Palestine
26 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 landmark is also the most famous: Masada, ranked #27 of 9,079 worldwide, 29 km south-east of the city centre. The oldest dated site in the circle is Amman Citadel, founded 1800 BC.
The 100 km circle reaches into 3 countries — Israel (11), Jordan (10), Palestine (5).
29 km south-east · Ruin · #27 worldwide
Masada is a mountain-top fortress complex in the Judaean Desert, overlooking the western shore of the Dead Sea in southeastern Israel.
39 km north · Fortress · #205 worldwide
The Tower of David, also known as the Citadel, is an ancient citadel and contemporary museum, located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of…
39 km north · Fortress · #303 worldwide
The Walls of Jerusalem surround the Old City of Jerusalem. In 1535, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent…
53 km east · Ruin
Machaerus was a Hasmonean hilltop palace and desert fortress, rebuilt by Herod and now in ruins, in the village of Mukawir in modern-day Jordan.
39 km north · Ruin
The Antonia Fortress was a citadel built by Herod the Great and named for Herod's patron Mark Antony, as a fortress whose chief function was to…
60 km north-east · 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…
53 km north · Palace & château
Mukataa is an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center, particularly in Palestine.
60 km west · Ruin
Qasr al-Basha, also known as Pasha's Palace Museum, Radwan Castle, and Napoleon's Fort, was a historic building in the Old City of Gaza, Palestine.
39 km north · Ruin
Herod's Palace at Jerusalem was built in the last quarter of the 1st century BC by King Herod the Great of Judea from 37 BC to 4 BC.
39 km north · Ruin
Castel National Park is an Israeli national park, which consists of a fortified summit in the Judean Mountains, at the site of the former Palestinian…
58 km north-west · Ruin
Minat al-Qal'a is a medieval coastal fort protecting the port known as Ashdod-Yam, which was historically separate from Ashdod proper but whose…
54 km north-east · Ruin
Cypros was a fort of Herod the Great. It stood on Tell Aqaba, north-west of the Dead Sea, just south-west of Jericho.
65 km south-east · Castle
Kerak Castle is a large medieval castle located in al-Karak, Jordan. It is one of the largest castles in the Levant.
98 km north-east · 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…
87 km north · Ruin
Apollonia, known in the Early Islamic period as Arsuf and in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem as Arsur, was an ancient city on the Mediterranean…
93 km east · 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.
99 km north-east · Palace & château
Raghadan Palace, the first Hashemite structure in Jordan, was built by King Abdullah I, the founding monarch of the country.
80 km north-east · Ruin
Alexandreion, or Alexandrium, called Sartaba in the Mishna and Talmud and Qarn Sartaba in Arabic, was an ancient hilltop fortress constructed by the…
67 km north · Ruin
Qula was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located 15 km northeast of Ramla.
72 km north · Ruin
Migdal Afek, also Migdal Tsedek, is a national park on the southeastern edge of Rosh HaAyin, Israel.
85 km east · Fortress
Qasr Bshir is an ancient Roman fortification in what is now Jordan. Isolated in an area of the desert rippled with shallow valleys that drain into…
78 km east · Ruin
Betthorus was a Roman legionary fortress on the Limes Arabicus. It is located in today's El-Lejjun, Karak Governorate, Jordan, north-east of Al-Karak.
96 km north-east · Fortress
Rujm Al-Malfouf is an ancient structure consisting of a round stone tower and several adjacent storerooms, located in the northern side of the Jabal…
93 km east · Castle
Qasr al-Qatraneh is an Ottoman structure which largely served to provide water and protection on the Syrian pilgrimage route between the Levant and…
+ 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 Q2282208.
The Castle Map atlas maps 26 landmarks (3 castles · 4 fortresses · 2 palaces & châteaux · 17 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Yatta, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Masada, a ruin 29 km south-east of the city centre.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Amman Citadel, founded 1800 BC — 98 km north-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Rahat (32 km) · Jerusalem (39 km) · Ashdod (57 km) · Ashkelon (57 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
