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QAL’AT NAJM – MANBIJ – SYRIA

QAL’AT NAJM IS A CASTLE LOCATED ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE EUPHRATES, NEAR THE TOWN OF MANBIJ IN NORTH SYRIA. THE CASTLE PROBABLY STOOD ON THE SITE OF AN EARLIER ROMAN SITE AND IS KNOWN FROM ARABIC TEXTS SINCE THE 7TH CENTURY CE. RECONSTRUCTION WORKS WERE CARRIED OUT IN THE CASTLE BY NUR AD-DIN ZANGI AND AZ-ZAHIR GHAZI DURING THE 12TH AND EARLY 13TH CENTURIES. THE CASTLE SITS ON A MOUND THAT IS PROTECTED BY A GLACIS AND HOUSES A PALACE-BATH COMPLEX AND A MOSQUE.

CURRENTLY THE REGION IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES (SDF).

I VISITED THAT HISTORICAL PLACES QAL’AT NAJM SEVERAL TIMES AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND PHOTOGRAPHED IT. THIS PHOTO ALBUM CONTAINS A SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT THESE DIFFERENT TIMES.