🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Arab al-Mulk
Arab al-Mulk (Arabic: عرب الملك, also spelled Arab al-Milk, Beldi al-Melek, Balda al-Milk or Beldeh) is a coastal village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District in the…
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Khan Arnabah
Khan Arnabah also spelt Khan Arnabeh and historically known as al-Uraynba, is a town in southwestern Syria, administratively part of the Quneitra Governorate (Golan Heights), in the portion of the…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Maydaa
Maydaa (Arabic: ميدعا) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Douma District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located east of Damascus.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Tall Sulaymānī
Tall Sulaymānī (Arabic: تل سليماني) is a hill in Syria. It is located in al-Hasakah province, in the northeastern part of the country, 500 kilometers northeast of the capital Damascus.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa (Arabic: كاتدرائية طرطوس) was a Catholic cathedral in the city of Tartus, Syria.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Chastel Blanc
Chastel Blanc (Arabic: برج صافيتا, Burj Safita or Safita Tower) is a medieval structure in Safita, western Syria. It was built by the Knights Templar during the Crusades upon prior fortifications.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Chastel Rouge
Chastel Rouge, also called Qal’at Yahmur (Arabic: قلعة يحمور, Castle of Yahmur), is a small Crusader stronghold in the North West of Syria that belonged to the County of Tripoli.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Tall Al-Hamidiya
Tall Al-Hamidiya (also Tell Hamidiya, Tell Hamidiye, and Tell Hamidi) is an ancient Near Eastern archeological site the upper Hābūr region of modern-day Syria in the Al-Hasakah Governorate on a loop…
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Al-Rawda (tell)
Al-Rawda (Arabic: الروضة) is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in the Syrian steppe, east of Hama.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Khan As'ad Pasha
Khan As'ad Pasha (Arabic: خَان أَسْعَد بَاشَا, romanized: Khān ʾAsʿad Bāşā) is the largest caravanserai (khān) in the Old City of Damascus, covering an area of 2,500 square metres (27,000 sq ft).
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Al-Hebbariyah
Al-Hebbariyah, Hebbariyeh, Hebbariya or Hebariya (Levantine Arabic: الهبّارية, romanized: al-Hebbāriyeh) is a municipality situated in the Hasbaya District of the Nabatieh Governorate in Lebanon.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Château Pèlerin
Château Pèlerin (Old French: Chastel Pelerin; Latin: Castrum Perigrinorum, lit. 'Pilgrim Castle'), also known as Atlit and Magdiel, is a Crusader fortress and fortified town located about 2…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Deir al-Ashayer
Deir al-Ashayer (Arabic: دير العشائر) is a village located in the Rashaya District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Fortress
Desert castles
Umayyad dynasty
The desert castles or qasrs, often called Umayyad desert castles, are a series of fortified palaces or castles scattered over the semi-arid regions of north-eastern Jordan, Syria, Israel and the West…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Arabic: جامع النوري, romanized: Jāmiʿ an-Nūrī), also known as the Nouri Mosque, is a Sunni mosque in Mosul, in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq, famous for its leaning…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Kashkar
Kashkar, also known as Kaskar, (Classical Syriac: ܟܫܟܪ), was a city in southern Mesopotamia. Its name appears to originate from Syriac ܟܪܟܐ karḵa meaning "citadel" or "town".