List of castles in Syria

This is a list of castles in Syria.

Key

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

List of castles

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Image	Coordinates	Governorate	Notes
Citadel of Aleppo	Castle	12–13th centuries	Partially restored			Aleppo	Covers an ancient tell with remains dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE.
Qal'at Najm	Hilltop castle	12–13th centuries	Partially restored	90px		Aleppo	Besieged in 1820 by Ottoman forces after a local warlord had sought refuge in the castle.
Citadel of Damascus	Castle	11–13th centuries	Partially restored			Damascus	Part of the Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site.
Citadel of Bosra	Castle		Partially restored	90px		Daraa	Built around a Roman theatre. Part of the Ancient City of Bosra World Heritage Site.
Halabiye	Hilltop castle	6th century	Ruins			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.
Qal'at Rahbeh	Hilltop castle		Ruins	90px		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	90px		Al Hasakah	Located in the Jebel Abd al-Aziz.
Qalʿat Abū Qubais	Hilltop castle		Partially restored			Hama
Citadel of Hama	Castle		Ruins	90px		Hama	Excavated by a Danish expedition between 1931 and 1938.
Qalaat al-Madiq	Hilltop castle		Residential area			Hama
Masyaf Castle	Spur castle		Partially restored			Hama
Shaizar	Spur castle		Partially restored			Hama
Citadel of Homs	Castle		Ruins			Homs	Built on top of an ancient tell with remains dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE.
Fakhr-al-Din al-Maani Castle	Hilltop castle		Partially restored	90px		Homs
Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi	Desert castle		Ruins			Homs
Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi	Desert castle		Ruins	90px		Homs
Krak des Chevaliers	Hilltop castle		Partially restored			Homs	Part of the Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din World Heritage Site.
Shmemis	Hilltop castle		Ruins	90px		Homs
Harem Castle	Hilltop castle		Ruins			Idlib
Bani Qahtan Castle	Hilltop castle		Ruins			Latakia
Bourzey castle	Hilltop castle		Ruins	90px		Latakia
Mahalibeh Castle	Hilltop castle		Partially restored	90px		Latakia
Qal'at Salah ed-Din	Spur castle		Partially restored			Latakia	Part of the Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din World Heritage Site.
Nimrod Fortress	Hilltop castle	13th century		90px		Quneitra	The castle is located in the Golan Heights which is currently under Israeli occupation.
Citadel of Ar-Raqqah	Castle	13th century	Destroyed			Ar-Raqqah	The citadel was completely removed and built over in the 1950s.
Qal'at Ja'bar	Hilltop castle	12th century	Partially restored			Ar-Raqqah	Originally situated on a hilltop overlooking the Euphrates Valley but now turned into an island by the flooding of Lake Assad.
Salkhad Castle	Hilltop castle		Ruins			Suwayda
Chastel Blanc	Hilltop castle		Partially restored	90px		Tartus
Chastel Rouge			Partially restored			Tartus
Al-Kahf Castle	Spur castle	12th century	Ruins			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.
Qala'at Khawabi	Spur castle		Residential area			Tartus
Margat	Spur castle	11–12th centuries	Partially restored			Tartus	Headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Syria.
Citadel of Tartus	Castle		Residential area	90px		Tartus

See also

• List of castles
• List of Crusader castles