🇸🇾 Syria
20 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 Bourzey Castle, 19 km south of the city centre; the most famous is Citadel of Aleppo — #308 of 7,738 worldwide — 87 km north-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Roman Theatre of Jableh, founded c. 225.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Syria (17), Turkey (3).
19 km south · 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…
34 km south-west · Fortress
Castle of Saladin, also known as the Sahyun Castle, is a medieval castle in northwestern Syria.
44 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.
34 km north · 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…
40 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.
34 km south-west · Castle
Bani Qahtan castle is found in the Syrian Coastal Mountains, about 40 km from Latakia city.
87 km north-east · Fortress · #308 worldwide
The Citadel of Aleppo is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo, northern Syria.
81 km south-west · Castle
Margat Castle, also known as Marqab Castle, is a castle near Baniyas, Syria, which was a Crusader fortress and one of the major strongholds of the…
83 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…
69 km north · Ruin
Bagras or Baghrās, ancient Pagrae, is a ruined medieval castle in the İskenderun district of Turkey, in the Amanus Mountains.
96 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…
64 km south · Ruin
Abu Qubays is a former medieval castle and currently an inhabited village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate,…
80 km north · Castle
Trapessac is a medieval fortress located 4 km north of the town of Kırıkhan in Hatay Province, Turkey.
96 km south · Ruin
Montferrand was a fortress in the County of Tripoli, built in 1126. The construction of Montferrand started when the united crusader troops from…
89 km south · Castle
Al-Kahf Castle or the Castle of the Cave is a medieval Nizari Isma'ili castle located around 30 kilometres southeast of Margat, in the al-Ansariyah…
65 km south · Castle
Shayzar Castle is a historic fortress located in Shaizar, Hama Governorate in northwestern Syria, atop a hill overlooking the Orontes River.
85 km south-east · 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.
96 km south · Castle
Qulay'a, also transliterated Qulay'at or Qleiat) is a village and medieval citadel in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus…
+ 2 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q798765.
The Castlemap atlas maps 20 landmarks (10 castles · 3 fortresses · 7 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Jisr ash-Shughur, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Bourzey Castle, a ruin 19 km south of the city centre.
Citadel of Aleppo, ranked #308 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 87 km north-east from Jisr ash-Shughur.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Roman Theatre of Jableh, founded c. 225 — 62 km south-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Idlib (31 km) · Ma'arrat Nu'man (37 km) · Latakia (59 km) · Baniyas (78 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
