Citadel of AleppoAleppo, Syria العربية
The bridge and the fortified entrance
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Twenty-two monuments, in the order a visitor meets them: outside the walls, the approach, on top of the gate, and inside.

Outside the walls

04
The moat and the glacis below the walls
Ayyubid

The Moat

الخندق
The dressed stone of the glacis running up to the ramparts
Ayyubid

The Glacis

الكسوة الحجرية
The bridge arcade and the advance tower in the moat
Mamluk

The Southern Advance Tower

البرج الجنوبي المتقدّم
The enclosure wall and towers on the northern side
Mamluk

The Northern Advance Tower

البرج الشمالي المتقدّم

The approach

04
The bridge climbing to the gate
Ayyubid, with later Mamluk rebuilding

The Bridge

الجسر المقنطر
The outer gate at the foot of the bridge
Ayyubid / Mamluk

The Outer Gate

البوابة الخارجية
The fortified entrance block seen from the bridge
Ayyubid

The Bashoura — the Fortified Entrance

الباشورة — المدخل المحصّن
Carved stone and inscription over a doorway in the entrance
Ayyubid

The Lion and Serpent Gates

باب الأسود وباب الحيّات

On top of the gate

01
The decorated window of the Throne Hall above the gate
Mamluk

The Throne Hall

قاعة العرش

Inside the walls

13
c. 2400 BC – c. 900 BC

The Temple of the Storm God

معبد إله العاصفة
The minaret rising above the enclosure
Byzantine church → Ayyubid mosque

The Great Mosque of the Citadel

الجامع الكبير في القلعةByzantine church → mosque

Maqam Ibrahim

مقام إبراهيمShrine

Maqam al-Khidr

مقام الخضر
Muqarnas vaulting over a portal inside the Citadel
al-Zahir Ghazi

The Ayyubid Palace

القصر الأيوبي
A vaulted chamber inside the Citadel
Ayyubid

The Royal Bath

حمّام القصر
A vaulted interior inside the Citadel
Ayyubid / Mamluk

The Weapons' Hall

قاعة الأسلحة
A vaulted hall inside the Citadel
Byzantine

The Byzantine Hall

القاعة البيزنطيةSeleucid well

The Satura and the Hellenistic Well

الساتورة والبئر الهلنستي
A passage inside the Citadel opening towards the light
Ayyubid / Mamluk

The Underground Passages

الممرّات تحت الأرض1834–40s

The Ottoman Barracks

الثكنة العثمانيةc. 1850–51

The Ottoman Windmill

الطاحونة الهوائيةModern

The Amphitheatre

المدرّج