Jordan · 12th century
Ajloun Castle (Arabic: قلعة عجلون, romanized: Qalʻat 'Ajloun), medieval name Qalʻat ar-Rabad, is a 12th-century Muslim castle situated in northwestern Jordan. It is placed on a hilltop in the Mount Ajloun district, also known as Jabal Auf after an Arab tribe that lived in the area in the 12th century. From its high elevation, the castle guarded three wadis which descend towards the Jordan Valley. It was built by the Ayyubids in the 12th century and enlarged by the Mamluks in the 13th.
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Ajlun Castle ranks #1,084 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #6 of the 23 mapped in Jordan. Founded 1184, it is older than 78% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 756 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,888 times in the last 60 days, more than 83% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Irbid, 28 km away. It is one of the 106 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Levant. See how Jordan compares in the castle statistics.
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