Ruin
Doubay Castle
🇱🇧 Lebanon · 12th century
Doubay Castle is a Crusader castle located near the town of Shaqra in Jabal Amel (southern Lebanon). It stands on the ruins of a Roman building and measures 125 metres in length and 80 metres in width.
Machine-translated from “قلعة دوبية” on the Arabic Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Doubay Castle ranks #6,443 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #14 of the 17 mapped in Lebanon. Founded c. 1200, it is older than 77% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 564 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Nabatieh, 20 km away. It is one of the 113 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Levant. See how Lebanon compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Doubay Castle?
Doubay Castle stands in Lebanon, at 33.19403°, 35.485°.
When was Doubay Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1200. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Doubay Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,443 of 8,134 worldwide, and #14 in Lebanon. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Doubay Castle?
Hunin Fortress, about 6 km away.
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