This is a list of castles in Syria.
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| Name || Name of the surviving building, either how it is popularly known in English, its medieval name or its Arabic name
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| Type || Usually the type of castle represented by the predominant surviving fortified remains
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| Date || Usually the dates of the principal building works relating to the surviving remains
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| Condition || An indication as to what remains of the original castle structure
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| Image || Building or site as it currently exists
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| Coordinates || Location of the castle
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| Governorate || Governorate in which the castle is located
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| Notes || Brief description or information of note
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List of castles
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! width="8%" | Type<br/>
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| Citadel of Aleppo
| Castle
| 12th–13th centuries
| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Aleppo
| Covers an ancient tell with remains dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE.
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| Qal'at Najm
| Hilltop castle
| 12th–13th centuries
| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Aleppo
| Besieged in 1820 by Ottoman forces after a local warlord had sought refuge in the castle.
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| Citadel of Damascus
| Castle
| 11th–13th centuries
| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Damascus
| Part of the Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site.
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| Citadel of Bosra
| Castle
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| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Daraa
| Built around a Roman theatre. Part of the Ancient City of Bosra World Heritage Site.
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| Halabiye
| Hilltop castle
| 6th century
| Ruins
| 90px
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| 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.
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| Qal'at Rahbeh
| Hilltop castle
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| Ruins
| 90px
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| Deir ez-Zor
| Much of the current structure dates back to its construction by the Ayyubid lord, Shirkuh II, in 1207.
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| Qal'at Sukkara
| Hilltop castle
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| Ruins
| 90px
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| Al Hasakah
| Located in the Jebel Abd al-Aziz.
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| Qalʿat Abū Qubais
| Hilltop castle
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| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Hama
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| Citadel of Hama
| Castle
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| Ruins
| 90px
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| Hama
| Excavated by a Danish expedition between 1931 and 1938.
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| Qalaat al-Madiq
| Hilltop castle
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| Residential area
| 90px
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| Hama
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| Qal'at al-Rahiyya
| Castle
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| Ruins
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| Hama
| The castle dates back to the second millennium BC.
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| Masyaf Castle
| Spur castle
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| Partially restored
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| Hama
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| Shaizar
| Spur castle
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| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Hama
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| Shmemis
| Hilltop castle
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| Ruins
| 90px
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| Hama
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| Citadel of Homs
| Castle
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| Ruins
| 90px
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| Homs
| Built on top of an ancient tell with remains dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE.
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| Fakhr-al-Din al-Maani Castle
| Hilltop castle
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| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Homs
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| Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi
| Desert castle
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| Ruins
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| Homs
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| Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi
| Desert castle
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| Ruins
| 90px
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| Homs
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| Krak des Chevaliers
| Hilltop castle
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| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Homs
| Part of the Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din World Heritage Site.
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| Harem Castle
| Hilltop castle
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| Ruins
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| Idlib
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| Sarmada
|Hilltop castle
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| Ruins
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| Idlib
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| Bani Qahtan Castle
| Hilltop castle
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| Ruins
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| Latakia
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| Bourzey castle
| Hilltop castle
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| Ruins
| 90px
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| Latakia
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| Mahalibeh Castle
| Hilltop castle
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| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Latakia
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| Qal'at Salah ed-Din
| Spur castle
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| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Latakia
| Part of the Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din World Heritage Site.
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| Qal'at Ja'bar
| Hilltop castle
| 12th century
| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Raqqa
| Originally situated on a hilltop overlooking the Euphrates Valley but now turned into an island by the flooding of Euphrates Lake.
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| Jabal Sais
| Desert castle/fortification
| 7th century
| Ruins
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| Rif Dimashq
| The fortification sits near an extinct volcano.
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| Salkhad Castle
| Hilltop castle
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| Ruins
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| Suwayda
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| Chastel Blanc
| Hilltop castle
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| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Tartus
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| Chastel Rouge
| Spur castle
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| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Tartus
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| Al-Kahf Castle
| Spur castle
| 12th century
| Ruins
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| 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.
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| Qala'at Khawabi
| Spur castle
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| Residential area
| 90px
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| Tartus
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| Burj al-Sabi
| Spur castle
| 12th century
| Ruins
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| Tartus
| Castle of Knights Hospitallers
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| Areimeh Castle
| Spur castle
| 12th century
| Ruins
| 90px
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| Tartus
| Castle of Knights Templar
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| Margat
| Spur castle
| 11th–12th centuries
| Partially restored
| 90px
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| Tartus
| Headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Syria.
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| Maraclea
| Hilltop castle
| 11th century
| Ruins
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| Tartus
| Castle of Knights Hospitaller
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| Al-Qadmus Castle
| Hilltop castle
| 11th–12th centuries
| Ruins
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| Tartus
| Crusader Castle
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| al-Sheikh Deeb Castle (Qulay'a)
| Hilltop castle
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| Ruins
| 90px
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| Tartus
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| Citadel of Tartus
| Castle
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| Residential area
| 90px
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| Tartus
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See also
- List of castles
- List of Crusader castles