🇸🇾 Syria
18 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Koz Castle, 44 km north-west of the city centre; the most famous is Citadel of Aleppo — #314 of 8,133 worldwide — 56 km north-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Royal Palace of Ugarit, founded c. 1450 BC.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Syria (15), Turkey (3).
56 km north-east · Fortress · #314 worldwide
The Citadel of Aleppo is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo, northern Syria.
44 km north-west · Ruin
Koz Castle, or Kürşat Castle is a castle in the Altınözü district of the Hatay Province of Turkey, built on a small hill where the Kuseyr Creek…
47 km south-west · Ruin
Bourzey castle, also known as Mirza castle, is located at the border of Syria coastal mountains and Ghab valley, 25 km away from Jisr al-Shughur, at…
64 km south-west · Fortress
Castle of Saladin, also known as the Sahyun Castle, is a medieval castle in northwestern Syria.
100 km south · Castle
Masyaf Castle is a medieval structure in the town of Masyaf in Hama Governorate, Syria, situated in the Orontes Valley, approximately 40 kilometres…
66 km north-west · Ruin
Bagras or Baghrās, ancient Pagrae, is a ruined medieval castle in the İskenderun district of Turkey, in the Amanus Mountains.
61 km south · Fortress
Qalaat al-Madiq is a town and medieval fortress in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama.
83 km south-east · Ruin
Qasr Ibn Wardan is a hamlet and 6th-century archaeological site located in the Syrian Desert, approximately 60 kilometres northeast from Hama and…
82 km south · Ruin
Abu Qubays is a former medieval castle and currently an inhabited village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate,…
90 km south · Palace & château
The Azm Palace is an 18th-century Ottoman-era palace in Hama, Syria at the center of the city on the banks of the Orontes River, about 400 meters…
71 km north · Fortress
Trapessac is a medieval fortress located 4 km north of the town of Kırıkhan in Hatay Province, Turkey.
85 km south-west · Ruin
The Royal Palace of Ugarit is a Bronze Age ruins in the former port city of Ugarit on the Mediterranean coast of Syria.
74 km south · Castle
Shayzar Castle is a historic fortress located in Shaizar, Hama Governorate in northwestern Syria, atop a hill overlooking the Orontes River.
89 km south · Ruin
Hama Castle is a mostly-ruined fortress located in Hama, Syria, Located on the Orontes River. The location is dated back to the Seleucids.
68 km south-west · Castle
Mahalibeh Castle, formerly known as Balatanos or Balatunus, is located on a high mountain summit near Lattakia, 40 km inland of the Syrian coast.
+ 3 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q504657.
The Castlemap atlas maps 18 landmarks (6 castles · 4 fortresses · 1 palace & château · 7 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Idlib, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Koz Castle, a ruin 44 km north-west of the city centre.
Citadel of Aleppo, ranked #314 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 56 km north-east from Idlib.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Royal Palace of Ugarit, founded c. 1450 BC — 85 km south-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Jisr ash-Shughur (31 km) · Ma'arrat Nu'man (32 km) · Hama (89 km) · Latakia (90 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
