Citadel of Salah Ed-Din (Saladin Castle)

Castle of Saladin, also known as the Sahyun Castle, is a medieval castle in northwestern . It is located 7 km east of Al-Haffah town and 30 km east of the city of , in high mountainous terrain on a ridge between two deep ravines and surrounded by forest, the site has been fortified since at least the mid 10th century.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: medieval castle in northwestern Syria
  • Also known as: “Castillo de Saladino”, “Château de Saone”, “Château de Saône”, “Citadel of Salah Ed-Din”, “Kështjella e Sahyun”, “Kështjella e Saladinit”, “Kështjella Sahyun”, “Kështjella Saladin”, “Qa’lat Salah el-Din”, “Qal‘At Ṣalāḥ Ad-Dīn”, “Qal’at Salah El Din”, “Qalat Saladin”, “Qalat Salah El-Din”, “Sahyun”, “Sahyun Castle”, “Saladin Castle”, “Saladinborgen”, “Saladinsburg”, “Saladinův hrad”, “Saláh ad-Dínova citadela”, “Salah Ed-Din borgen”, “Salah Ed-Dinova Citadela”, “Saone”, “قلعه صلاح الدين الأيوبي”, “قلعه صلاح الدین ایوبی”, and “قلعهٔ صلاح‌الدین ایوبی”

Citadel of Salah Ed-Din (Saladin Castle)

Latitude
35.59498° or 35° 35′ 42″ north
Longitude
36.05519° or 36° 3′ 19″ east
Open location code
8G7RH3V4+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 373964797
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q277531
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Citadel of Salah Ed-Din (Saladin Castle)” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kalaja e Saladinit”
  • Albanian: “Kështjella e Salah Ed-Din”
  • Arabic: “قلعة صلاح الدين الأيوبي”
  • Armenian: “Սալահ ալ-Դինի բերդ”
  • Basque: “Saladinen zitadela”
  • Basque: “Saladinen Zitadela”
  • Belarusian: “Цытадэль Салах ад-Дзіна”
  • Bengali: “সালাহুদ্দিনের রাজপ্রাসাদ”
  • Bulgarian: “Саладинов замък”
  • Catalan: “castell de Saladí”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Saladí”
  • Chinese: “薩拉丁堡”
  • Croatian: “Saladinova citadela”
  • Czech: “Saladinova citadela”
  • Czech: “Saláhuddínova citadela”
  • Danish: “Qal’at Salah El-Din”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Saladin”
  • Esperanto: “Citadelo de Saladino”
  • French: “forteresse de Saladin”
  • French: “Forteresse de Saladin”
  • French: “Qal’at Salah El-Din (Château de Saône)”
  • Galician: “Cidadela de Saladino”
  • Georgian: “სალადინის ციტადელი”
  • German: “Qalʿat Salah ed-Din (Saladinsburg)”
  • German: “Qalʿat Salah ed-Din”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο του Σαλαντίν”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת צלאח א-דין”
  • Hindi: “सलाउद्दीन का किला”
  • Hungarian: “Szaladin-citadella”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Salah Ed-Din”
  • Italian: “Cittadella del Saladino”
  • Japanese: “カラット・サラーフ・アッディーン”
  • Japanese: “サラーフッディーン城”
  • Korean: “살라딘성”
  • Lithuanian: “Saladino citadelė”
  • Macedonian: “Саладинов замок”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qal’at Salah El-Din”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salah Ed-Din-borga”
  • Norwegian: “Qal’at Salah El-Din”
  • Persian: “قلعه صلاح‌الدین ایوبی”
  • Polish: “Kalat Salah ad-Din”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Saladino”
  • Russian: “Цитадель Салах ад-Дина”
  • Serbian: “Саладинова цитадела”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Saladinova citadela”
  • Slovak: “Kal’a Saláh ad-Dín”
  • Slovak: “Saláhuddínova citadela”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Saladino”
  • Swedish: “Salah Ed-Din-borgen”
  • Turkish: “Selahaddin Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Цитадель Салах ад-Діна”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ صلاح الدین ایوبی (سوریہ)”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ صلاح الدین ایوبی”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành cổ của Salah Ed-Din”
  • Western Armenian: “Սալահ ալ-Տինի բերդ”

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