Citadel of AleppoAleppo, Syria العربية
The Citadel from the air, with the bridge and the glacis
Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
Live survey · 600 drone frames · 2026

Stone speaks · Technology tells

Twelve civilisations built on one hill.

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22 monuments
The fortified entrance block seen from the bridge
Ayyubid

The Bashoura — the Fortified Entrance

الباشورة — المدخل المحصّن
Civilisations15
Minaret21 m
The minaret rising above the enclosure
Byzantine church → Ayyubid mosque

The Great Mosque of the Citadel

الجامع الكبير في القلعة
The layer stack

Twelve of fifteen left something still standing

Stations6
The decorated window of the Throne Hall above the gate
Mamluk

The Throne Hall

قاعة العرش
A passage inside the Citadel opening towards the light
Ayyubid / Mamluk

The Underground Passages

الممرّات تحت الأرض
The moat22 m
What's on

World Tourism Day 2026

Beyond the gate

The Old City

The six stations

Six screens inside the Citadel, each with its own film and its own short address.

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The Bashoura — the Fortified Entrance

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The Throne Hall

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The Great Mosque of the Citadel

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Maqam al-Khidr

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The Royal Bath

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The Byzantine Hall

Plan your visit

The Citadel is not walked into, it is climbed. These pages tell you what that means.

Hours and tickets

Getting here

The climb

Accessibility

More from Touristech

Three monuments in the Old City of Aleppo, digitised by Touristech — an initiative of JCI Beroea.

The Great Umayyad Mosque

In the Old City, west of the Citadel. Its minaret is going back up.

Saint Simeon

North-west of Aleppo. The largest church in the world, built around a column.