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Old City · Lebanon

Raymond de Saint-Gilles Citadel

citadelCrusader fortressMamlukgoogle verified
easy
9/10
best: morning, afternoon
historic, panoramic, dramatic
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A Crusader built this fortress, a Mamluk burned it, then rebuilt it — and both left their signatures on the same walls.

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Towering above Lebanon's second city, this Crusader fortress was originally built between 1103 and 1104 during the Crusades, burned down in 1297 and rebuilt by a Mamluk emir. Its strategic height provides commanding views over Tripoli's medieval old city, whose atmospheric souqs, Mamluk madrassas and mosques spread beneath it.

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