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Lebanon is distinguished by its ancient history and the succession of several civilizations on it, which led to the presence of many monuments that belong to different periods of time. Perhaps the most prominent of these monuments is the castles that spread along the Lebanese geography and width, giving it a distinctive tourist dimension that visitors from Lebanon are searching for. Follow with us today the most beautiful castles in Lebanon for tourism and visit them during your next trip to the Lebanese regions.

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Byblos Castle

Jbeil Castle, which dates back to the 12th century AD, is located in the historic city of Jbeil, which cannot go straight to Lebanon without enjoying its natural and urban beauty, its beaches, its resorts and its port. At the entrance to Jbeil Castle, you will find a museum built in 2002, which is a two-storey building that contains paintings that talk about the excavations that took place in Jbeil, and the façades displaying archaeological pieces that symbolize the traditions and customs of peoples who followed the site, including Phoenician and Romen tools. What upstairs is dedicated to site activities. In Jbeil there is a museum of fossil fish extracted from nearby quarries, and a wax museum containing more than 120 statues of wax representing prominent Lebanese personalities, in addition to some scenes inspired by myths and historical events related to the region of Jbeil, was also built in the vicinity. The old Jbeil market complements the charm of the castle.

Masilha Castle

This castle is located in the north of Lebanon, with an area of ​​500 square meters and a height of more than 50 meters, and near it is a river known as Al-Joz. The castle dates back to the seventeenth century. It can be reached either through the conduct of a narrow path, part of which is dug in the rock, or through the stairs. The castle was built to be its borders along the borders of the rock that was erected on it, as the thickness of its walls ranges between one and a half and two and a half meters, and it contains some niches for observation and for shooting arrows. It is mentioned that the castle is composed of three layers, and it is estimated that the construction took place in two phases due to its formation of two adjacent parts without preventing this from forming a coordinated engineering unit.

Castle of Tripoli

It is considered one of the largest and oldest castles in the region and is characterized by a strategic location above the northern city. The castle preserves several relics dating back to more than one era since the Islamic era, through the era of the Fatimids and then the Crusaders to the era of the Mamluks and the Ottomans. Inside the Castle of Tripoli there are 3 mosques, one of which is Fatmi Octagon of the Ribs and the second mosque is the Great Mosque of the Citadel, built by “Mustafa Agha Ibn Iskandar Pasha al-Khanjarli” the governor of Tripoli during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan “Salim I” and the third mosque “Mustafa Agha Berber” and the governor of Tripoli. The castle has a large door in the first tower, in addition to two small doors and it is said that there is a group of secret basements and fortified basements leading one from inside the castle to the outside.

Anjar castle

The historic Anjar castle is considered one of the most important monuments in Lebanon. In addition to the palace and the mosque, there is the large popular market, distinct steam baths, and the external Al Bahah, which in itself is one of the masterpieces of the civilized design of the castle and the amazing harmony within it. Among the circulating accounts is that Cleopatra and Antony took refuge in Anjar when they fled from Egypt and took from their Romen castle a dormitory for them and built on the ruins of the Umayyad fortress.

Sidon Castle

Saida Castle attracts tourists in the presence of many archaeological and historical monuments in addition to the heritage buildings that date back to the Mamluk and Ottoman eras, especially the Temple of Ashmun, the Naval Fort and the Khan Al-Afrang … The Crusader castle was built during the 13th century where the bridge leads us to a large gate and from its sides a huge wall is built for it Small gaps from which there is little remains and we see on the edge of this eastern wall the base of a huge round tower used in its construction of granite columns, by passing the main gate we find a second wall, the inner wall of the castle and has several gates, some of which remain and others destroyed. From the heart of the castle, we ascend to the roof of the tower with a stone stairway, where we find a small mosque dating back to the Mamluk era.

From Sidon marine castle
From Sidon marine castle

From the Byblos Castle

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From the Byblos Castle

From Sidon Castle
From Sidon Castle

From Anjar castle
From Anjar castle

From inside Tripoli.
From inside Tripoli.

From Jbeil
From Jbeil

Masilha Castle
Masilha Castle

Byblos Castle
Byblos Castle

Castle of Tripoli
Castle of Tripoli

Anjar castle
Anjar castle

The view from near Masilha Castle
The view from near Masilha Castle

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