Fortress
Qal'at Sukkara
🇸🇾 Syria
Qal'at Sukkara (Arabic: قلعة سكرة) is an Islamic Ayyubid castle located in Mount Abdulaziz in al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. It was built in the 12th century CE to control the northern plain of the mountain.
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Qal'at Sukkara ranks #4,488 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #34 of the 37 mapped in Syria. See how Syria compares in the castle statistics.
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