🇸🇾 Syria
22 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 Ateret Fortress, 42 km west of the city centre; the most famous is Beaufort Castle (Lebanon) — #169 of 8,133 worldwide — 69 km north-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Fortress of Niha, founded 975.
The 100 km circle reaches into 4 countries — Israel (9), Lebanon (7), Syria (4), Jordan (2).
59 km south-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…
52 km north-west · 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…
42 km west · Ruin
Chastelet also known as Beytulahzan was a castle located beside Jacob's Ford, a ford of the upper Jordan River in Israel.
53 km 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.
52 km 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…
69 km north-west · 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,…
79 km 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…
73 km north · Palace & château
The People's Palace, known in English as the Presidential Palace until 2024, is the official residence of the president of Syria.
74 km north · Fortress
The Citadel of Damascus is an Ayyubid-era medieval fortified palace and citadel in Damascus, Syria.
74 km north · Palace & château
Al-Azm Palace is a palace in Damascus, Syria, built in 1749. Located north of Al-Buzuriyah Souq in the Ancient City of Damascus, the palace was built…
69 km south-west · Castle
Ajloun Castle, medieval name Qalʻat ar-Rabad, is a 12th-century Muslim castle situated in northwestern Jordan.
69 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.
99 km north-west · Castle
Sidon's Sea Castle was built by the crusaders in the thirteenth century as a fortress of the Holy Land.
92 km west · Fortress
The Hospitaller commandery of Saint-Jean-d'Acre is a monumental complex founded by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, also known as the Knights…
98 km north-west · Ruin
The Castle of Saint Louis, also known as Qalaat al Muizz or the Land Castle, is a ruined castle in Sidon, Lebanon.
88 km north-west · Fortress
The Fortress of Niha is an ancient fortress in Lebanon, first mentioned in historical records in 975 AD.
60 km north-west · Ruin
Hunin Fortress is the ruin of a Crusader fortress in present-day Israel, also known as Château Neuf and elsewhere given as Chastel Neuf.
+ 5 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1758024.
The Castlemap atlas maps 22 landmarks (4 castles · 6 fortresses · 2 palaces & châteaux · 10 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Nawa, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Ateret Fortress, a ruin 42 km west of the city centre.
Beaufort Castle (Lebanon), ranked #169 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 69 km north-west from Nawa.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Fortress of Niha, founded 975 — 88 km north-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Irbid (41 km) · Damascus (74 km) · Nabatieh (76 km) · Afula (77 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
