Syria · 11th century
Margat Castle, also known as Marqab Castle (Arabic: قلعة المرقب, romanized: Qalʻat al-Marqab, lit. 'Castle of the Watchtower'), is a castle near Baniyas, Syria, which was a Crusader fortress and one of the major strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller. It is located around 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Mediterranean coast and approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Baniyas. The castle remained in a poor state of preservation until 2007 when some reconstruction and renovation began.
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Margat ranks #735 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 38 mapped in Syria. Founded 1062, it is older than 88% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 436 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,242 times in the last 60 days, more than 84% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Baniyas, 4 km away. It is one of the 106 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Levant. It is stop 1 of 7 on the Crusader castles of the Levant, the Syrian coast to southern Jordan. See how Syria compares in the castle statistics.
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