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  • Qalaat al-Khawabi

  • Qalaat al-Khawabi

    Qalaat Al-Khawabi is an old castle located in Tartus Governorate, Syria. The castle dates back to the Abbasid period in the 10th century AD, where it was the center of Jund Hims. The castle was restored by the Byzantines in the 11th century AD and then controlled by the Ismailis, the Crusaders, the Ayyubids, and the Mamluks.
    Archaeological Site
    Qalaat al-Khawabi
    by محمد عبد الغني, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Qalaat al-Khawabi

    Archaeological Site

     

     

    fortification

    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Syria

    Tartus

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    10th Century AD

    Islamic

    Byzantine + Crusader + Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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