Shmemis Castle

It is located in Hama Governorate, Syria, 4 km northwest of the city of Salamiya. The castle was built in the end of the second century before the birth by the princes of the Shmeis Gram, and it witnessed many restorations throughout history, especially after it was exposed to an earthquake in the twelfth century, where the Mamluk Sultan, the apparent Baybars, renovated it. The castle is characterized by its strategic location at an altitude of 140 dead than the surrounding plain, and an oval structure. It is surrounded by a deep trench, and she used basalt stones to build its inner towers. The castle also contains a water well and a tank engraved in the rock to secure water