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The Citadel at Sunset (Dec 2006) - Aleppo
The Citadel at Sunset (Dec 2006)
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  • Updated By MalenaN on September 26, 2004
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  • The entrance to the citadel - Aleppo
    The entrance to the citadel
    by MalenaN, 3 more photos
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    Inside the Citadel there is a lot of rubble and ruins. Here you can see the Royal Palace, Mosque of Abraham, Great Mosque, Hammam of Nour ad-Deen, a concrete amphitheatre, a café and a small museum. Don’t miss the throne room (I almost did), which was built by the Mamluks. The room has a painted wooden ceiling, a floor with patterns made of marble in different colours.

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  • Updated By MalenaN on September 26, 2004
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  • The citadel on a hill - Aleppo
    The citadel on a hill
    by MalenaN, 3 more photos
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    The Citadel of Aleppo can be seen from far away as it is built on a 50 metre high mound. The mound is a natural hill even though it doesn’t look like that. For a long time the mound was a place fro worship and religion, but in the 10th century the hill started to be fortified. During the time of the crusaders the citadel was strengthened and it was an important point for the Muslims.

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    citadel: The citadel
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  • Updated By MalenaN on September 26, 2004
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  • The entry bridge - Aleppo
    The entry bridge
    by MalenaN, 3 more photos
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    To enter the Citadel you first pass through an outer defensive tower and then walk up the steps of the entry bridge to an impressive portal in the monumental gateway. It was not easy for enemies to conquer the citadel. When they came up the bridge people in the monumental gateway could pour down boiling oil over them and meet them with a rain of arrows.

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    citadel: View from the citadel
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  • Updated By MalenaN on September 26, 2004
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  • View from the citadel - Aleppo
    View from the citadel
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    From the Citadel you will have a great view over the city. From the place where the café is you will have a good view. The citadel closes already at 6 pm. When I visited in July 2002 I paid 300 SP to enter. 300 SP was that year the normal price for a tourist when visiting touristattractions. In 2004 the price had been lowered to 150 SP.

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    citadel: Hard to miss - not to be missed
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  • Updated By TheWanderingCamel on April 5, 2005
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  • Citadel - Aleppo
    Citadel
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    No-one visiting Aleppo could miss the Citadel. There it sits, atop its great mound where, in places, the grassy accretion of centuries is slowly being peeled away to reveal the stone-faced glacis beneath. Massive, impregnible - that you expect. What is more surprising is how elegant and restrained it is - the arches of the bridge across the moat, the monumental square entrances, the banded black and white stonework around the windows. Once inside things become something of a jumble, the twists and turns of the defensive entry passage opening out at the top to a mix of reconstucted buildings and piles of apparent rubble. The view over the city is magnificent however.

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    citadel: The Citadel
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  • By albateh on August 28, 2003
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  • Rami at Citadel - Aleppo
    Rami at Citadel
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    But such grim efficiency did not preclude decoration and reminders of the presence of God. The nail-heads on the doors themselves beautifully worked, the lintels have comic or enigmatic carvings on them - intertwined serpents, a pair of lions confronting one another, one smiling the other weeping, and above all there are the fine Kufic inscriptions calling upon the power and the mercy of Allah. The interior of the Citadel shows all too clearly how it has been ravaged by enemies (the Mongols invaded it twice) and shattered by earthquakes (that of 1822 was particularly devastating).

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  • By call_me_rhia on January 14, 2003
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  • the beidr entrance and 1st door - Aleppo
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    the citadel is Aleppo's frist and best sight... a wonderful walled fortified castle (little town?) on a mound in the heart of the old town... The best thing to enjoy it is by walking around it - and beware it takes a while - from the outside: you can discover wonderful details: bastions, barbicans... and especially its most scenic part: the stepped bridge with its three gates! The citadel is really a great example of Islamic military art... It's one sight you won't easily forget. However, inside it's more or less like an empty shell - and not quite worth the visit. One tip: go there at night too and see it lit: it's quite impressive!

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  • Address: the citadel
  • Phone: 362 40 10
  • Directions: in the old town - by the souq. the entrance is on the south side

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    citadel: The Citadel (1)
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  • By dabuwan on February 18, 2003
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  • Entrance to the Citadel - Aleppo
    Entrance to the Citadel
    by dabuwan
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    Aleppo Citadel is a big medieval fortress that stands on top of a hill overlooking the city. The whole complex is surrounded by a large, deep moat and the fortified entrance is really majestic. The citadel dates back to the 13th century and, though ruined in some parts, it is still a massive buiding, very interesting to visit.

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    citadel: City view from the Citadel
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  • By dabuwan on February 18, 2003
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  • City view from the Citadel - Aleppo
    City view from the Citadel
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    As the Citadel is set on top of a hill right in the center of the city, you can enjoy very good views on whole Aleppo. There is usually a bit of breeze, but the sun can make it really hot anyway. To reach the Citadel you can walk upwards through the souk; you'll loose your way several times (and that is a real pleasure) but you'll find your way easily.

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  • Updated By dabuwan on February 18, 2003
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  • The Citadel - Aleppo
    The Citadel
    by dabuwan
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    It is a military building, but there are some nice decorations on the stones. The architecture of the whole complex is very solid. The outer walls and the bastions look still unassailable and I enjoyed wandering inside the whole day, discovering many interesting and picturesque corners.

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