Damascus Citadel

One of the greatest and largest archaeological monuments in ancient Damascus, it constitutes a great model for the art of military architecture, and it is the only castle in Syria that has not been built on high, but rather at the ground level, the castle is located in the northwestern corner of the ancient city of Damascus, and its walls are integrated with the walls The northern and western city of the old city, played a role in protecting Damascus for hundreds of years, and was built by Seljuks at the end of the eleventh century under the ruler Touch Arslan, and this castle lasted about 130 years, and the castle includes many defensive elements such as towers, Tamey, parchment, trench, etc., and it consists of 12 A tower that has 3 forms, the square, rectangle and angle, and there is a tower in each corner of its corners, and the towers are equipped with the Tame of Siham, which are narrow holes from the outside to prevent the arrival of the attackers and wide from the inside to facilitate the movement of the Rami, where the goalkeeper is provided in the castle, for castle 3 Gates, the eastern gate connecting us to the old city and the northern and western gates outside its walls, from the inside contains non -defensive civil buildings and luxurious halls as the column hall known as the throne hall is an impressive square hall & nbsp;