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  • Palmyra Castle

    Palmyra Castle or Fakhr-al-Din al-Ma'ani Castle is a castle overlooking Palmyra in the province of Homs, Syria. The castle is thought to have been built by the Mamluks in the 13th century on a high hill overlooking the historic site of Palmyra, and is named for the Druze emir Fakhr-al-Din II, who extended the Druze domains to the region of Palmyra during the 16th century. The castle became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980 as part of the site of Palmyra.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Site of Palmyra.
    World Heritage Site
    Palmyra Castle
    by Jerzy Strzelecki, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Palmyra Castle

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1980

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    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Syria

    Homs Governorate

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    13th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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