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  • Pharaoh’s Island

  • Pharaoh’s Island

    Pharaoh's Island is an island in the northern Gulf of Aqaba off the shore of Egypt's eastern Sinai Peninsula. Crusaders built a citadel on the island, which they called Ile de Graye. In December 1170, Saladin conquered the island and reconstructed the citadel which became later Saladin Citadel.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Pharaon Island.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Pharaoh’s Island
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    Pharaoh’s Island

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    1994

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    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Egypt

    South Sinai

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    12th Century AD

    Crusaders

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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