The Citadel of Aleppo is located in the north of S...

The Citadel of Aleppo is located in the north of Syria. The rise to the main gate of the castle.

The castle has a semi-circular wall and a number of towers belonging to different civilizations. Inside the majestic castle, we find in front of us an integrated city of buildings, churches, mosques, halls, stores, squares, theater, shops and a lot of antiquities. Installations inside the castle.

The main entrance to the castle consists of a huge building consisting of doors, corridors, defense halls and ammunition, and among the buildings at the top of this building is a large hall, the throne hall, whose facade is decorated with wonderful stone decorations, there are many buildings, rooms, halls, corridors and many monuments inside the castle. In the towers there are many rectangular windows, including large and small ones. These windows overlook the most beautiful view of old Aleppo, which is famous for its covered markets, alleys, churches, mosques, gates and ancient houses.

The Citadel of Aleppo is considered one of the most beautiful and creative castles and the largest and it has an eventful history. It was the starting point and base for many rulers, kings and leaders and witnessed the most important events of the East from the Aramaean era through many civilizations until the Islamic era.
The hall was a fortress successive to the work of the Hittites, Arameans, Seleucids, Romans and Byzantines. The city of Aleppo circles around a mound surmounted by a high fortress that overlooks the city from all its sides, and this Arab-Islamic castle is one of the most famous castles in the world. The elevated mound is the most secure for establishing the fortified government headquarters of the city of Aleppo throughout its long history.
The construction of the most important sections of the castle dates back to the era of King Al-Zahir Ghazi bin Salah Al-Din Al-Ayyubi, and he was his ruler in the year 1190 AD. His wife, Deifah Khatun, who became Queen of Aleppo, lived in one of the castle's palaces, and was buried there.

The castle is about forty meters above the level of the city of Aleppo, and its walls and towers are still standing, some dating back to the era of Nur al-Din Zangi, and the castle is surrounded by a trench thirty meters deep.

And we enter the castle from a huge gate through a defensive rectangular tower that ends at the grand entrance to the castle, and it consists of a corridor that ends with a huge gate of forged iron, topped with openings for intakes and incinerators, and it goes back to the era of Khalil bin Qalawun who renewed and restored it. The door is surmounted by a stone arch with a carving running along its length representing two dragon-headed snakes.

After passing this entrance, we reach another corridor, with three huge iwans in its walls, and in its northern iwan there is a door connected to a staircase that leads to the defense hall. The castle has a fourth wooden door topped by a lintel carving two opposite lions. After passing the door, we pass through tall terraces interspersed with rooms and warehouses. Then we reach the inner corridor of the castle, with a group of buildings and shops, and there is a staircase leading to the royal palace.
If we follow the course, we will reach the Ibrahim al-Khalil Mosque, which was established by the righteous King Ismail bin Mahmoud bin Zanki in the year 536 AH / 1179 CE. And on the entrance to the mosque, and on its walls are historical inscriptions. This mosque is followed by another building, a mosque with a high square minaret, which was built during the era of al-Malik al-Zahir Ghazi bin Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi. Not far from this mosque, which was recently restored, there is a military barracks established in the era of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt in the year 1252 AH / 1834 CE. In the middle of this mound is a large hall, which we reach through seventy steps below the surface, which was used as a warehouse for grain and fodder.