
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Bani Qahtan castle (Arabic: قلعة بني قحطان) is found in the Syrian Coastal Mountains, about 40 km from Latakia city. The castle which was known as Bikisrail...
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Qal'at Najm (redirect from Najm castle)
(Arabic: قلعة نجم) is a castle located on the right bank of the Euphrates, near the town of Manbij in north Syria. The castle probably stood on the site...
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GPX (secondary coordinates) List of castles List of Crusader castles Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castles in Syria. Sourdel 2010 Ancient City...
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