Located Citadel of Saladin, east of the city of Latakia, near the city of quilts upright at a height of 410 m, from the sea over the rocky summit of extended length and framed Boaddein Amiqi Ghor being two runny meet together under the western divided.
It is in the public landscape like a triangle isosceles elongated shape based his base in the east, and has a length of 740 m, and so increase the area of 5 hectares (about 2.5 acres).
The castle is divided into two distinct from each other; High-east section where most important fortifications and the Department of Western decline only visible from the previous section, and to the east of the high plateau flat section at the start it was connected to the rocky head that got up the castle of it, and then separated by a moat carved in the rock. Castle won the admiration of scientists told them that it was probably the most beautiful art form of military architecture in Syria, and that the ruins might be more of the legacy of 'Syria medieval' surprising and magnificence in this region. The castle was under the authority of Arwad in the era of Greece in the fourth century BC, son of the king of Arwad him the victor Almcdonne city called 'siphon' which first proposed the name 'siphon' source Zion name which his castle during the Middle Ages.
Although we do not see any impact from the era of the castle Ahamdanyen but history suggests that Sayf al-Dawla, captured the castle and took them a bulwark of the forts. Free Salahuddin castle in 1188. Salahuddin began his campaign against the big Crusaders in 1187. Zahir Baybars Mamluk received the Citadel of Saladin in 1272 AD.
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