Castle
Al-Kahf Castle
🇸🇾 Syria · 12th century
Al-Kahf Castle or the Castle of the Cave (Arabic: قلعة الكهف, romanized: Qalʻat al-Kahf) is a medieval Nizari Isma'ili castle located around 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Margat, in the al-Ansariyah mountains in northwest Syria.
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Al-Kahf Castle ranks #4,825 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #36 of the 37 mapped in Syria. Founded 1120, it is older than 88% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 267 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Syria compares in the castle statistics.
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