Ruines historiques et châteaux en Syrie

Historical Ruins and Castles

Syria’s landscape is defined by layers of ancient civilizations, from the Bronze Age city-states of Mari and Ugarit to strategic Crusader and Ayyubid fortresses. This collection features the Krak des Chevaliers, one of the world's best-preserved medieval castles, and the sprawling Roman colonnades of Palmyra and Apamea. Explore the Byzantine heritage of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites and the 'Dead Cities,' alongside the Citadel of Aleppo, a massive fortified palace that has stood at the center of one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities.

Historical Ruins and Castles — Carte

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Krak des Chevaliers

Krak des Chevaliers is a medieval castle in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world.

Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Citadel of Aleppo

The Citadel of Aleppo is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo, northern Syria.

Mewes / Public domain

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Citadel of Salah Ed-Din (Saladin Castle)

Sahyun Castle, also known as the Castle of Saladin, is a medieval castle in northwestern Syria.

Jerzy Strzelecki / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Palmyra

Palmyra ( pal-MY-rə; Palmyrene: 𐡶𐡣𐡬𐡥𐡴‎ (), romanized: Tadmor; Arabic: تَدْمُر, romanized: Tadmur) is an ancient city in the eastern part of…

Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Apamea

Apamea, on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city.

Unknown / Public domain

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Ugarit

Ugarit was an ancient port city in northern Syria about 10 kilometers north of modern Latakia.

Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Church of Saint Simeon Stylites

The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites is one of the oldest surviving church complexes, founded in the 5th century.

Eleman / CC-BY-SA-3.0

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Qal'at Ja'bar

Qal'at Ja'bar is a castle on the left bank of Lake Assad in Raqqa Governorate, Syria.

Mewes / Public domain

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Misyaf Castle

Masyaf Castle is a medieval structure in the town of Masyaf in Hama Governorate, Syria, situated in the Orontes Valley, approximately 40…

Heretiq / CC BY-SA 2.5

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Dura-Europos

Dura-Europos was a Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman border city built on an escarpment 90 metres above the southwestern bank of the…

Unknown / CC BY 2.5

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Mari

Mari was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Its remains form a tell 11 kilometers north-west of Abu Kamal on the Euphrates…

Ulrich Waack / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Fakhr-al-Din al-Maani Castle

Palmyra Castle, also known as Fakhr-al-Din al-Ma'ani Castle or Tadmur Castle, is a castle overlooking Palmyra in the province of Homs,…

Marina Milella / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Resafa

Resafa, also sometimes spelled Rusafa, and known in the Byzantine era as Sergiopolis and briefly as Anastasiopolis, was a city located in…

Bertramz / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Dead Cities

The Dead Cities or Forgotten Cities are a group of 700 abandoned settlements in northwest Syria between Aleppo and Idlib.

Hajo-Muc / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Carchemish

Carchemish, also spelled Karkemish, was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria.