Qal'at Najm

Qal'at Najm (Arabic: قلعة نجم) is a castle located on the right bank of the Euphrates, near the town of Manbij in north Syria. The castle probably stood on the site of an earlier Roman site and is known from Arabic texts since the 7th century CE. Reconstruction works were carried out in the castle by Nur ad-Din Zangi and Az-Zahir Ghazi during the 12th and early 13th centuries. The castle sits on a mound that is protected by a glacis and houses a palace-bath complex and a mosque.

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Qal'at Najm ranks #2,489 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #23 of the 24 mapped in Syria. See how Syria compares in the castle statistics.

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