Saladin’s Fortress
Near Lattakia, Syria
October 23, 2008
Near Lattakia, Syria
October 23, 2008
Despite sharing a UNESCO World Heritage Site listing, the Citadel of Salah-ad-Din is the ugly stepsister to the far better intact and intimidating Crusader castle – Krak des Chevaliers. It’s still well worth a visit and is best apreciated for it’s history and precipitous location spread over a hilltop with a 30m deep man-made ditch running the length of it’s East walls. The Citadel takes it’s name not from it’s maker but from it’s most famous (successful) attacker who’s army, in the summer of 1188, breached the walls and took possession.
