🇯🇴 Jordan
28 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 Ajlun Castle, 28 km south-west of the city centre; the most famous is Beaufort Castle (Lebanon) — #169 of 8,133 worldwide — 91 km north. The oldest dated site in the circle is Amman Citadel, founded 1800 BC.
The 100 km circle reaches into 5 countries — Israel (15), Jordan (6), Palestine (3), Lebanon (3), Syria (1).
31 km west · Ruin
Belvoir Castle, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, also Kochav HaYarden and Kawkab al-Hawa, is a Crusader castle in northern Israel, on a hill on…
28 km south-west · Castle
Ajloun Castle, medieval name Qalʻat ar-Rabad, is a 12th-century Muslim castle situated in northwestern Jordan.
54 km north-west · Ruin
Chastelet also known as Beytulahzan was a castle located beside Jacob's Ford, a ford of the upper Jordan River in Israel.
57 km north-west · Ruin
The Citadel of Safed is a now-defunct fortress castle situated on the peak of the mountain housing the modern city of Safed.
58 km north-west · Fortress
Birya Fortress is a fortress built by the Jewish Palmach paramilitary during the British Mandate near the Jewish village of Birya and the Arab…
53 km west · Ruin
Tel Afula, Al-Fula – a Templar fortress lying in the Jezreel Valley, at the crossing of the routes from Jerusalem and Tiberias.
91 km north · Castle · #169 worldwide
Beaufort or Belfort Castle, known locally as Qal'at al-Shaqif or Shaqif Arnun, is a Crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon,…
80 km north-west · Ruin
Montfort is a ruined Crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, about 22 miles northeast of the city of Haifa and 10 miles south…
67 km south · Ruin
The Amman Citadel on Citadel Hill is an archaeological site on an L-shaped hill towering over Downtown Amman, in the central part of the capital of…
83 km south-west · Ruin
Hisham's Palace, also known as Khirbat al-Mafjar, is an important early Islamic archaeological site in the city of Jericho, in the West Bank in…
94 km south-west · Palace & château
Mukataa is an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center, particularly in Palestine.
79 km north · Fortress
The Nimrod Fortress, also called Nimrod Castle, is a castle built by the Ayyubids and greatly enlarged by the Mamluks, situated on the southern…
87 km west · Fortress
Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit and Magdiel, is a Crusader fortress and fortified town located about 2 kilometres north of the modern Israeli…
82 km north-west · Ruin
Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in southern Lebanon, was a major Crusader castle, built in the Lebanon mountains on the road from Tyre to Damascus.
92 km south · Ruin
Mshatta, also known as Qasr al-Mushatta, is the ruin of an Umayyad winter palace, probably commissioned by Caliph Al-Walid II during his brief reign.
67 km south · Palace & château
Raghadan Palace, the first Hashemite structure in Jordan, was built by King Abdullah I, the founding monarch of the country.
63 km south-west · Ruin
Alexandreion, or Alexandrium, called Sartaba in the Mishna and Talmud and Qarn Sartaba in Arabic, was an ancient hilltop fortress constructed by the…
99 km south-west · Ruin
Migdal Afek, also Migdal Tsedek, is a national park on the southeastern edge of Rosh HaAyin, Israel.
+ 10 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q194165.
The Castlemap atlas maps 28 landmarks (3 castles · 5 fortresses · 2 palaces & châteaux · 18 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Irbid, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Ajlun Castle, a castle 28 km south-west of the city centre.
Beaufort Castle (Lebanon), ranked #169 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 91 km north from Irbid.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Amman Citadel, founded 1800 BC — 67 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Nawa (41 km) · Afula (53 km) · Umm al-Fahm (66 km) · Nablus (67 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
