Aleppo Castle, a very important historical site

Aleppo City Castle:

Is a Syrian fortress located in Aleppo, northern Syria. The castle is characterized by its magnitude and is one of the largest castles in the world and the history of the castle to the Middle Ages, and the castle is located on the hill in the center of Aleppo,

 At the entrance is a huge staircase that runs through a gate in the middle of the center and stands on the arches that run up to the main gate of the castle.

Surrounded by a semi-circular wall and a number of towers that belong to different civilizations, inside the magnificent castle, we find a city full of buildings, churches, mosques, halls, stores, squares, theater, shops and many monuments. The castle was known during the reign of Sultan Al-Zahir Ghazi ibn Salah al-Din, The main gate and some of the facilities inside the castle.

The entrance to the main castle consists of a huge building consisting of doors, wahliz, defense halls and ammunition. At the top of this building is a large hall, which is decorated with magnificent stone motifs, rooms and halls, and a number of small and large windows overlooking the most beautiful view of ancient Aleppo.

 The fortress of Aleppo witnessed the most important events of the East from the Aramean era to the Islamic era.

The history of the fortress of Aleppo dates back to the reign of one of Alexander the Macedonian's leaders, who chose this hill to be a camp for its soldiers. When the Romans conquered the country they added to the castle installations whose effects are still visible. The Byzantines left their markings there, while the Persians were destroying them. When the armies of their armies raided the Byzantine armies, then the Byzantines return to rebuild the horse and add reinforcements and reinforcements. In 636, the Arab armies besieged it, and the siege was prolonged, and it survived with its fortifications, heavy equipment and abundant services. He was the first to take care of the Citadel in the Islamic era Prince Saif al-Dawah al-Hamdani, who ordered its reconstruction and fortification, and built a wall for the city of Aleppo, because he was in a violent conflict The building of the citadel continued in the later eras. Nur al-Din al-Zanki, originally from the Seljuk era, built many buildings in it. Sufaji mentioned the details of the works carried out during the reign of Nur al-Din, It has been repaired as Ml castle, and re-building of the wall, and built a mosque, but the great boom of the castle was in the era of Zahir Ghazi bin Salah al-Din, who left us an important architectural military effects