Al-Sheikh Deeb Castle

Qulay'a (Arabic: قليعة, romanized: Qulayʾa), also transliterated Qulay'at or Qleiat) is a village and medieval citadel in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qulay'a had a population of 1,360 in the 2004 census. The fortress of Qulay'a was one of the several held by the Nizari Ismaili state in the Syrian coastal mountains and is locally known as Al-Sheikh Deeb Castle (Arabic: قلعة الشيخ ديب, romanized: Qal'at Sheikh Dib). The fortress stands at an elevation of 730 meters (2,400 ft) above sea level.

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Al-Sheikh Deeb Castle ranks #7,409 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #36 of the 38 mapped in Syria. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Baniyas, 39 km away. It is one of the 113 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Levant. See how Syria compares in the castle statistics.

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