Aleppo Citadel
The Citadel of Aleppo is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo, northern Syria. It is considered to be one of the oldest and largest castles in the world.Photo: Memorino, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Historical site
- Description: castle in Syria
- Also known as: “Aleppo Castle”, “Citadel of Aleppo”, “Citadel of Aleppo 〈Aleppo Citadel〉”, “Qal‘at Ḩalab”, and “Qal`at Halab”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aleppo Old City and Great Mosque of Aleppo.
Aleppo Old City
Archaeological site
Photo: craigjenkins, CC BY 2.0.
The Ancient City of Aleppo is the historic city centre of Aleppo, Syria. Prior to the Syrian Civil War, many districts of the ancient city remained essentially unchanged since they were initially constructed between the 11th and 16th centuries.
Great Mosque of Aleppo
Mosque
The Great Mosque of Aleppo, also known as the Great Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo, was the largest and one of the oldest mosques in the city of Aleppo, Syria, first built during the Umayyad Caliphate. Great Mosque of Aleppo is situated 560 metres west of Aleppo Citadel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aleppo and Al Jdeida.
Aleppo
Photo: Wurzelgnohm, CC0.
Aleppo is one of the largest cities in Syria, with a population of over 2 million. One of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world, it has a wealth of historical sites, and its old city is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Al Jdeida
Neighborhood
Al-Jdayde is a historic predominantly Christian neighbourhood of Aleppo. Noted for its winding narrow alleys, richly decorated mansions and churches—it is an area of significant cultural and historical interest.
Kafr Hamrah
Town
Kafr Hamrah is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, in the northwestern suburbs of Aleppo. Nearby localities include nahiya center Huraytan to the north, Anadan to the northwest and Maarat al-Atiq and Babis to the west. Kafr Hamrah is situated 9 km northwest of Aleppo Citadel.
Aleppo Citadel
- Categories: castle, tell, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aleppo Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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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”
- Czech: “památka Světového dědictví UNESCO”
- Dutch: “Citadel van Aleppo”
- Esperanto: “Citadelo de Halepo”
- Finnish: “Aleppon linnoitus”
- French: “citadelle d’Alep”
- French: “Citadelle d’Alep”
- Georgian: “ალეპოს ციტადელი”
- German: “Qal‘At Ḥalab”
- German: “Zitadelle von Aleppo”
- Hebrew: “מצודת חאלב”
- Hindi: “अलेप्पो का किला”
- Hindi: “अलेप्पो किला”
- Italian: “Cittadella di Aleppo”
- Japanese: “アレッポの城塞”
- 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: “Алеппо (цитадель)”
- Russian: “Цитадель Алеппо”
- Spanish: “Ciudadela de Alepo”
- Swedish: “Citadel of Aleppo”
- Turkish: “Halep Hisarı”
- Turkish: “Halep Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Цитадель Алеппо”
- Urdu: “قلعہ حلب”
- Western Armenian: “Հալէպի բերդը”
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