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  2. Citadel of Aleppo - Wikipedia

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    Hadad Temple Inside the Citadel The inner gate of the citadel View from outside Entrance gate The fortified entrance Entrance to the Throne Hall: an iwan with ablaq masonry The Throne Hall. The Citadel of Aleppo (Arabic: قلعة حلب, romanized: Qalʿat Ḥalab) is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo ...

  3. List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls

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    Cairo Citadel was first established by Saladin and later expanded by several rulers including Muhammad Ali Pasha. It is included in a World Heritage Site Historic Cairo. [1] Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria is one of the well preserved Egyptian castles. Many buildings in Egypt can be put under the classification of castles, citadels, forts, and ...

  4. Aleppo - Wikipedia

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    The main temple of the storm god Hadad was located on the citadel hill in the center of the city, [39] when the city was known as the city of Hadad. [40] Hadad Temple inside Aleppo Citadel. Naram-Sin of Akkad mentioned his destruction of Ebla and Armanum, [41] in the 23rd century BC.

  5. Aleppo Citadel Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Aleppo Citadel Museum (Arabic: مَتْحَف قَلْعَة حَلَب, romanized: Matḥaf Qalʿat Ḥalab) is an archaeological museum located in the city of Aleppo, Syria, within the historic Citadel of Aleppo. It was opened in 1994 in the building of Ibrahim Pasha military barracks of the citadel, built in 1834. It occupies an area of ...

  6. File:Citadel of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria.jpg - Wikipedia

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    English: The Citadel of Aleppo is a large medieval fort in the old city of Aleppo, one of the oldest and largest castles in the world, dates back to the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. Aleppo, Syria.

  7. Citadel of Qaitbay - Wikipedia

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    The Citadel of Qaitbay (or the Fort of Qaitbay; Arabic: قلعة قايتباي) is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, in Alexandria, Egypt. It was built from 1477 to 1479 AD (882–884 AH ) by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay . [ 2 ]

  8. List of citadels - Wikipedia

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    Landskrona Citadel, Sweden; Citadel of Aleppo, Syria (partly destroyed, being rebuilt) Citadel of Salah Ed-Din, Syria (partially ruined) Verne Citadel, United Kingdom;

  9. Qal'at Najm - Wikipedia

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    Also like the Citadel of Aleppo, its entrance is characterized by a ramp and a massive gate with four bends. [4] At least three, and possibly a fourth, inscription dating to Az-Zahir's reign have been found at Qal'at Najm. Inside Qal'at Najm is a palace-bath complex, consisting of four wings opening to a central courtyard with a fountain. [4]