Aleppo Citadel

The Citadel of Aleppo is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of , northern . It is considered to be one of the oldest and largest castles in the world.
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  • Type: Historical site
  • Description: castle in Syria
  • Also known as: “Aleppo Castle”, “Citadel of Aleppo”, “Citadel of Aleppo 〈Aleppo Citadel〉”, “Halep Hisarı”, “památka Světového dědictví UNESCO”, “Qal‘at Ḩalab”, “Qal‘At Ḥalab”, “Qal`at Halab”, “Алеппо (цитадель)”, “अलेप्पो किला”, and “アレッポの城塞”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Aleppo Old City and Great Mosque of Aleppo.

Archaeological site
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The Ancient City of Aleppo is the historic city centre of , Syria.

Mosque
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The , also known as the Great… is situated 560 metres west of Aleppo Citadel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aleppo and Al Jdeida.

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is one of the largest cities in , with a population of over 2 million.

Neighborhood
Photo: hovic - old aleppo album, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Al-Jdayde is a historic predominantly Christian neighbourhood of .

Town
is a village in northern … is situated 9 km northwest of Aleppo Citadel.

Aleppo Citadel

Latitude
36.19938° or 36° 11′ 58″ north
Longitude
37.1631° or 37° 9′ 47″ east
Elevation
431 metres (1,414 feet)
Open location code
8G8V55X7+Q6
Geo­Names ID
7674792
Wiki­data ID
Q206231
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Aleppo Citadel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة حلب”
  • Armenian: “Հալեպի բերդ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hələb qalası”
  • Basque: “Alepoko zitadela”
  • Bulgarian: “Цитадела”
  • Catalan: “ciutadella d’Alep”
  • Catalan: “Ciutadella d’Alep”
  • Central Kurdish: “قەڵای حەلەب”
  • Chinese: “阿勒颇城堡”
  • Czech: “Citadela v Aleppu”
  • Dutch: “Citadel van Aleppo”
  • Esperanto: “Citadelo de Halepo”
  • Finnish: “Aleppon linnoitus”
  • French: “citadelle d’Alep”
  • French: “Citadelle d’Alep”
  • Georgian: “ალეპოს ციტადელი”
  • German: “Zitadelle von Aleppo”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת חאלב”
  • Hindi: “अलेप्पो का किला”
  • Italian: “Cittadella di Aleppo”
  • Japanese: “アレッポ城”
  • Korean: “알레포 성채”
  • Malay: “Kubu kota Aleppo”
  • Malay: “Kubu kota Halab”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܚܣܢܐ ܕܚܠܒ”
  • Ossetian: “Алеппойы цитадель”
  • Persian: “قلعه حلب”
  • Polish: “Cytadela w Aleppo”
  • Portuguese: “Cidadela de Alepo”
  • Russian: “Цитадель Алеппо”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Alepo”
  • Swedish: “Citadel of Aleppo”
  • Turkish: “Halep Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Цитадель Алеппо”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ حلب”
  • Western Armenian: “Հալէպի բերդը”

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