Damascus Historical Castle is one of the most important archaeological sites in the city of Damascus

 It was built in the Seljuk era in 471/1076 by Prince Atziz ibn Awq, and was built in the Seljuk era in 471/1076, One of the warlords of the Turkomans, and then completed the construction of "Al Arslan Seljuki", and became famous in the era of Noureddine and Salahuddin and then all the kings of Atabeka, and then destroyed and built and the castle again in the Ayyubid era, it became the seat of the sultans and the house of the emirate to conduct the affairs of the country politically and socially. Until it became a city within a city and was surrounded by a trench Filled with water, and had inside the palaces and baths and mosques, and lasted about a hundred years
When King Adel Abu Bakr, the brother of Saladin, came to rule 559/1202, the Crusades were still strongest despite Saladin's victories, and noted that the fortress was too weak to meet or follow their times.
The castle was rebuilt by the king to rebuild it more vigorously and constructively. He oversaw the construction projects and shared the work with his leaders and sons. The ancient castle, as it was called by the ancient historians, appeared with its imposing walls, towers and towers.
It can be seen inside from the northwestern corner of the old city of Damascus. It extends from the door of the vulva in the northern wall to the gate of victory in the western wall, two doors of the city gates. The door of the vulage still exists and is known as Bab al-Manakhilah. Nineteenth, and its entrance to the market of Hamidiya.